The Butoh - Mitsutoshi Hanaga Photo Book (1983)
Published in 1983, The Butoh is a photobook by Mitsutoshi Hanaga that documents the world of Butoh, the avant-garde dance movement that emerged in Japan during the 1960s and 1970s. It features influential performers such as Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno, capturing striking moments from performances that explored the expressive possibilities of the human body.
Beyond the stage, Hanaga's photographs convey the atmosphere of Japan's underground and experimental art scene of the period, offering a visual record of Butoh as a distinctive form of body-based artistic expression. Blending documentary photography with an artistic perspective, this book is an important reference for anyone interested in postwar Japanese avant-garde culture.