They called me Yukari

Hideka Tonomura
They called me Yukari

Photographs: Hideka Tonomura

Publisher: ZEN FOTO

128 pages

Pictures: 64

Year: 2013

Comments: Softcover, 25,7 x 18,1 cm, color and b&w photographs. Limited edition of 500 copies. First edition. Out of print. Kept in very good condition inside, creases on the upper edge of the spine which continue a bit on top of dust jacket and one crease inside the dust jacket (see pictures).

In 2013, Japanese photographer Hideka Tonomura published “They Called Me Yukari” with Zen Foto Gallery, documenting the life and people around her when she worked as a hostess in Kabukicho, Shinjuku.

Kabukicho, Shinjuku

Patches of blood, bare genitalia

A sliver of darkness that’s not meant to be seen.

They called me Yukari.

“How we make a living? Sell our hearts, piece by piece by piece.”

- Hideka Tonomura

Hideka Tonomura's photographs show her obstinacy towards her family and are acclaimed for their uniqueness which are very physiologic and at the same time, somewhat comedic.