Daido Moriyama 'Tono Monogatari / Tales of Tono' 1976

Daido Moriyama 'Tono Monogatari / Tales of Tono' 1976
Asahi sonorama, Tokyo, 1976
 
First edition
Size: 17x 11 cm
Pages: 172
 
"... One of these is Tales of Tono, first published in 1976, which features work shot in the countryside of northern Honshu, Japan. Taking its name from a collection of Japanese rural folk legends, its non-narrative diptychs display a nascent nostalgia, whilst the formal qualities of the photos embrace the grainy and raw techniques that Moriyama brought to his more urban subject matter. " (from the English reissue by the Tate)