Monthly Photos
Photos taken by ILCAA staff and associates are posted here once a month; most of them are taken during their field research in Asia and Africa.
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Balinese Puppets meet Sakura
These are puppets used in the shadow theater called “wayang kulit”, which I brought from Bali. I tried to combine this Balinese folk art with a “very Japanese” landscape.
MAR 2018
Puppet maker: I Ketut Sudiana (Sukawati village, Bali)
Location: Fuchu, Tokyo
Photograph by Yukako YOSHIDA
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