Fukuda Katsuji, Sakuga no jissai

Fukuda Katsuji. Sakuga no jissai. Watasi no shashinshû. (Handbuch der Photographie – Mein Photo-Album 1939). Tokyo, Ars 1938. Gr.-8°. 146 S., [9] Bl. mit 58 Abb. Orig.-Leinenband mit silbergepr. Rücken- u. Deckeltitel, illustr. Schutzumschlag in Pappschuber.

Heiting/Kaneko 126, 62. – Erste Ausgabe, selten. – Fukuda Katsuji (1899-1991) arbeitete seit 1920 für Takachiho Seisakujo (heute Olympus) in Tokio, nach 1923 betrieb er Fotoateliers in Sakai und Osaka. Anschließend arbeitete er als Fotojounalist. 1933 nach Tokio zurück gekehrt widmete er sich, beeinflusst von den modernistischen Strömungen aus Europa (besonders durch Moholy-Nagy), der Werbefotografie. Seine Arbeiten wurden besonders durch das vorliegende Werk bekannt. Nach dem Krieg veröffentlichte er besonders Aktstudien und Bücher zur Fototechnik. Eine große Werkschau seiner Arbeiten wurde 1994 im Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art präsentiert. – „There are no photographers of women in Japan even today who have not been influenced by Fukuda in one way or another. Many techniques commonly used today were developed by Fukuda, a fact which has been forgotten“ (Akira Hasegawa). – Schuber etwas berieben, fleckig und angestaubt, Schutzumschlag am Vorderdeckel mit kl. Randläsur, sehr gutes Exemplar. – First edition, rare. – Fukuda Katsuji (1899-1991) worked for Takachiho Seisakujo (now Olympus) in Tokyo from 1920, after 1923 he ran photo studios in Sakai and Osaka. He then worked as a photojournalist. After returning to Tokyo in 1933, he devoted himself to advertising photography, influenced by the modernist trends from Europe (especially Moholy-Nagy). His work became particularly well known through the present work. After the war, he published nude studies and books on photographic technique. A major exhibition of his work was presented at the Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art in 1994. – “There are no photographers of women in Japan even today who have not been influenced by Fukuda in one way or another. Many techniques commonly used today were developed by Fukuda, a fact which has been forgotten” (Akira Hasegawa). – Slipcase somewhat rubbed, stained and dusty, dust jacket with small edge tear on front cover, very good copy.