KEN DOMON
FUKEI
Published by Sara Shoin, 1978
Book size 37 x 26.5 cm
Pages, 118 pages
Hardcover
Language, Japanese
"Every flower has its own season. Each one has its own time, and in spring it is the spring flowers that bloom. It is by looking at these flowers that I can know each season."
- Ken Domon
Ken Domon with this book shows us his relationship to the seasons through flowers and the feeling of time passing. We feel a great spirituality in his photos.
This is K.Domon's first photo book on landscapes.
Ken Domon is one of the historical photographers of postwar Japan. He took realistic news photographs, portraits and snapshots of famous and ordinary people, as well as photos of cultural assets such as temples and Buddhist statues. His lens captured moments that revealed truths in the turbulent Showa era. The Ken Domon Museum of Photography was built in his hometown of Sakata in October 1983. It is Japan's first museum dedicated solely to photographs and is considered the only photography museum in the world built for an individual. All 70,000 pieces of his photographic oeuvre, including his life's work "A Pilgrimage through Old Temples," "Muroji Temple," "Hiroshima," "The Children in Chikuho," "Bunraku Puppets," and "Features," are preserved there and shown to the public at regular intervals.
- Text from the Ken Domon Museum
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"Each flower has its own season. Every flower has its own season. Every flower has its own time, and in the spring it is the spring flowers that bloom, and it is by looking at these flowers that I can know each season.
- Ken Domon
Ken Domon with this book shows us his relationship to the seasons through the flowers and the feeling of time passing. We feel a great spirituality in his photos.
It's the first book of photos of K.Domon on the landscapes.
Ken Domon is one of the representative photographers of postwar Japan. He took news photos grounded in realism, portraits and snapshots of famous and ordinary people, as well as photos of cultural assets such as temples and Buddhist statues. His lens captured moments that revealed truths in the turbulent Showa era. Ken Domon Museum of Photography was built in his hometown of Sakata in October 1983 as the first Japanese museum dedicated solely to photographs, and is said to be the only photography museum in the world built for an individual. Here, all 70,000 pieces of his photographic work, including his lifework, “A Pilgrimage through Old Temples,” “Muroji Temple,” “Hiroshima,” “The Children in Chikuho,” “Bunraku Puppets,” and “Features” are preserved and shown to the public in regular succession.
- Ken Domon Museum Statement