Hisae Imai | Hisae Imai, Masako Toda | Aka Aka 2022 Masahisa Fukase Kyoko Vendome's collection of woodblock

Kyoko Vendome's collection of woodblock prints open a window into a world where the presence of nature and deities are palpable

For this new reprint edition

emanating a definite presence as "objects

Walker engaged US Armed Forces personnel to collect natural specimens (plants

the emphasis tends to be on the fact that Imai was female

Hisae Imai | Hisae Imai, Masako Toda | Aka Aka 2022 Masahisa Fukase Kyoko Vendome's collection of woodblock"Hisae Imai was an unconventional photographer. With the encouragement of a friend of her father Yasumichi, a professional photographer who ran the studio at the Matsuya Ginza department store, she made a brilliant debut in 1956 . This first solo exhibition, Daydreams, attracted tremendous attention even though at the time she had no real intention to make a career of photography. With this exhibition as a starting point, she continued to pursue her