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Known affectionately as Araki, Nobuyoshi Araki is a leading Japanese photographer who has published over 500 photobooks and is highly acclaimed worldwide. Influenced by his father, a geta (wooden clogs) maker and amateur photographer, he began photography and, after graduating from the Department of Photographic Printing Engineering at Chiba University's Faculty of Engineering, joined Dentsu. While shooting advertising photos, he used the company's equipment to explore new photographic art, and from the 1970s onward, he published sensational works such as "Oh Japan" and "Sentimental Journey." This book, "Hōkei-tei Nichijō" (Circumcised Pavilion Diary), is a "2628-day diary of love, eros, and false photography" (from the cover) that continued from 1987 to 1994. The title is a play on Nagai Kafū's diary, "Danchō-tei Nichijō" (Intestine-Breathing Pavilion Diary), a title typical of Araki. During this period, there were changes in Araki's life, such as Chiro coming to live with him and his separation from his wife, Yoko. However, the photographs mostly depict women and nudes (reflecting his busy schedule with magazine work), occasionally featuring cultural figures and celebrities, as well as glimpses of bars and street scenes, all accompanied by a short diary entry describing the day's events. Photographers such as Kishin Shinoyama, Yutaka Takanashi, Hana Takeda, Robert Frank, and Nan Goldin are also featured in the snapshots.
