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Masao Okabe : is there a future for our past? : the dark face of the light

by Chihiro Minato, Masao Okabe

This bilingual volume showcases frottage artworks created at historical sites, including a Hiroshima railway platform that survived the atomic bomb. Accompanied by photographic documentation, the collection explores how these rubbings visualise and preserve history.

Accession 3993 ISBN 9784130831505 Publisher Japan Foundation and University of Tokyo Press
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