Publisher/毎日新聞社

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The 3rd photo book "Japanesque" following "Europe: Still Time" and "Spain: Great Afternoon" by Ikko Narahara, a photographer who has been active since the 1960s and is highly acclaimed worldwide. After spending several years in Europe in the 1960s, the gap between the idea country "Japan" that he felt with a sense of solidarity backed by loneliness and the real country "Japan" that he felt after returning to Japan. The "Journey to a Near and Far Country" to look for the rewards of that complex emotion is expressed in "Japanesque" in this book. Japanese traditions such as "Fuji", "Katana", "Noh", "Zen", "Color", "Sumo", "Ren (Awa Odori)", and "Samurai" have a Western perspective, a Japanese perspective, and deep affection. It was taken with a frustrated conflict. Editing by Shoji Yamagishi, art direction by Ikko Tanaka. (Recorded in The Japanese Photobook 1912–1990)