INOUE SEIRYU ​​/ KOJIMA ICHIRO

INOUE SEIRYU ​​/ KOJIMA ICHIRO

Published by Rat Hole, 2007
Book size 22 x 26 cm
Pages 26 pages
Softcover with spiral bound, black stiff wrappers with title printed in white on cover, no dust jacket as issued
35 black-and-white plates finely printed on heavy matte paper by Daishinsha
First edition, first printing
Fair condition

This beautiful book brings together two major Japanese photographers: INOUE SEIRYU ​​​​and KOJIMA ICHIRO.

While the photographs of Seiryu Inoue (1931-1988) mainly document the streets of Kamagasaki, the working-class city of Osaka at the end of the 1950s; Kojima Ichiro (1924-1964) transports us to landscapes and villages of the Peninsula of Tsugaru (North of Japan) during the post-war years. Two precious glances on a Japan which has now disappeared.

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This beautiful book is a cross-examination between two great figures of Japanese photography: INOUE SEIRYU ​​and KOJIMA ICHIRO.

While the photographs of Seiryu Inoue (1931-1988) mainly document the streets of Kamagasaki, a working-class town in Osaka at the end of the 1950s, Kojima Ichiro (1924-1964) takes us to the landscapes and villages of the Osaka Peninsula. Tsugaru (Northern Japan) during the post-war period. Two precious views of a Japan that has now disappeared.