Red String (ONLY 35 COPIES)
Yoshikatsu Fujii
Red String (ONLY 35 COPIES)
Photographs: Yoshikatsu Fujii
Text: Yoshikatsu Fujii
Publisher: Reminders project
70 pages
Year: 2014
Comments: Handmade book. Softcover, 225 x 165 mm. First edition, 2014. There are two kinds of front cover images : Japanese wedding dress (ed.1-15) and Western wedding dress (ed.16-35). Text in japanese and in english. Design by Yoshikatsu Fujii, Yumi Goto and Jan Rosseel. Edition limited to 35 copies, numbered and signed. In very good condition.
I received a text message. "Today, our divorce was finalized." The message from my mother was written simply, even though she usually sends me messages with many pictures and symbols.
I remember that I didn't feel any particular emotion, except that the time had come.
Because my parents continued to live apart in the same house for a long time, their relationship gently came to an end over the years. It was no wonder that a draft blowing between the two could completely break the family at any time.
In Japan, legend has it that a man and woman who are predestined to meet have been tied at the little finger by an invisible red string since the time they were born.
Unfortunately, the red string tying my parents undone, broke, or perhaps was never even tied to begin with. But if the two had never met, I would never have been born into this world. If anything, you might say that there is an unbreakable red string of fate between parent and child.
Before long, I found myself thinking about the relationship between my parents. How many days could I see my parents living far away? What if I couldn't see them anymore? Since I couldn't help feeling extremely anxious about it, I was driven to visit my parents' house many times.
Every day I engage in awkward conversation with my parents, as if in a scene in their daily lives. I adapt myself to them, and they shift their attitude toward me. We do not give way entirely to the other side, but rather meet halfway.
Indeed family problems remain unresolved, although sometimes we tell allegorical stories and share feelings. It means a lot to us that our perspectives have changed with communication.
My family will probably never be all together again. But I feel without a doubt that there is proof inside of each of us that we once lived together. To ensure that the red string that ties my family together does not come undone, I want to reel it in and tie it tight.
Yoshikatsu Fujii
more books by Yoshikatsu Fujii
-
Hiroshima Graph : Rabbits abandon their children (ONLY 72 COPI...
by Yoshikatsu Fujii
sold -
Hiroshima Graph - Everlasting Flow (Ltd edition of 75)
by Yoshikatsu Fujii
Euro 500
more books tagged »handmade« | >> see all
-
Jardin (EDT OF 5 COPIES)
by Pia Elizondo
Euro 400 -
365
by Alexander Aksakov
sold -
Asahi Journal (07/06) #4 (UNIQUE and SIGNED)
by Thibault Tourmente
sold -
THE GRAY LINE (ARTIST'S EDITION OF 11)
by Laura Rodari
sold -
CORPS ET ARBRES (EDT /50)
by Thierry Valencin
Euro 400 -
Passage (SIGNED AND NUMBERED)
by Dolores Marat
sold
more books tagged »out of print « | >> see all
-
LPT (ONLY 100 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Antony Cairns
sold -
Incidents (Sealed copy)
by Henry Wessel
sold -
The Globe Theater (SIGNED)
by Kikuji Kawada
sold -
A Shimmer of possibility
by Paul Graham
sold -
Particulars (Signed)
by David Goldblatt
sold -
Tantra
by Tiane Doan na Champassak
sold
more books tagged »japanese« | >> see all
-
Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)
by Shoko Hashimoto
sold -
HUMAN LAND (SIGNED)
by Ikko Narahara
sold -
The Tropics (SIGNED)
by Daido Moriyama
sold -
Mirage (Signed)
by Daido Moriyama
sold -
Teikai (Wandering at midnight) - Collector's edition (Signed)
by Daisuke Yokota
sold -
NEW LIFE
by Issei Suda
sold
more books tagged »limited edition« | >> see all
-
Gûyu - Allegory (Signed)
by Maki
sold -
E.D.S.A (LTD SIGNED EDT)
by Elisabeth Neudörfl
sold -
Before the War (LTD & SIGNED)
by Alejandro Cartagena
sold -
I wish to see where the winds meet (With a gravure print)
by Christian Bragg
Euro 150 -
New York (SIGNED)
by Daisuke Yokota
sold -
Stratum (ONLY 100 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Hiroshi Takizawa
Euro 90
more books tagged »yumi goto« | >> see all
-
Bird, Night and then (Only 55 copies)
by Kenji Chiga
sold -
Snowflakes Dog Man (Regular edition Signed)
by Hajime Kimura
sold -
The Restoration Will (ONLY 87 COPIES)
by Mayumi Suzuki
sold -
The Restoration Will (CEIBA EDT)
by Mayumi Suzuki
sold
more books tagged »reminders project« | >> see all
-
Dear Japanese (ONLY 70 COPIES)
by Miyuki Okuyama
sold -
Tokyo Perspective (ONLY 50 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Kazuya Urakawa
sold -
Mišo Bukumirović (Only 91 copies)
by Hajime Kimura
sold -
Snowflakes Dog Man (ONLY 69 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Hajime Kimura
sold -
Hodophylax (ONLY 111 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Michiko Hayashi
sold -
Happn (ONLY 56 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Kenji Chiga
sold
more books tagged »signed« | >> see all
-
Autres rivages La mer Baltique (SPECIAL EDITION WITH PRINT)
by Klavdij Sluban
sold -
I want to take picture (signed)
by Bill Burke
sold -
Tokyo (SIGNED)
by Jacob aue Sobol
Euro 200 -
The Afronauts (ONLY 50 COPIES WITH PRINT)
by Cristina de Middel
sold -
UWAJIMA (SIGNED)
by Daido Moriyama
sold -
House Hunting
by Todd Hido
sold
more books tagged »extremely limited« | >> see all
-
TOURMALINE (Special edition of 100 copies with print, numbered...
by Yusuf Sevinçli
sold -
Asahi Journal (01/06) #2 (UNIQUE and SIGNED)
by Thibault Tourmente
sold -
En Présence de l'Absence (SIGNED & NUMBERED /5)
by Jean-Marc Caimi & Valentina Piccinni
Euro 350 -
My freedom (ONLY 69 COPIES SIGNED WITH A PRINT)
by Tiane Doan na Champassak
sold -
Site
by Daisuke Yokota
sold -
Divagation - sur les pas de Basho (ONLY 40 COPIES WITH A PRINT)
by Klavdij Sluban
sold
Books from the Virtual Bookshelf josefchladek.com