Publisher/Zen Foto Gallery

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``1973 in China (Signed)'' is a collection of works by Kazuo Kitai, one of Japan's leading photographers. Kitai's early activities were based on ``reportage,'' including the photo book ``Resistance'' (1965), which recorded the struggle against the Yokosuka nuclear submarine port call, published in a private edition, and the struggle against the construction of New Tokyo International (Narita) Airport. ``Sanrizuka'' (1971) is considered to be one of his early masterpieces. However, just as Yasuo Higa and Koshichi Taira gradually distanced themselves from the ``struggle'' in Okinawa and refocused their gaze on the ``interior'' of Okinawa, Kitai also moved away from the ``battle'' and began to move towards the inside of Okinawa. I'm leaving for. Therefore, behind the scenes of high economic growth, I focused on the lives of rural people who were being left behind and forgotten, and this research culminated in Kitai's second masterpiece, ``To the Village'', and from here, his activities as a ``writer'' began. did. This book is a collection of works composed of images taken in Kitai's hometown of China in the early 1970s, when he began to shift his focus from "battle" to "countryside." These are a number of valuable illustrations taken of China before rapid economic growth began. Signed by the photographer .