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Portfolio - Eternal Japan 1951-52 

Werner Bischof Estate 

Werner Bischof was given the assignment of photographing the war in Korea. The way there took him through Japan, which was in use by the Americans as a back base for their servicemen's 'rest and recreation'. Bischof got his work done in Korea, but it was Japan that won his heart. There he stayed for almost a year.

Together with his wife Rosellina, he discovered a Japan of beauty and purity, of design and ritual that must surely have reminded him of his early studio days. Here, as he had previously done in India, he pursued a theme that has lost nothing of its topicality: the intrusion of western... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Kyoto. Buddha on the hill of the seven sages.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. Kitano Temple. Paper wishes put by pilgrims to... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Kyoto. Tea ceremony. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Kyoto. Tea ceremony. The bamboo ladle is placed... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. The ritual of tea. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. The chorus of the Nô theatre. The Nô plays are aristocratic... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. Bunraku puppet player BUNGORO. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Mount Hiei (Buddhist holy mountain near Kyoto). Pilgrims... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. 1951. A tea house. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. The Silver Pavillion. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. Courtyard of the Meiji shrine. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Lotus flowers, symbols of purity. They are the plants... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Drying rice. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Kyoto. Gardens of the Katsura Imperial Palace.... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Nara. The Great Buddha. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Family of farmers. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Kyoto. In the "tokonoma", an alcove in the house's... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kabuki theatre. Actor Bondo MITSUGORO praying in front... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. A flute-player for the Bugaku dances, ancient dances of... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. The Gagaku orchestra, playing sho music to accompany the... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. Meiji Temple. Shinto priests. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Tokyo. Yasukuni Temple. 1951. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. 1951. Buddhist pilgrims at Kyomizu temple. 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Town of Kyoto. Heinan shrine. Stone bridge over an iris... 

Werner Bischof Estate 1951

JAPAN. Kyoto. Katsura Palace, an old Imperial villa. 1951. 
Portfolio - Major Features 

Werner Bischof Estate 2006

Album: 5 images 
Portfolio - Bischof, Werner 

2006

Album: 3 images 
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