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Diaries of a Kagurazaka Woman 1983-2002
An aesthetic photo diary of my 19 years photographing the Kagurazaka district Geisha
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Chapter.1　Darkness, Shadows, Reflections.
Chapter 2 . Shadows and Inner Reflections

Edo (Tokyo) Geisha 1985-2002
Photo reportage of the Tokyo Geisha today, taken in the main Geisha districts of Tokyo: Shinbashi, Kagurazaka,Asakusa, Akasaka, Yoshi-cho, Yanagibashi, and Yoshiwara

Japanese Traditional Aesthetics
The aesthetics and emotions sublimated in Japanese traditional culture - Noh, Kabuki, Karate, Aikido, the tea ceremony, traditional dress etc.
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Noh drama

Un Paese, Scanno 1999
Scanno, which is in the middle of Italy some 2000m above sea level in the Apennine mountains, is an old stone built village which has been in existence since before the Romans.In this village traditional customs and events are kept and handed down, and a life style that could almost be called the original Italian model is lived plainly.Festivals, traditional customs and the village people who preserve a spirit, which could be called the soul of Scanno. Lively portraits of old ladies dressed in traditional costume.

Moreover Scanno could be called the photographic Mecca of Italy, having been featured in works by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Mario Giacomelli (spelling)
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CALZETTA (Socks) and the day of BEFANA

Latitude 43 Degrees North
From Peking to Paris, across Eurasia following the Silk Road. And then one year later to America and Hokkaido. A journey on roughly the same latitude around the globe.

Around latitude 40 degrees north in the border area where the deciduous forests merge into the coniferous, there are many different peoples living, gathered together. I wanted to see this world where people with different religions, cultures and ways of living exist side by side. Climbing walls and bridges, following the roads, I went right around the earth.