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Background information
"'Sasuke the First' went missing quite early on, but some time afterwards, someone who had seen the ‘missing’ posters delivered a kitten to Fukase thinking it was probably Sasuke. While they did indeed look alike, the kitten turned out not to be Sasuke after all. Masahisa FUKASE, however, named this kitten Sasuke and ended up loving him like his own. To Harajuku, on express trains, and even to Ueno Zoo and the seaside - he took Sasuke out with him wherever he went. Referring to himself ‘papa’ while turning his camera upon Sasuke, the depth of Masahisa FUKASE's affection for his cat can be felt through his photos of its charming visage. A near-maddening amount of lovely scenes continue page turn after page turn in this wonderful photo book - a masterpiece that belongs on the shelf of a loved one."
Content
The photo volume 'Afterword' by Masahisa FUKASE is composed of photos used in the afterword ’Sasuke’s Diary’ from Sasuke, My Dear Cat, published by Seinen Shokan in 1978. In the small pocket-sized printing manuscript were instructions and numbering written by Masahisa FUKASE himself. Texts in English and Japanese, including the text "Sasuke Diary" presented in a separate booklet inserted in the book.
Additional information
From 'Afterword' by Masahisa FUKASE were two editions published: 1st and 2nd print run (released in 2016 & 2018, 900 copies each). The cloth of the 1st print run has a dark brown color, the 2nd print run has the color of sand.