Facsimile of the handmade maquette for Kawada Kikuji’s The Map (Chizu) (1965), reproduced in its original two-volume format with bilingual booklet. Signed.
In 1965, twenty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Kawada Kikuji published The Map (Chizu), a photobook that employs metaphor and symbolism to reflect on the memory of Japan’s wartime defeat. Designed in collaboration with the graphic designer Sugiura Kōhei, the work has appeared in several editions since its first publication. In 2001, the New York Public Library acquired Kawada’s unique handmade maquette, the rarest known version of the book. This facsimile reproduces the two-volume maquette in its original format and is accompanied by a bilingual booklet containing new scholarship and an extended interview with the artist, and is signed by Kawada.
Kawada Kikuji (b. 1933, Ibaraki Prefecture) is a photographer whose work has been widely exhibited and collected internationally. He continues to publish new work and reflections on photography through his Instagram account.
Joshua Chuang is a curator, writer and editor who was named Director, Photography at Gagosian in 2023. He has held leading roles at the Yale University Art Gallery, Center for Creative Photography and New York Public Library.
Miyuki Hinton is a researcher specializing in Japanese photography.
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