A Photobook Library
Eikoh Hosoe: Kamaitachi
An undisputed masterwork among Japanese photobooks, Eikoh Hosoe (18. March 1933–16. September 2024) and Tatsumi Hijikata’s Kamaitachi was originally released in 1969 as a limited edition of 1,000 copies.
Book Spreads
About
Hosoe, the renowned photographer, and Hijikata, the founder of ankoku butoh dance, had visited a farming village in northern Japan, where Hijikata improvised a performance inspired by the legend of a weasel-like demon named Kamaitachi.
Book Spreads
About
As Hosoe photographed Hijikata’s spontaneous interactions with the landscape and with the people they encountered, the two artists together enacted an intense investigation of tradition and an exploration, both personal and symbolic, of contemporary convulsions in Japanese society.
Specifics: Eikoh Hosoe: Kamaitachi (Aperture, 2009). Hardback. 112 pages.
