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Signed, HANA Dorobou

Eikoh Hosoe
Tosei sha/2009/Japanese/198 x 264 mm


In the spring of 1966, my wife's sister, Hisae Imai, a photographer, introduced me to a close friend of hers, Youko Kamoi. Ms. Kamoi was already well known as a lingerie designer. She came from Osaka, placed a small stuffed doll in front of me, and said, "I'll leave it to Mr. Eikou.

Upon closer inspection, I realized that he had brought with him not so much dolls as a collection of various people, including a pretty girl, a lustful old man, a sexy middle-aged woman, a pregnant woman, and others. I suddenly realized that they looked like a group of actors from Juro Karo's Situation Theatre and the Red Tent, which I used to frequent at that time. Juro Karo, Lee Li-Sen, and Maro Akaji were all there.

I took a small group of actors on a trip with me. We traveled as far away as Aomori and Nagano, and as close as Harumi Pier and the Yotsuya area. Whenever I took my eyes off them for a moment, they would start having sex, or they would beg to appear naked on TV. When I scolded them for being so noisy, they said “I'm going to die” and attempted suicide by using the train tracks as pillows. I was exhausted, and Mr. Kamoi immediately took me in.

Forty-three years later, I received a piece of good fortune. The dolls I photographed when I was 33 years old have now been published as a picture book titled "Flower Thief. First and foremost, I would like to let Ms. Youko Kamoi and Ms. Hisae Imai, who are now living in heaven, know about it immediately. This is a gift to them in heaven.

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