CHOTOKU TANAKA
TODAY TOKYO
Published by Zen Foto Gallery, 2022
Book size 20 x 20 cm
Pages 132 pages, 115 images
Hardcover
Languages English, Japanese
Limited Edition 750
ISBN 978-4-910244-14-3
“Today Tokyo” features photographs taken by Chotoku Tanaka in the early years of his career. In the 1960s, Tanaka discovered his interest in Tokyo as a subject of his photography. It was an era of change both for Japan and Tokyo itself, driven by rapid economic growth and the newly redefined image of Japan in the world following the 1964 Toko Olympics. Resultingly, Tanaka's snapshots, cityscapes and street photographs, taken in the 1960s and 1970s, offer not only a look at Tanaka's early steps as a photographer but also capture the ambivalent atmosphere of a country that suddenly found itself within stratospheric growth.
“It wasn't until the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 that I came to appreciate Tokyo as a theme. 1964 was the year when Tokyo was first recognized not as the capital of a defeated country, but as a dynamic city in the Far East.”
― from Chotoku Tanaka's afterword
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"Today Tokyo" features photographs taken by Chotoku Tanaka in the early years of his career. In the 1960s, Tanaka discovered his interest in Tokyo as a subject for his photography. This was an era of change for both Japan and Tokyo itself, spurred by rapid economic growth and Japan's newly redefined image in the world after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. As a result, Tanaka's snapshots, cityscapes, and street photographs taken in the 1960s and 1970s not only offer a look at Tanaka's early days as a photographer, but also capture the ambivalent atmosphere of a country that suddenly found itself in the midst of stratospheric growth.
"It was not until the 1964 Tokyo Olympics that I learned to appreciate Tokyo as a theme. 1964 was the year when Tokyo was first recognized not as the capital of a defeated country, but as a vibrant city in the Far East.
― from the afterword by Chotoku Tanaka
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