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SARASHINA Genzo / KAKEGAWA Genichiro. Ainu no Kami-banashi / Ainu Mythology (1967)



SARASHINA Genzo / KAKEGAWA Genichiro. Ainu no Kami-banashi (The Tales of the Gods of the Ainu / Les Contes des Dieux des Aïnous). Camera-kiko (A Photo-travelog). Kyoto / Tokyo: Tanko Shinsha, Showa 42 (1967). E.O., 1er tir. / First ed. & pr. — AVAILABLE: see STOCKLIST for pricing

Description — In-8° (21.5 x 21.5 x 2 cm), 218 p., 500 g.
Hardcover, pict. dj, 1 color front., (87) b&w photographs (helioprinting, full or double p.), 1 map. Text in Japanese.
Cartonnage, jaquette ill., 1 frontis. coul., (87) photographies n&b (héliogravure, à pleine ou double p.), 1 carte. Texte en japonais.

État / Condition — Fine (wear to dj).
Bon (jaquette frottée).

Remarques & avis / Review — The fascinating mythology & cosmogony of the Ainu people, by the Japanese poet & specialist of Ainu culture Genzo SARASHINA, with remarkable, grainy monochrome photos with powerful contrasts, of landscapes & portraits, by KAKEGAWA Genichiro. Very impressive.

La fascinante cosmogonie & mythologie du peuple aïnou, par le spécialiste de la culture aïnou et poète japonais SARASHINA Genzo, avec de remarquables photos monochromes aux contrastes puissants et gros grain, de paysages et portraits, par KAKEGAWA Genichiro. Très impressionnant.

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