Nobuyoshi Araki - Midori - 1982 [1916]

Paperback with printed cover. Photographs by Araki. The photographs in Midori possess technical qualities, in particular a sharpness of grain, not present in Araki's previous work. The book's title references a classical heroine of that name from Japanese literature of the Meiji era. The heroine is portrayed here as a discreet young woman.