Yoko | Masahisa Fukase | Aka Aka 2025

This book will be available by the second half of April.

"Fukase's relentless pursuit of self-exploration led him to consistently turn his camera toward himself and his family.As Tomo Kosuga noted, Fukase's private life became art, making the personal public and gradually leading to "a paradox in which they seemed to be together solely for the sake of photography."The couple divorced in 1976, and two years later, the photobook Yoko (published by Asahi Sonorama) was completed. The cover featured a photograph of Yoko in a kimono, gazing back through shattered glass radiating outward, a powerful and poignant image that captured the essence of their complex relationship.

For this new reprint edition, the book's format has been expanded to amplify the presence of each photograph, and the cover has also been renewed. In addition, the pages featuring ravens, ominous yet poetic symbols that seemed to foretell the future of the couple, are now arranged with greater stillness and deliberation, inviting viewers to engage more deeply with every image.

In revisiting 'Yoko,' one must ask: What, ultimately, did Fukase capture through his lens?
Against the backdrop of the era's spirit, the photobook contemplates the essential question of photography--the nature of relationships between two individuals." - From publisher's statement