Japan’s Modern Divide: The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto

The Photographs of Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto. In the 1930s, Japanese photography evolved in two very directions one toward a documentary style, the other favouring an experimental, or avant-garde, approach strongly influence by Western Surrealism. This book explores these two divergent paths through the work of two remarkable figures Hiroshi Hamaya and Kansuke Yamamoto. Hiroshi Hamaya 1915-1999 was born and raised in Tokyo and, after an initial period of creative experimentation, turned his attention to recording traditional life and culture. He went on to record cultural changes in China, political