Masahisa Fukase
In-stock photobooks and editions by Masahisa Fukase — a key figure of post-war Japanese photography known for the autobiographical series Ravens, Family, Sasuke, and From Window.
- Ravens / Karasu — the work most closely associated with Fukase's name, available in MACK Books reprint editions
- Family — long-term documentary series set in Hokkaido
- Sasuke — cat-centered photobook work
- From Window — fixed-vantage series built through repetition
- Publishers: MACK Books and Masahisa Fukase Archives
Masahisa Fukase photography — photobooks and key series
Masahisa Fukase is one of the central figures of post-war Japanese photography. His work is consistently autobiographical, turning repeated subjects — family, a former wife, ravens, cats, the street — into long-form photographic narratives. This collection gathers the in-stock Photobooks and editions available at Lokator100.
Biography and context
Fukase was born in 1934 in Bifuka, Hokkaido, into a family that ran a photography studio. He later moved to Tokyo, where he worked and built his practice over several decades. His divorce from Yoko Wanibe is frequently cited as the biographical context for Ravens. He died in 2012.
Key series
Ravens / Karasu
Ravens — known in Japanese as Karasu — is the work most closely associated with Fukase's name. Produced in the period following his divorce from Yoko Wanibe, the series documents ravens encountered across Japan and Hokkaido. MACK Books has published key reprint editions of the work, making it more accessible to international collectors.
Family
The Family series documents Fukase's relatives in Hokkaido over an extended period, returning repeatedly to the family photography studio and its surrounding environment. The work operates as a sustained record of a specific place and lineage rather than a single event.
Sasuke
Sasuke is a cat-centered body of work, produced across multiple sessions and published in photobook form. It sits alongside the more overtly autobiographical series as a document of domestic and personal attention.
From Window
From Window is a series made from a fixed vantage point — the view from Fukase's apartment window. The work shares the same logic of repetition and accumulation found across his practice.
Publishers and editions
The two publishers most closely associated with Fukase editions in the current market are MACK Books and the Masahisa Fukase Archives. MACK has produced widely circulated reprints of Ravens and other titles for international audiences. The Masahisa Fukase Archives manages the estate and has been involved in producing archival and documentary editions. Japanese art publishers such as AKAAKA Art Publishing have shaped the photobook tradition within which Fukase's work sits and continues to be discussed.