Shashin Jidai Photo Era Super Photo Magazine August 1984 (Showa 59) Cover: Kazue Ito, Japan, Vintage Magazine

Reference Number: a-4→b-1→a-7-2-2→a-11→b-12 2606

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Publisher: Byakuya Shobo
Year of Publication: 1984
Authors: Nobuyoshi Araki, Daido Moriyama, Seiji Kurata, Michio Yamauchi, Kohei Yoshiyuki, and others
Pages: Approx. 150 pages
Language: Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Paperback

044158

■ Dimensions
Height: Approx. 28.5 cm Approx. 11.22 inches
Width: Approx. 21.3 cm Approx. 8.3 inches
Thickness: Approx. 0.9 cm Approx. 0.35 inches
Weight: Approx. 355 g

■Additional Product Information■
“Shashin Jidai” (Photography Era) was a magazine published by Byakuya Shobo.

First published in 1981

■Overview
Editor-in-Chief: Akira Suei

The photography section was centered around Nobuyoshi Araki

Renowned photographers such as Daido Moriyama, Seiji Kurata, and Keizo Kitajima also published their work in the magazine

According to Araki, the magazine’s name originated when he and Suei were having drinks in Shinjuku. The conversation happened to turn to *Hotaru-yuki Jidai* (Oubunsha), and from there, they discussed how “the era of photography is coming”—leading to the name *Shashin Jidai*

Moriyama has stated that for eight years during the 1980s, he did almost no other work besides his serialized column in this magazine

Furthermore, Moriyama made his mark with grainy black-and-white photographs, while Kurata documented the raw, visceral atmosphere of Kabukichō and the yakuza, each establishing a distinct presence.

Other contributors included Shigesato Itoi, Takashi Ueno, Dan Takasugi, Nobufusa Minami, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Kyoko Okazaki, and Kaoruko Himeno.

Genpei Akasegawa’s serialized column “Super Art Tomason” in the magazine sparked a craze, attracting numerous photos submitted by readers depicting “objects that exist boldly despite being completely useless.”

■ Discontinuation
Due to the radical expressions used by Araki and others, the magazine received several warnings from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and was discontinued with the April 1988 issue.