DAIDO MORIYAMA - TONO MONOGATARI (Tales of Tono) (SIGNED)

DAIDO MORIYAMA
Tono Monogatari (Tales of Tono) (Signed)

Published by Asahi Sonorama, 1976
Book size 11.2 × 17.1 × 1 cm
Pages 172 pages
Softcover with a dust jacket
Signed by the artist
First edition
Language Japanese
Cover in good condition, the pages are lightly yellowing

“ Tales of Tono , first published in 1976, features work shot in the countryside of northern Honshu, Japan. Taking its name from a collection of Japanese rural folk legends, its non-narrative diptychs display a nascent nostalgia, whilst the formal qualities of the photos embrace the grainy and raw techniques that Moriyama brought to his more urban subject matter.” - from the English reissue by the Tate

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“Tales of Tono, first published in 1976, features works shot in the countryside of northern Honshu, Japan. Taking its name from a collection of Japanese folk legends, its non-narrative diptychs display a nascent nostalgia, while the formal qualities of the photographs embrace the gritty, raw techniques that Moriyama brought to his more urban subject matter.” - writes in the Tate English reissue