剣 ​(小説) [Ken / The Sword] (Kenji Misumi, 1964)

Dec

6

rice

剣 (小説) (1964)

Young people eating. An older woman in kimono scoops rice from an electric rice cooker. When read from right to left, this scene – as are numerous others in Chikashi Makiura's photographed 剣 (小説) – are split into tradition and modernity. DP: Chikashi Makiura.

“We come to life, we die… It's a perpetual renewal. How boring.”

– Mibu