前衛生け花の流派・草月流創設者、勅使河原蒼風(1900-1979)のいけばな写真集。撮影者は兄弟とも呼ばれるほど親交の深かった土門拳(1909-1990)。収録された生け花24点の写真のうち、必ず一枚は富士フイルムによるフジカラー写真を掲載しているが、当時はまだカラー写真の技術が不安定な時期、色味の表現には大変苦労したと推測される。また蒼風の初期の重要作品でもある「汽関車(THE LOCOMOTIVE)」はカラーで見開きのほかに、モノクロームで制作プロセスの連続写真も収録し、見どころがある。献呈署名は土門から杉一郎に宛てられているが、杉は富士フイルム宣伝部長を務めた人物、土門はきっと感謝の意を込めて本書を贈ったのだろう。
This is a photo collection of ikebana arrangements by Sofu Teshigahara (1900-1979), the founder of the Sogetsu school of ikebana. The photographer was Ken Domon (1909-1990), who was such a close friend of Teshigahara's that they were called brothers. Of the 24 ikebana photographs included, at least one is a Fujicolor photograph taken by Fujifilm. At the time, color photography technology was still unstable, so it is presumed that they had great difficulty in expressing the colors accurately. Also noteworthy is "The Locomotive," an important early work by Teshigahara, which is featured not only in color across a two-page spread, but also in monochrome sequential photographs of the production process. The dedication signature is from Domon to Ichiro Sugi, and since Sugi was the head of advertising at Fujifilm, Domon probably presented the book to him as a token of his gratitude.
文:水沢澄夫
写真:土門拳
出版社 publisher:草月会/SOGETSUKAI
刊行年 year:1952
ページ数 pages:80
サイズ size:H370×W280mm
フォーマット format:ハードカバー/hardcover
言語 language:英文/English
付属品 attachment:函、カバー/slip case, dust jacket
状態 condition:函、カバー少傷み少汚れ。献呈サインあり。/slightly damaged on the slip case and the dust jacket, dedication signature.