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02 Apr

yokohama salary man

yokohama salary man

While photographing for a book on irezumi master Horiyoshi III of Yokohama last summer,  I captured this on the way to the yodobashi camera store.  …

 
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27 Feb

List of Zen Books That Passed Beneath The Eye of Horimatsu (incomplete).

List of Zen Books That Passed Beneath The Eye of Horimatsu (incomplete).

And in no particular order; Zen-Direct Pointing to Reality by Anne Bancroft. Published by Thames and Hudson. Dewdrops on a Lotusleaf-Zen Poems of Ryokan by John Stevens. …

 
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21 Feb

The photography of Paul Hansen.

The photography of Paul Hansen.

More often than ever nowadays, it’s clear to me that Irezumi, writing and photography are not separate from one and other. After all, they’re all …

 
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18 Feb

Hiroshima. Two ghosts on a bench in the park talk about times past and summers to come.

 
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17 Feb

Zen life, Ueno park, Tokyo. Perhaps a chance meeting with the ghost of Yamaoka Tesshu…. Warm and sticky darkness chases the moon up high. A man plays …

 
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08 Feb

September. Early evening at Nakamura-sans studio/house outside Fukuoka. It’s not yet even an hour since we arrived by train from Yokohama. Kazuyoshi, Horikitsune, Horikazu and …

 
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07 Feb

At the studio of Nakamura San, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan.

 
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02 Feb

Mountains, mist, Kyushu.

 
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31 Jan

Horikitsune brandishing his Irezumi as well as his photographic skills at Horiyoshi III’s studio august last year.

 
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27 Jan

Subtle.

Subtle.

My Iphone arrived yesterday, and I have spent some 24 hours falling in love with it. This little miracle machine has become a digital extension …

 
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