Domon ken : the master of Japanese realism = 土門拳 : the master of Japanese realism / catalogue edited by Rossella Menegazzo, Takeshi Fujimori, with assistance from Yuki Seli.

Domon ken : the master of Japanese realism = Domen ken : the master of Japanese realism / catalogue edited by Rossella Menegazzo, Takeshi Fujimori, with assistance from Yuki Seli.

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English
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Milano : Skira editore, 2017.
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184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.

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    The breadth and diversity of this Renaissance man's oeuvre reveals untiring attention to and interest in the culture, art, faces, society, and politics of this country. With over 70,000 pictures taken between the 1920s and 1980s, Domon Ken is considered the supreme master of Japanese photography as well as the main exponent of realism as the only approach possible. Over the years he honed is craft, shifting from propaganda photography during the war to photography as a life's mission, in search of his own Japan: a fascinating and silent Japan of ancient temples, Buddhist sculptures, puppet theaters (where he took refuge during the war); the seductive and expressive faces of celebrities alongside the modest ones of street urchins; the poorest Japan of mining villages; and finally his most disturbing and modern work, portraying Hiroshima and its unhealed wounds. Rosella Menegazzo is a professor of East Asian Art History at the University of Milan. Takeshi Fujimori is the artistic director of Ken Domon Museum of Photography, Sakata, Japan. Exhibition: Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Rome, Italy (27.05-18.09.2016).
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    • Catalog of exhibition at the Museum of the Ara Pacis, Rome, May 27-September 18, 2016.
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    Includes bibliographical references.
    Contents
    • When children suffered from intestinal parasites : editorial notes / Kamekura Yūsaku
    • Memories of the Master Domon Ken / Takeshi Fujimori
    • The three rivals of Japanese photojournalism / Mari Shirayama
    • The realist approach to a changing Japan : from art photography to social documentation / Rossella Menegazzo
    • The pre-war period : from photojournalism to propaganda photography
    • The war years and the Bunraku Puppet Theatre
    • The post-war period : the consolidation of realism in photography
    • Towards social realism : from mining villages to the survivors of Hiroshima. Children of Chikuhō (Chikuhō no kodomotachi) ; Children of Kōtō (Kōtō no kodomotachi) ; Children (Kodomotachi) ; Hiroshima
    • Portraits (Fūbō)
    • Pilgrimage to ancient temples (Kojijunrei). Murōji ; Around the temples.
    Other title(s)
    • Domen ken
    • 土門拳
    ISBN
    • 8857232751
    • 9788857232751
    OCLC
    954224300
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