Butsu Butsu – Collection by Genichiro Inokuma

As is known from his book “Painter’s Toy Box” (published by Bunka publishing in 1984), the painter Genichiro Inokuma always kept things that touched his tastes close to him and used them as food for his life and work.

Many of them were encountered in Paris, where I lived before the war, and in New York, where I was based after the war, and especially the Early American collection includes valuable items that could be displayed in specialized museums. However, expensive antiques, household goods, and even small pieces picked up on the road were indistinguishable to Inokuma, and each one was a “good friend” and a “lover.” Currently, these enormous collections are stored in the Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art.

This time, stylist Miyoko Okao carefully selected over 100 items from these collections, and photographer Takashi Homma took pictures one by one. The spread contains a single photo and a conversation between Honma and Okao that was exchanged at the time of shooting. In addition, an essay by novelist Toshiyuki Horie was recorded at the end of the book, and art director Atsuki Kikuchi was in charge of design and editing.

Essay: Toshiyuki Horie, Editing / Design: Atsuki Kikuchi, Supervision: Marugame Genichiro Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Mimoka Art Promotion Foundation