Japanese – Tay Kay Chin

[ BOOK LIVES ] JOE by Hiroshi Sugimoto

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Post published:November 14, 2024
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This is not a trick question but how big is your memory bank? (more…)

[ J ] More Than Words

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Post published:November 30, 2023
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[ J ] Detective series are good. Spy series are great. Political dramas are fantastic. But how many of these can you watch without starting to have the feeling of diminished returns? (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] The Park by Kohei Yoshiyuki

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Post published:November 21, 2023
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First, I am not going to try to justify why I have added to my collection a copy of The Park, a borderline-porn book by Kohei Yoshiyuki.

Now if that doesn’t pique your interest, I don’t know what will.

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[ J ] Quartet

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Post published:February 8, 2023
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[ J ] In the very first episode of Quartet, Maki relates a story about how she overheard her husband describing his relationship with her, “I love her, but I don’t like her.”

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[ J ] What Did You Eat Yesterday?

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Post published:September 28, 2021
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When I started on What Did You Eat Yesterday? a few nights ago, I wondered why the series centers around a gay couple when a topic like food is so universal. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Daido Moriyama in Color: Now, And Never Again

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Post published:July 20, 2020
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This is my first Book Lives entry dedicated to Daido Moriyama and yet, the book I’ve chosen is one in color. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Beginnings: 1975 by Ishiuchi Miyako

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Post published:June 30, 2020
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Ishiuchi Miyako is one of four Japanese image-makers to have been awarded the Hasselblad Award.

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[ BOOK LIVES ] Shōji Ueda

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Post published:June 26, 2020
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I bought this Shōji Ueda book in 2016 because quite a few critics were raving about it, but I knew very little about him otherwise. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] é by Masao Yamamoto

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Post published:June 26, 2020
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There is something very therapeutic about é by Masao Yamamoto that I find it hard to express fully in words. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Internal Notebook by Miki Hasegawa

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Post published:June 19, 2020
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There is a common saying that we should “never judge a book by its cover”. It can’t be more true for Internal Notebook by Japanese photographer Miki Hasegawa. (more…)