Zokushin.

Zokushin is Tsuchida's first book, containing photographs taken between 1968 and the mid-1970s. Contemporaneous with the Provoke photographers, Tsuchida uses his camera to convey his personal feelings about the world around him instead of creating an objective document.
At a time when the country was transitioning towards a more modern and Western culture, interest in traditional Japanese folk arts was considered countercultural. Here, Tsuchida explores the intersection between the traditional beliefs of rural Japan—especially folk religions, rituals, and deities—and the realities of modern life.

First edition; 4to (239 x 260 mm, 9½ x 10¼ in); black-and-white photographs, texts by Goichi Matsunaga, Toshinobu Yasunaga, Hiromi Tsuchida in Japanese and English, occasional offsetting and production marks; cream endpapers, light offsetting to pastedowns, white paper-covered boards, titles stamped in gold on spine, head of spine bumped, one spread slightly over-opened, photo-illustrated dust-jacket, printed in silver, text in black, light creasing to head, publisher's cardboard slipcase, printed wraparound spine label, light wear, an excellent copy; 236pp.

Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s pp192-195; The Japanese Photobook 1912-1990 475.