Takeji Iwamiya was a photographer who worked primarily in the Kansai region after World War II. Taking traditional Japanese forms and landscapes as his subjects, he photographed architecture, gardens, crafts, and regional culture extensively. He is also known as a figure whom Daido Moriyama regarded as his mentor.
Sado was published in 1977 as Volume 2 of Asahi Sonorama’s Sonorama Photo Selection series. It was re-edited for the series based on Sado, which had originally been published in a large-format edition in 1962.
The book presents Iwamiya’s black-and-white photographs of the landscapes, folk customs, and everyday life of Sado. Through images of the island’s nature facing the Sea of Japan, its villages, festivals, and scenes of labor, the work documents the living culture and formal beauty that remain in Sado.
Sonorama Photo Selection 2: Sado Takeji Iwamiya Asahi Sonorama, 1977 217 × 207 × 13 mm Good condition for its age
