photobook
- Museum number
- 2008,3035.93
- Title
- Object: Waga niwa o utsusu わが庭を写す (Photographing Our Garden)
- Description
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Photobook, one volume, first edition. 74 photographic plates. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original decorated cloth in dustwrapper and slipcase.
- Production date
- 1938
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.20 centimetres (slip cover)
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Width: 19.90 centimetres (slip cover)
- Curator's comments
- This is Suzuki's best work, a charming publication showing scenes in his home garden in Tokyo. There is of course a strong seasonal aspect to the photographs, but Suzuki excels in showing the beauty of the mundane: This work is far removed from the crafted aesthetic of Fukuhara Shinzo: It prominently features his three daughters, the cat, wooden clogs in front of the veranda, the sun reflecting on the surface of stagnant pools, as well as repeated shots of an umbrella leaning beside a door. Suzuki explores the differences in morning and evening light, rain and sun, autumn and winter. Book and slipcase are designed by Onchi Koshiro. No copy in OCLC. (Titus Boeder, 4/2007)
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2009 Feb – Jun, BM Japanese Galleries, ‘Japan from Prehistory to the Present’
2012 Feb – Jun, BM Japanese Galleries, ‘Japan from Prehistory to the Present’
2023-2024 November-April, BM, Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2008,3035.93
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: PB.350 (Photobook number)