Publisher/桜桃書房

Google翻訳
"Masquerade - Cosplay Photobook MASQUERADE" is a Japanese photobook. Published in the mid-1990s, before cosplay culture became as widespread as it is today, this book captures the act of transforming into a character and acting out a role in photographic form. Cosplay, which was located on the fringes of events and doujin culture at the time, existed as a practice that wavered between self-expression and disguise, and the images contained in this book convey that unorganized and highly free atmosphere. It is interesting not only for the accuracy of the costumes and poses, but also for the glimpses into the distance between the subject and the character, and the fluctuations in awareness of acting, and it can be read as a document that records a transitional period before it became established as a culture.