Author Archives: William Andrews

Metanarrative, landscape, and photography: Sakata Haruto’s Sanrizuka

Posted on Feb 12, 2024 by William Andrews

When does a landscape die? What does a “dead” landscape look like? And can we see death in a seemingly benign, even beautiful, landscape? Posing these provocative questions, the photographer Sakata Haruto’s Sanrizuka series was first shown in August 2023 … Continue reading →

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News from K: A forgotten radical’s letters and landscapes

Posted on Nov 22, 2023 by William Andrews

We seem to have entered a new phase in historical memory vis-à-vis the New Left in Japan in which the focus is gradually moving away from an emphasis on the spectacular showdowns between the state and protesters (usually shown through … Continue reading →

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Japanese landscape theories, pre and post

Posted on Sep 2, 2023 by William Andrews

As defined by Tokyo Photographic Art Museum curator Tasaka Hiroko, landscape theory (fūkeiron) was an engagement around 1970 with the ways in which “the structure of authority of the state and capital manifested as commonplace, everyday landscapes”.1 It involved an … Continue reading →

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Nighttime land seizure at Narita Airport sparks fierce protests and memories of the past

Posted on Feb 16, 2023 by William Andrews

On the night of 15 February, a patch of land near one of the runways at Narita Airport was filled with the ranks of riot police facing off against an angry crowd of dozens of residents and activists. With the … Continue reading →

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Farewell to a Self-Professed Rogue: Remembering Manabu Miyazaki

Posted on Sep 12, 2022 by William Andrews

Q. When you wrote your book, what period of your life gave you the most pleasure to recall? A. 1968. This was the time during the Vietnam War when throughout the world there were anti-war demonstrations and movements by students. … Continue reading →

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