Stories of Shinsekai Kazuo Kitai choseisha/1981/japanese/155*220*20 The New World Story, a collection of works by Japanese photographer Kazuo Kitai (1944-). Kitai is an artist who has captured the everyday lives of ordinary people and societal changes in postwar Japan with a calm yet intimate gaze. Known for his documentary approach that deeply observes the times and human existence, as seen in representative works like “To the Village” and “A Landscape Once Seen.” This book presents a series meticulously documenting the people and landscapes of Osaka's Shinsekai district, an entertainment district where the atmosphere of the Showa era remains vividly present. Crowds gazing up at Tsutenkaku Tower, men lingering in alleyways, the flickering lights of game parlors and izakaya bars—Kitai's camera captures the raw vitality and bittersweet emotions permeating these scenes in rich monochrome tones. As a record observing human existence breathing within the cracks of an era, this volume stands out as particularly rich in emotion within Kitai's body of work.