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This is the SIGNED FIRST EDITION, not the 2018 reprint.
"Born in 1948 in Nakijin Village, Okinawa, [Henshiki's] encounter with photography began when he entered Okinawa Technical High School. Later, he enrolled in the Department of Engineering at Tokyo Photography University (now Tokyo Polytechnic University). Due to campus conflicts, he couldn't learn photographic techniques and transferred to Tokyo Sogo Photography School. During the closure of the school, he started photographing the islands of Okinawa. In 1985, he co-founded the photography journal "Bifu" with Tatsuhiko Kano and Mao Ishikawa. Over 40 years of artistic activity, he published the culmination of his work, the photo book Yagi no Hai.[Yagi no Hai] showcases works including "People on the Beach," "Working Women," and "Doll." … These photos were taken during the pre- and post-reversion periods, capturing Okinawa, consisting of approximately forty-seven inhabited islands. [Henshiki states,] 'I hope that through this photo book, you can… Read More

First, only edition. Hardcover: black boards with illustrated dust jacket in protective mylar cover with green endpapers, illustrated throughout in black-and-white, unpaginated [120 pp], 8.25 x 8.5 inches, text in Japanese and English. ISBN 03720210080049. Slight foxing to first and last pages, and rear endpaper, else fine.
Yohko was published 2 years after Fukase's divorce, and is as much about loss as about the joys of life. For over 13 years, Fukase photographed his wife excessively. Yohko herself described their life together as "suffocating dullness interspersed by violent and near suicidal flashes of excitement." The narrative of the images is a collaboration between photographer and model, with Yohko, complicit and often posing for the camera. Eight years later, in 1986, Fukase would publish his iconic book, Ravens. Several of the earlier images here also appear in Ravens.
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