Asubesutosukan Tsushin [Message from the Asbestos Hall].
[HIJIKATA, (Tatsumi)].; HOSOE (Eikoh) and others.
First edition. 10 vols. (complete). Each issue with a photographic frontispiece. Japanese text. 8vo. Original printed flexible boards (slightly sunned). Occasional light fingerstaining, but overall a very good set. Tokyo, Privately Printed, October 1986-July 1989
A rare magazine published in memory of the famous avant-garde dancer Hijikata Tatsumi (1928-1986), founder of the Asbestos Hall, a Butoh movement. Hijikata was a master of his body with which he constructed expressive movement. His dance often appeared like impulses to show a wide range of qualities that could be demonic, dark, grotesque, and extreme. The magazine includes a wide range of contributions from the world of acting, art, poetry, and history. Includes frontispiece portraits of Hijikata taken by Hosoe Eikoh. Rare. No copy in OCLC.
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