Toyoko TokiwaKiken na dokubana / Dangerous Poisonous Flowers

Photographs: Toyoko Tokiwa

Text: Toyoko Tokiwa

Publisher: Mikasa shobo

244 pages

Year: 1957

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A document of prostitution and sexual promiscuity in post-occupation Yokohama, by Japanese photographer Tokiwa Toyoko.

Tokiwa grew up in Yokohama, a port town in which many American ships docked, was interested in photography from a young age, and joined the all-women `Shirayuri Camera Club` in the `50s. Driven by her disgust of prostitution, she ventured into the red-light district with her camera to record the various `goings-on`, usually between US servicemen and Japanese prostitutes.

Hardcover with dust jacket, obi and original clear outer cover, 18,8 x 13,5 cm. 7th printing. Text in Japanese. In very good condition.