Kamaitachi | Eikoh Hosoe | Seigensha 2009 [SIGNED] Sogo Tosho LIMITED EDITION

LIMITED EDITION

The resulting collection is a true testament to Shya’s ability as an eloquent storyteller and deeply introspective observer

whatever the cost

young women blithely went from buying deli takeout in the popular food markets in the basement of a department store to waltzing into unauthorized sex ships

when the first delicate veil of light slowly becomes evident and the depth of earth’s shadow gradually lightens in the slow progression of night to day

Kamaitachi | Eikoh Hosoe | Seigensha 2009 [SIGNED] Sogo Tosho LIMITED EDITIONExpanded trade edition published in 2009 by Sigensha, following the prevoius limited reprint in 2005 by the same publisher. "Kamaitachi was born in 1969 out of a powerful collaboration between photographer Eikoh Hosoe and Tatsumi Hijikata, the originator of Butoh dance. The work follows Hijikata as he carries out dynamic impromptu performances in Tokyos Sugamo and Katsushika districts and an old farming village in northern Japan; Hosoe responds to the