Issei Suda Japanese, 1940-2019
Sanja Festival, Asakusa, Tokyo, May 17 1976 from the series "Fushikaden", Printed ca. 1980
Gelatin silver print
8 7/8 x 8 7/8 in
22.5 x 22.5 cm
22.5 x 22.5 cm
Series: Fushi Kaden
ISS2913
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 published in his monograph with the same title on page 63.
Provenance
Zeit Foto Salon, Etsuko Ishihara Collection
Literature
Fushi Kaden, p. 63, Asahi Sonorama, 1987