"Zokubayashi" Inaugural Issue

The inaugural issue of "Zōkibayashi," an anthology by the 7th graduating class of the Jōdo Complex Writing School, has been published!

This rich volume includes a special feature, "Re-encountering the Body," which spans genres from art and literature to street performance, a mini-feature on "Narashige Koide," as well as book and exhibition reviews.

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Table of Contents

[Special Feature] Re-encountering the Body: From the Creator's Touch to the Spectator's Body
Roundtable Discussion: Tracing the Creator's Touch – A Look Back at Tomoki Yamauchi's Stone Arrangement Workshop
Philippe Petit – The Daydreams of a Tightrope Walker | Momoko Miyashita
Chie Aoki's Body Expression and Lacquer | Haruka Kinoshita
Attempts to Be with the Body | Chihiro Kasahara
A Study on "Heta-Uma" (Bad-Good) – Thoughts Through Yuichi Inoue | Ota.
Sound, Area, and Territory in Language – The Linguistic View of Rie Kudan's "Shi o Kaku Uma" | Komu Yoshida
The Floor as a Boundary – Reorganization of Objectivity in Takurō Tamayama's "FLOOR" | Toshifumi Harada

[Book Review] A Genealogy of Manga Underpinned by Feminism
— From "Tennen Karakusa" to "Jā, Anta ga Tsukutte Miro yo" | Shisoko Negiyama

[Mini-Feature] Narashige Koide – Traces of Diverse Creations
The Three Main Lines of Realism and Fantasy – Narashige Koide's Self-Portraits | Kota Nakagawa
Narashige Koide's Interior Decoration | Ryō Yanagida
A New Realm of Painting – On Narashige Koide's Oil Paintings and Illustrations | Kohei Yamaguchi

[Cross Review] Yu Araki Reorienting – With Artists Who Crossed the Sea 100 Years Ago
Carrying a Compass | Kohaku Haruki
Bright Light Beyond the Fence – The Footsteps of Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Japanese American Painters | Kahoko Ogawa
(From publisher's website)