Kanoko - Signed Edition

Ayaka Endo: Kanoko is the latest entry in a series of publications created by Japanese designer Satoshi Machiguchi that pair the work of photographers with short-stories by figures from Japans literary world, following books like Sakiko Nomura: Ango (Sakiko Nomura x Sakaguchi Ango), Daido Moriyama: Odasaku (Daido Moriyama x Sakunosuke Oda), and Daido Moriyama: Terayama (Daido Moriyama x Shuji Terayama). For Kanako, Machiguchi decided for the first time to use a short-story written before the Second World War: Sushi by writer Kanako Okamoto (mother of artist Taro Okamoto) meets new photographs taken by Ayaka Endo, whose subdued, highly unique photographic approach seems to imbue the world with more mystery and fascination rather than take any away.