Yutaka Takanashi

Yutaka Takanashi

by Gerry Badger, Jeffrey Ladd, Yutaka Takanashi, Gozo Yoshimasu

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Toshi-e (Towards the City) is a landmark two-volume set of books from one of the founders of the avant-garde Japanese magazine Provoke. Published in 1974 and considered the most luxurious of all the Provoke era publications, its brooding, pessimistic tone describes the state of contemporary life in an unnamed city in Japan undergoing economic and industrial change. Books on books #6 reproduces all one hundred sixteen black and white photographs that make up the two volumes.--Dust jacket.

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    How does Yutaka Takanashi’s brooding and pessimistic tone in Toshi-e challenge the typical, glossy depictions of rapid economic growth and modernization we usually see in historical photography?

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    In what ways does Takanashi's connection to the avant-garde Provoke movement reveal itself in the raw, gritty, and experimental nature of the one hundred sixteen black and white photographs in this collection?

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    How does the anonymity of the unnamed Japanese city in the book allow the photographer to capture a universal experience of urban alienation rather than just a specific geographical location?

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