Osamu Tsukasa - Shonin Eizo Gikyoku [Signed] - 1970

Osamu Tsukasa - Shonin Eizo Gikyoku - 1970 - Published by Kogumasha - 52 pages - 37.3 x 26.4 cm

First edition limited to 300 copies. Number 2/300. Signed by Osamu Tsukasa. Softcover photobook. In good condition.

Shonin Eizo Gikyoku is a 1970 Japanese artist's book by Osamu Tsukasa. Limited to 300 copies, it combines stark black-and-white photographs of expressive wooden statues by 18th-century folk sculptor Mokujiki Shōnin with poetic, philosophical text, creating a conceptual "drama in images" that explores human essence, Japanese identity, life, and death. Includes a preface by Kenzaburō Ōe. A sought-after avant-garde photobook blending conceptual photography and folk art.