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"Kamaitachi", Eikoh Hosoe (1933-2024) | PhotoAnthology

Kamaitachi

Eikoh Hosoe (1933-2024)

Folklore and memory in rural Japan through photographs of spontaneous performances capturing postwar anxiety and the loss of traditional ways.

With contributions from: SFMOMA (image source); Polya Dimitrova (image research). Suggest an Edit

Kamaitachi

Eikoh Hosoe (1933-2024)

Folklore and memory in rural Japan through photographs of spontaneous performances capturing postwar anxiety and the loss of traditional ways.

With contributions from: SFMOMA (image source); Polya Dimitrova (image research). Suggest an Edit

Books

Kamaitachi

Aperture, 2009

Kamaitachi

Aperture, 2005

Eikoh Hosoe

Actes Sud, 2018

A World of Eikoh Hosoe: Spherical Dualism of Photography

Eikoh Hosoe

Aperture, 1999

Eikoh Hosoe

MACK BOOKS, 2021

Aperture Masters: Eikoh Hosoe

Könemann, 1999

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Gender relationships, sexuality, and power dynamics through fragmented representations of the body through high-contrast black-and-white compositions.

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Life and death through the body of writer Yukio Mishima in settings of theatrical symbolism in the shifting cultural climate of 1960s Japan.

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