Publisher/朝日ソノラマ

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Days in the Dregs (Signed) is a photo collection by Tadahiko Hayashi, one of Japan's leading postwar photographers. Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1918, Tadahiko Hayashi worked in a press and propaganda agency attached to the embassy in Beijing during the war, where he photographed the Five Dynasties industry in China. After returning to Japan in 1946, he worked hard at magazine companies to make a living, and continued to pursue Japan in the chaotic postwar Showa era, a time when people were looking for a little light to be liberated from an oppressive society, and a desperate, desperate drive to survive. This book is a collection of works that condenses the climate, customs, and culture of that time. It is a valuable collection of records that capture the glamorous American soldiers and the Japanese people living in their shadows, while drinking "kastori," a tasteless drink like methylated alcohol, to relieve stress. It also includes snapshots of writers such as Sakunosuke Oda and Osamu Dazai, Hayashi's masterpieces. This book is also wonderfully edited by Akira Hasegawa, who is also known for Masahisa Fukase's "Crow" and Koji Onaka's "Tall Awadachi Grass." Text by Junnosuke Yoshiyuki. Second printing. Signed by the photographer . (Included in The Japanese Photobook 1912–1990)