Tatsuo Kurihara — Photo Report OKINAWA 1961-1970 1st ed w/obi & clear cover

Tatsuo Kurihara — Shashin Hokoku: Okinawa 1961–1970 (写真報告 オキナワ 1961〜1970), Asahi Shimbun-sha, 1970. First Edition.

A searing photographic indictment of American military occupation, published in the year of Okinawa's reversion negotiations. Tatsuo Kurihara (栗原達男) spent a decade embedded in Okinawa — from 1961 to 1970 — documenting the lived reality of a people caught between two sovereignties, beneath the flight paths of B-52 bombers departing for Vietnam.

The cover image says everything: a B-52 Stratofortress lifting off from Kadena Air Base, its silhouette monstrous against the sky, framed by chain-link fence. It is one of the defining images of postwar Japanese photojournalism — a document of occupation as visceral as anything produced in the era.

Published by Asahi Shimbun-sha (朝日新聞社) at the precise moment when the Okinawa reversion movement was reaching its peak, this volume carries the full weight of its historical moment. Essential for any serious collection focused on postwar Japan, the Vietnam War era, or the politics of American military presence in Asia.

Author: Tatsuo Kurihara (栗原達男)

• Title: Shashin Hokoku: Okinawa 1961–1970 / 写真報告 オキナワ 1961〜1970
• Publisher: Asahi Shimbun-sha (朝日新聞社), Tokyo
• Year: 1970 (Showa 45) — First Edition
• Format: Softcover with clear vinyl cover and obi (帯)
• Language: Japanese
• Original Price: ¥780

Condition: Good — Exceptional Interior Survival

• Vinyl Cover: Light rubbing and a small nick/tear consistent with age and handling — visible in listing photographs.
• Interior & Pages: Clean, bright, and fresh throughout. No tears. Remarkably well-preserved for a 55-year-old softcover.
• Obi (帯): Present.
• Previous Owner's Stamp: A former owner's stamp appears on the final page — a small but honest mark of this copy's provenance and history.
• Please inspect all high-resolution listing photographs carefully before purchasing.