In rural Japan the passage of the year is marked by festivals and
rituals that have changed little for centuries. Elaborate outfits,
crafted from textiles as well as branches, straw and elements
sourced from the natural environment, are donned in agricultural
and fishing communities throughout Japan to celebrate seasonal
rites of fertility and abundance. Yokainoshima (literally 'island
of monsters') explores the extraordinary ranges of masks, costumes
and characters that reappear with each returning season. Charles
Freger's photographs combine acute documentary attentiveness with
individual portraiture in an entirely fresh and distinctive style.
Toshiharu Ito and Akihiro Hatanaka, both specialists in Japanese
folk culture and anthropology, analyse Freger's photographs,
setting the huge variety of eclectic clothing in ethnographic
context and describing the local festivals, dances and rituals. A
final illustrated reference section describes individual costumes
and masks.
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