HAYASHI TADAHIKO - KASUTORI JIDAI (The Period of Cheap Spirits)

HAYASHI TADAHIKO
KASUTORI JIDAI (The Period of Cheap Spirits)

Published by Tokyo, 1980
Book size 28.5 x 22 cm
Pages 126
Hardcover with a slipcase
Language Japanese
First edition
Good Condition

This is Hayashi's most famous work. 'Kasutori' was a type of smelly, cheap liquor that was available (and affordable) at the time. Hayashi documents the decade after the end of the war when Tokyo lay in ruins: Demobilized soldiers returning, street kids smoking discarded cigarette butts, shoe-cleaners below the school-age, GIs, cheap bars and prostitutes show…

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This is Hayashi's best-known work. "Kasutori" was a type of cheap, smelly alcohol that was available (and affordable) at the time. Hayashi documents the decade after the war ended when Tokyo was in ruins: returning demobilized soldiers, street children smoking discarded cigarette butts, shoe cleaners, GIs, cheap bars, and prostitute shows...