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Hiroshi Hamaya - A Chronicle of Grief and Anger (濱谷浩 怒りと悲しみの記録), Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1960, Tokyo

 

Softcover with obi and publisher’s acetate jacket.

"The relationship between Japan and the United States was governed by the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security of 1951 that allowed the US to keep it forces in Japan until such time that the Japanese self-defense forces were fully trained. This treaty was due for renewal in 1960. However, in the increasingly hostile atmosphere of the Cold War public opinion was strongly against it. From May 20th until June 22nd students and opposition groups organized massive demonstrations in Tokyo that were frequently met with police brutality. One female student was killed. Hamaya covered the events and later asserted that they changed his life. He later said: "In 1960 Japan was plunged into a sort of political crisis that reminded one of a night before an outbreak of a revolution. Never did the Japanese people evince so much concern for political issues as at this time. Such an incident never happened in the time of my generation. And I, who never took pictures of political happenings, felt I had to make record of this historical incident.! (text in 'Landscapes of Japan', p. [27-28]). The present booklet was published in the same year and provides an evocative document of the troubled times." (Titus Boeder)

Pages: 104
Place: Tokyo
Year: 1960
Publisher: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Size: 18 x 26 cm (approx.)


Included in "The Photobook: A History Volume III" by Parr/Badger
>> see more Vol. III picks here
Included in "The Japanese Photobook, 1912–1990" by Kaneko Ryuichi & Manfred Heiting
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Softcover with obi and publisher’s acetate jacket.

"The relationship between Japan and the United States was governed by the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security of 1951 that allowed the US to keep it forces in Japan until such time that the Japanese self-defense forces were fully trained. This treaty was due for renewal in 1960. However, in the increasingly hostile atmosphere of the Cold War public opinion was strongly against it. From May 20th until June 22nd students and opposition groups organized massive demonstrations in Tokyo that were frequently met with police brutality. One female student was killed. Hamaya covered the events and later asserted that they changed his life. He later said: "In 1960 Japan was plunged into a sort of political crisis that reminded one of a night before an outbreak of a revolution. Never did the Japanese people evince so much concern for political issues as at this time. Such an incident never happened in the time of my generation. And I, who never took pictures of political happenings, felt I had to make record of this historical incident.! (text in 'Landscapes of Japan', p. [27-28]). The present booklet was published in the same year and provides an evocative document of the troubled times." (Titus Boeder)

Pages: 104
Place: Tokyo
Year: 1960
Publisher: Kawade Shobo Shinsha
Size: 18 x 26 cm (approx.)


Included in "The Photobook: A History Volume III" by Parr/Badger
>> see more Vol. III picks here
Included in "The Japanese Photobook, 1912–1990" by Kaneko Ryuichi & Manfred Heiting
>> see more picks from that book
Latest updates
 

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