Red String (ONLY 35 COPIES)
.jpg)
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
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
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
sold
more books tagged »jan rosseel« | >> see all
-
I AND THOU (Signed and numbered, edt of 72)
by Mi-Yeon
sold -
The Restoration Will (ONLY 87 COPIES)
by Mayumi Suzuki
sold
more books tagged »japanese« | >> see all
-
Maternal Deities (last copy)
by Yasuo Higa
sold -
INDIAN ROAD
by Ryuichi Ishikawa
Euro 150 -
Japan, a Photo Theater II
by Daido Moriyama
sold -
HYSTERIC ONE
by Seiryu Inoue
Euro 250 -
Hysteric Glamour (SIGNED)
by Taiji Matsue
sold -
Chihei Vol.3
by Collective
sold
more books tagged »extremely limited« | >> see all
-
Studio Volta Photo (Special Edition)
by Sory Sanlé
Euro 700 -
Calton Hill
by Craig Atkinson
sold -
Isolation (Self) (NUMBERED, edt of 10)
by Joanna Epstein
sold -
LO I AM WITH YOU ALWAY (Signed edt of 100)
by Alessandro Simonetti
sold -
BB (Signed edt of 50)
by Pablo Jomaron
sold -
Sayonara Setsuko (Ltd to 125 copies)
by Charles Johnstone
sold
more books tagged »reminders project« | >> see all
-
In search of lost memories (Signed and numbered, edt of 33)
by Hajime Kimura
sold -
Bird, Night and then (Only 55 copies)
by Kenji Chiga
sold -
Hodophylax (ONLY 111 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Michiko Hayashi
sold -
Dear Japanese (ONLY 70 COPIES)
by Miyuki Okuyama
sold -
Recruit (Handmade book ltd edt 147 copies signed)
by Hiroshi Okamoto
sold -
Recruit (Handmade book ltd edt 147 copies signed)
by Hiroshi Okamoto
sold
more books tagged »signed« | >> see all
-
Hackney Wick (SPECIAL EDITION WITH PRINT)
by Stephen Gill
sold -
MIO : le bruit de la mer dans ma chambre (WITH 4 SIGNED PRINTS)
by Marc Gantier
Euro 200 -
Nippon Gekijo Shashincho (SIGNED)
by Daido Moriyama
Euro 1500 -
The Brief "Graffiti-like" history - (ONLY 30 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Ryuhei Yokoyama
sold -
Go (NUMBERED AND SIGNED)
by Bruce Gilden
sold -
Morika's Dreams (Signed)
by Mao Ishikawa
sold
more books tagged »handmade« | >> see all
-
Asahi Journal (12/05) #8 (UNIQUE and SIGNED)
by Thibault Tourmente
sold -
UNTITLED (09-22 Black cover. Unique book with prints)
by Chan Wai Kwong
Euro 600 -
RED / JANUARY 2021 (SPECIAL EDT OF 10 WITH A PRINT)
by Theo Elias
sold -
Uterus (signed and numbered edt of 16 copies)
by Zaida Kersten
sold -
Kagerou
by Yusuke Takagi
sold -
CORPS ET ARBRES (EDT /50)
by Thierry Valencin
sold
more books tagged »out of print « | >> see all
-
Stripper zukan
by Yoshiichi Hara
Euro 200 -
WHY I HATE CARS
by Katrien de Blauwer
Euro 200 -
Comme si de rien n'était
by Sophie Calle
sold -
Shukei
by Nobuyoshi Araki
sold -
DL07 (Signed and numbered)
by Jens Liebchen
sold -
Yagi no Hai/ Lungs of a goat
by Kenshichi Heshiki
sold
more books tagged »limited edition« | >> see all
-
Solitudes (Signed)
by Dorian François
Euro 75 -
1528 (Signed and numbered of 300 copies)
by Rohit Saha
sold -
Anonymous Origami (LTD & SIGNED)
by Stephen Gill
sold -
Ten Disciples (Signed)
by Tsutomu Yamagata
sold -
BOPB : Best of Photobooks
by Laurent David
sold -
Light shadow movement (ONLY 100 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Helfried Valenta
sold
more books tagged »yumi goto« | >> see all
-
Tokyo Perspective (ONLY 50 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Kazuya Urakawa
sold -
Snowflakes Dog Man (ONLY 69 COPIES - SIGNED)
by Hajime Kimura
sold -
Dear Japanese
by Miyuki Okuyama
sold -
The Restoration Will (CEIBA EDT)
by Mayumi Suzuki
sold -
Snowflakes Dog Man (Regular edition Signed)
by Hajime Kimura
sold
Books from the Virtual Bookshelf josefchladek.com