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“This is the first collection of works by Kyoko Vendome, a woodblock print artist based in a mountainside of Kumano. The works she carves out are filled with an excessively dense and bewitching atmosphere of mother nature. Its yokiness is an eroticism that unites with primordial nature, evoking the courageous power of destruction and rebirth that all living things have possessed. Her works may represent the gods that primitive people witnessed in ancient Kumano. The generous, humorous, undignified gods appear in their merry dance... “You there, do you want a big fortune?””
March, 2023
210 x 284mm, 72 pages
incl. 52 images
ISBN 978-4-9909354-6-7
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The third photo book in the trilogy of Tokio Matsubara, a photographer who has mainly shot in black and white, is a rare collection of color works. This book was compiled from a series of photographs of Okinoshima, an uninhabited island seen from the Kataonami, taken from almost the same spot. A wide variety of colors are expressed as if drifting in a haze of colors, magically changing from day to day and second to second. Printed with pigment inks on washi paper, which has excellent color reproduction and archival quality. Limited edition of 50 copies with the cover in five different colors.
Michioto Publishing is an independent publisher based in Kii Peninsula, Japan. Each publication is carefully edited and designed with consideration of words, images and the form of books. A Canvas of Sand by Tokio Matsubara has been published in 2021.
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The second photobook by Tokio Matsubara consists of photographs taken between 2016 and 2021, when Matsubara was 76 to 81 years old. As part of his daily routine, he goes to Katanami Beach in the early morning, feeds wild birds, and takes photographs. The texture of the sand created by the seawater and wind is a perfect canvas for Matsubara, who has a rich knowledge of painting. He may have found the matière, the shading of colors, and other forms of painting. Delicate photographic expressions were reproduced with ultra-high resolution printing.
Michioto Publishing is an independent publisher based in Kii Peninsula, Japan. We carefully edit and design each publication with consideration of words, images and the form of books. A Canvas of Sand by Tokio Matsubara has been published in 2021.
limited edition of 300 copies
published in September, 2021
price: 96 USD
Japanese + English
197 x 279mm, 64 pagesincl. 57 photographs
ISBN 978-4-9909354-4-3
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Takio Matsuhara's photo collection "Noshima" was introduced in the latest issue of "The Light Observer"