Masahisa Fukase
Wonderful Days

 
limited edition of 800 copies
64 pages, 29 black & white plates
hardcover with tipped-in image
editor ; Michitaka Ota
book design ; Katsuya Kato
210mm x 231mm x 12mm
roshin books 2015
ISBN 978-4-9907230-3-3
release date ; 21 July 2015
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 深瀬昌久とその妻 洋子が1964年に埼玉県草加市の松原団地で始めた新生活に、家族の一員として加わったシールポイントのシャム猫 カボ。そしてその数年後に深瀬が釣りの帰りに拾ってきてしまった黒猫のヘボ。二匹の猫との生活の日々。
 この写真集は、残された当時の数少ないヴィンテージプリントから製作したものです。後年、特別な愛情をもって猫(サスケ)の写真集を出版していた深瀬の未発表作品でもあります。

Masahisa Fukase and his wife, Yoko, began their new married life moving in to Matsubara-danchi residential complex of Soka, Saitama in 1964. they were soon joined by a Siamese cat named Kabo. A few years later Fukase brought home a black cat that he had picked up on the way home from fishing- a cat which he named Hebo. From then on the couple lived their day-to-day life with these two cats.
This photo collection was made from the the few remaining vintage prints from that the time. The work is joined by another series of photos of a cat named Sasuke which Fukase had special affection for.