Toyoko Tokiwa

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Japanese photographer (1930-2019)

Japan ArtistsLived 1930 to 2019 · aged 89

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Toyoko Tokiwa was a Japanese photographer best known for her 1957 book of text and photographs Kiken na Adabana, and particularly for its portrayal of the red-light district of post-occupation Yokohama, with US servicemen.

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Front cover of Tokiwa's 1957 book Kiken na Adabana. Tokiwa is holding a Canon rangefinder camera with Nikkor-P 8.5cm f/2 lens, superimposed on which is a detail of the final photograph within the book (p.226). The red obi, partly covering the black-and-white dust jacket, advertises 100 photographs.

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