Publisher/三笠書房

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"Dangerous Poisonous Flower" is a collection of works by Toyoko Tokiwa, one of the pioneers of Japanese female photographers. Toyoko Tokiwa, a pioneer of female photographers who was said to be a photographer in the red line area. After graduating from school, I worked as an announcer, but under the influence of amateur photographer and later husband Yasuhiro Okumura, I was drawn to photography, and after studying at a photography group, I worked on creating works focusing on "women". In 1956, he held a solo exhibition on the theme of "working women", and among the colorful works such as shop girls, female professional wrestlers, ama, nude fashion models, dancers, etc., the one that attracted the most attention was "Street of Shame". woman". At that time, ordinary people photographed the prostitutes working in the Yukaku area of Maganecho, Yokohama, which was an area that was difficult for the general public to approach, with the lens in the pocket of their upper garment. A group of works that capture the exotic streets and the lives of whores were published the following year as a photo essay "Dangerous Poisonous Flowers" with his own records. A valuable book that describes the record as a female photographer and the present and future of working women through plates and texts. This is the second edition, published in 1957, which is valuable even in this book, which has been repeatedly reprinted.