Tokoyo no Mushi | Yoshiichi Hara | Sokyusha 2023 [SECOND EDITION]

Tokoyo no Mushi | Yoshiichi Hara | Sokyusha 2023 [SECOND EDITION]4to, hardcover, second edition. Limited to 400ex. Inspired by a passage from the Nihon Shoki, one of the oldest Japanese texts known in literature, about an eternal god like insect, Yoshihara weaves an urban tale of light and darkness from insects' point of view. These small insects die after the summer goes or even sooner. They usually have a few more days to live. How long have I lived? More than sixty summers; 64 years have gone to pass by me,

discolored and bumped

The interiors are clean

met people and photographed them and wandered around the streets by day and by night

"Yasuhiro Ogawa’s photobook Into the Silence captures the rugged yet timeless beauty of Japan’s northern region as he follows in the footsteps of the 17th Century poet Matsuo Bashō

almost in no success

The dustjacket of this copy has some scratches

Each issue is thematic and collects numerous photographs and contributions from photographers active on the contemporary scene

and I was told my bed had once belonged to Jane Fonda before she became Barbarella

she was 19

Miki Hasegawa addresses child abuse

"Hanayo found the Alice book on her way home from school

Mayumi Hosokura