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Japan, A Photo Theater by Daido Moriyama
First photobook by Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama.
Daido Moriyama's 1968 debut work, "Nippon Gekijo Shashincho" was published in 1968. After moving to Tokyo, he worked as an assistant to photographers Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe and later worked with the masses and the public to tell the story of Japan at the time. This is a series of photographs of comedians, theater companies, and playhouses. Several new editions have been published since then, but the black and white gravure printing that symbolizes the era and the non-narrative/fragmentary layout that makes you encounter an image every time you open the page are the ones from 1968. Only available in the original version. It can be said that this is a book worthy of being called a monumental work that foreshadows the golden age that will follow.
“In “Nippon Gekijo Shashincho”, I dismantled all the photographs I had taken over the previous several years from their respective contexts and considered each image as a fragment, and by collapsing these fragments into a completely different context, I thought it would be possible to reconstruct the chaos of the everyday gaze. This was the intention of the experiment. And what came out of that experimentation and dismantling was not so much a “completely different” context as a context that contained another “Nippon Theater,” a collection of photographs created in response to the constitution and thoughts of Shuji Terayama and myself.” ─ Daido Moriyama
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Title: Japan, A Photo Theater
Artist: Daido Moriyama
Muromachi-shobo, 1968
Softcover book in slipcase, perfect binding
Slipcase: 222 x 222 x 25 mm | Book: 209 x 220 x 16 mm
216 pages
Text in Japanese
First edition
Daido Moriyama's 1968 debut work, "Nippon Gekijo Shashincho" was published in 1968. After moving to Tokyo, he worked as an assistant to photographers Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe and later worked with the masses and the public to tell the story of Japan at the time. This is a series of photographs of comedians, theater companies, and playhouses. Several new editions have been published since then, but the black and white gravure printing that symbolizes the era and the non-narrative/fragmentary layout that makes you encounter an image every time you open the page are the ones from 1968. Only available in the original version. It can be said that this is a book worthy of being called a monumental work that foreshadows the golden age that will follow.
“In “Nippon Gekijo Shashincho”, I dismantled all the photographs I had taken over the previous several years from their respective contexts and considered each image as a fragment, and by collapsing these fragments into a completely different context, I thought it would be possible to reconstruct the chaos of the everyday gaze. This was the intention of the experiment. And what came out of that experimentation and dismantling was not so much a “completely different” context as a context that contained another “Nippon Theater,” a collection of photographs created in response to the constitution and thoughts of Shuji Terayama and myself.” ─ Daido Moriyama
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Title: Japan, A Photo Theater
Artist: Daido Moriyama
Muromachi-shobo, 1968
Softcover book in slipcase, perfect binding
Slipcase: 222 x 222 x 25 mm | Book: 209 x 220 x 16 mm
216 pages
Text in Japanese
First edition