Issei Suda Japanese, 1940-2019
Ogose, Saitama, Umematsuri, March 14, 1976, Printed ca. 1980
Gelatin silver print
8 7/8 x 8 7/8 in / 22.5 x 22.5 cm (image)
14 x 11 in / 35.6 x 27.9 cm (sheet)
14 x 11 in / 35.6 x 27.9 cm (sheet)
Series: Fushi Kaden
Signed on verso
ISS2911
From 1971 to 1977, Suda traveled to traditional festivals where he found old-fashioned customs, rituals, and most importantly, exuberant participants and spectators. Suda’s most celebrated series Fushi Kaden (“The Flowering...
From 1971 to 1977, Suda traveled to traditional festivals where he found old-fashioned customs, rituals, and most importantly, exuberant participants and spectators. Suda’s most celebrated series Fushi Kaden (“The Flowering Spirit”), 1978 thus emerged. This image was selected for the cover of his monograph with the same title.
Provenance
Zeit Foto Salon, Etsuko Ishihara Collection
Literature
Fushi Kaden, p. 5, Asahi Sonorama, 1987, Cover