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Book - Fuji 

Chris Steele-Perkins 

The impetus for this three-year project began when Steele-Perkins was offered a gift from his Japanese wife of the famous book by nineteenth-century master printmaker Katsushika Hokusai, "36 Views of Mount Fuji". Struck by the verisimilitude of the prints as historical documents of the life of the peoples around the mountain - woodcutters, fishermen, peasants, aristocrats - as well as the beauty and spiritual aspect of the area, Steele-Perkins began to research further. He found that most Japanese photographers preferred classic images of the sacred mountain where the elegiac perfection of the... 

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JAPAN. Fuji City. Fishing boats in the harbour at dawn. 2001.... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 2001

JAPAN. Near Gotemba. Plastic leaves in second hand car lot. 2001.... 

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JAPAN. Gotemba. Car park. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Fuji. Japanese Defense Forces helicopter gun-ships practice... 

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JAPAN. Lake Saiko. Boatman. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Near Oyama. Building work. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Near Gotemba. Scrap cars. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Hakone. Boats. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Hakone. Restaurant. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Near Echizen-dake. Snow house. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Hakone. Bus station. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Fuji City. Offerings for children. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Filling station near Shiraito Falls. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Fujiyoshida. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Shizuoka. Bus stop, Fujinomiya. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Shizuoka. Setsubun festival, Fuji-Taisha, Fujinomiya.... 

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JAPAN. Fuji City. Holiday apartment. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Kambara. Fishing. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Fuji Farm, near Asagiri Highland. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Hot spring, near Kawaguchiko. 1999. 

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JAPAN. Near Fuji city. Factory . 2001. 

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JAPAN. Shizuoka. Scrap yard near Fujinomiya. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Repairing graves, Tsuru 2001. 

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JAPAN. Captive bear in Fuji Safari park. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Shizuoka. Coaching baseball between Fujinomiya and Gotemba.... 

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JAPAN. Near Suruga Toyama. 2001. 

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JAPAN. Gotemba. View of Mt. Fuji on the way to Gotemba from a... 

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JAPAN. Flying back from Shizuoka. Mt. Fuji is visible in the... 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Fujikyu Highland. 1998. 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Fujikyu Highland. 1998. 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Travel Bureau, Fujiyoshida. 1996. 

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JAPAN. Shizuoka. Fujinomiya City. 1998.
Sengen-Taisha, Childrens... 

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JAPAN. Shizuoka Prayers, Fuji-Taisha, Fujinomya . In the shrines... 

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JAPAN. Fuji City. Many of the factories in Fuji city make paper.... 

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JAPAN. Fuji City. Rice harvest.1998. 

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JAPAN. Mt Fuji. Football coaching by Fujigawa River. 1998. 

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JAPAN. Fujiyoshida. Cemetery with prayers and flowers near Fujiyoshida.... 

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JAPAN. Fuji City. Building site. 1999. 

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JAPAN. Tokyo. Pollution obscures view of Fuji from Tokyo high-rise.... 

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JAPAN. Allotment near Fujigawa river.1999. 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Monument near Fuji Yoshida. 1999. 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. School children near Fuji Yoshida 1999. 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Holiday apartment, near Kawaguchiko. 1999. 

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JAPAN. Fuji City. Mobil filling station from footbridge. 1999.... 

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JAPAN. Road works and Fuji near Kawaguchiko. I stopped at some... 

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JAPAN. Yamanashi. Lake Kawaguchiko. 1999. 

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JAPAN. Gullivers World, near Asagiri Highland. 1999. 

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JAPAN. Lake Shojiko. School outing. 1999. 

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JAPAN. Amusement park, near Asagiri Highland. 1999. 

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JAPAN. Isu Peninsula. Carp banners. 1999. 

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JAPAN. Isu Peninsula. The fishermen's festival serves two purposes;... 

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JAPAN. Kyoto. The Miyako Odori is a Geisha festival in Kyoto.... 

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JAPAN. Tourist shops on fifth stage. Climbing Fuji considered... 

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JAPAN. Girl with dog, early morning.1999. 

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JAPAN. Slope of Fuji at dusk.1999. 

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JAPAN. Climbers.1999. 

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JAPAN. Overnight hut on 8th stage.1999. 

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JAPAN. Hotel at Kawaguchiko. There are five lakes which arc... 

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JAPAN. Painting in souvenir shop 1999. 

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JAPAN. 1999.
Baby in a parking lot on the way to the Fifth Station... 
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