
Quarter Light Landscapes
- Publisher
- Sokyusha
- Year
- 2024
- Specifications
- Hardcover, colour
216 x 275 mm
96 pages
87 images
English / Japanese
Limited edition of 500 copies
Edited by Michitaka Ota
Design: 柿沼充弘
Printing: 株式会社サンエムカラー
Tsuneyoshi Shiiba's series features locations and landscapes across Japan, framed by the borders of his car's windows. He began it during the long drives between Tokyo and his hometown but eventually travelled across the country, from Kyushu in the south to Hokkaido in the north. The black frame lends a certain seriousness to each scene, whether Mt. Fuji in all its glory or the featureless rooftops of a nondescript town. Despite the narrowness of the approach, the variety of subjects and the dynamic nature of the images, with the foreground occasionally blurred or abstracted by slow exposure times, make it an exciting examination of the Japanese landscape. In the afterword Shiiba thinks back to his childhood whenever he looks out of a car window: separated by the transparent glass between inside and outside, time and space merge in the flowing view.