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Ko-e Issue 9: The Body
JUL | AUG 2010
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Highlights:
- A Requiem for Ohno Kazuo, the guiding spirit of Butoh
- Photography in Iran by Shoji Mitsuhiro
- Diet member Komiyama on anti-smoking laws
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Ko-e Issue 8: Identity
MAY | JUN 2010
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Highlights:
- Interview with Jazz funk saxophone mastermind Motoharu from Soil & “Pimp” Sessions
- Interview with live painters “8g” and “djow” who tour Japan with grassroots and jam-style outdoor music festivals
- Photography workshop program founded by Moriyama Daido and Yoshinaga Masayuki where the focus is on developing personal style
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Ko-e Issue 7: Revival
MAR | APR 2010
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Highlights:
- Feature-length article on Alex Kerr’s foundation in Kyoto that is restoring old buildings to use as cultural revival and education centers
- Interview with a young Noh actor who wants more mainstream appreciation of the art
- interview with and photo spread by Ikeya Tomohide who shoots Butoh dancers underwater
- beautiful art & photography only available in the print version
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Ko-e Issue 6: Countercurrents
JAN | FEB 2010
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Highlights:
- Photo-rich feature on Japanese music with a focus on good live bands; mini features on leading rock and jam bands Nabowa, Dechambo, and Special Others
- interview with and photospread by Hosoe Eikoh, one of Japan’s legendary photographers
- traditional Japanese art motifs reinterpreted by illustrator fooRider
- interview with an Ubifrance director on French craft beer’s entry to Japan
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Ko-e Issue 5: Journeys
NOV | DEC 2009
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Highlights:
- Interviews with Australian Magnum photographer Trent Parke, French photographer Emmanuel Smague, and art-photographer Ola Bell
- Gorgeous photospreads
- Feature on Japan ex-pat writer Alan Booth, including the out-of-print short story, Snow Devils,” translated for the first time into Japanese.
- Two travel sections: NSW Australia & Ise area, Japan
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Ko-e Issue 4: Choice
SEP | OCT 2009
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Highlights:
- Part 2 of the interview with Aileen Mioko Smith
- Interview and photospread with innovative landscape photographer Frank Grisdale
- An essay on Japan’s troubled immigration policy
- Expanded art section
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Ko-e Issue 3: Nurture Your World
JUL | AUG 2009
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Highlights:
- Aileen Mioko Smith: Between Photography and Protest
- The Death of Print: if print dies, do we as well?
- Kirin Beer - a company on the move
- Hakata Gion Yamakasa, Fukuoka’s greatest festival
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Ko-e Issue 2: Restorative Endeavor
MAY | JUN 2009
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Highlights:
- Interview with Soul Flower Union, one of Japan’s most innovative and socially conscious rock bands
- Restorative Justice: victims and perpetrators meeting face to face
- Horimyo, a living legend of irezumi (Japanese tattoos), wants to restore the ancient art
- Interview with Suzuki Shinya, the Pilsner Samurai
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Ko-e Issue 1: Hope
MAR | APR 2009
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Highlights:
- Interview with photographer Herbie Yamaguchi (including his photo gallery of 1980s British music icons)
- Barack Obama: the 6th black president?
- Got Hops? Growing one of beer’s essential ingredients in Japan.
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