One Night Carnival

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One Night Carnival

Photographs: Fumiaki Fukada, Yuji Moriya, Kazutoshi Sumitomo, and Mutsuhito Fujio

Publisher: Daisan Shokan

Year: 1979

Comments: Softcover under dust jacket, 260 x 190 mm. First edition, 1979. Text in japanese. In very good condition, just tiny marks on the edges of the book. Very scarce and collectible copy.

Fumiaki Fukuda's little-known photos capture one of those sui generis pop history moments that can only happen in Japan: the 1960s Shinkjuku biker gangs, whose flamboyant style echoed that of Brando, Dean and Belmondo. Fukuda is basically a 'beat' photo-reporter covering what was then a fairly edgy and sensational sub-culture that was not without occasional violence. His style is equal parts Weegee, Provoke, Danny Lyon and Larry Clark--a totally singular book!

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