Publisher/佼成出版社

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"Japan's Sacred Sites 2 / Kukai and Mount Koya," photographed by Masahisa Fukase, a leading Japanese photographer whose work has been gaining renewed global recognition in recent years, is a book that, as the title suggests, compiles information about Mount Koya, a sacred site founded by Kobo Daishi Kukai, the founder of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. It is a collaborative work with religious folklorist Masasada Hinonishi, but is primarily composed of Fukase's photographs. Fukase, who visited Mount Koya seven times in one year, documented the Great Pagoda, shrines, Buddha statues, the daily duties of monks, and the surrounding nature throughout the seasons, while also showing his characteristic perspective, such as "A Cat in the Autumn Leaves." Following the color photographs, the black-and-white photographs titled "Okunoin at Midnight" shift the tone dramatically, with cemeteries and other areas eerily illuminated by strobe lights, highlighting their unusual nature. In the photographer's notes, Fukase's character shines through, as he uses worldly language even in a sacred place. The book is missing its dust jacket.