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"People of the World" is a collection of works by Hiroo Kikai (1945-2020), one of Japan's leading postwar photographers. Kikai Hiroo, a photographer who dedicated his life to portraiture, passed away in October 2020. He had been visiting Asakusa as his life's work for over 40 years since the 1970s. He stood in a corner of the temple grounds from morning to night, waiting for people who he felt had a "presence," and captured more than 1,000 anonymous people on camera. Some had tattoos, some were physically disabled, and some were homeless. He faced people who at first glance would be afraid to look at closely, and elegantly portrayed the human essence of their shyness and the kindness hidden deep in their hearts. The beauty and dignity of humans can only be depicted by the sincere humanity of the photographer, rather than that of the person being photographed. It is imagined that the work of Kikai searching for subjects and capturing them on camera was a kind of spiritual training, admonishing and disciplining his own mind. This is a collection of portraits of Asakusa taken over a period of 40 years, from 1973 to 13 years ago. It's a delightful book of over 400 pages.