The Path of Green Leaves [[ONE PICTURE BOOK SERIES -- SIGNED]

Tucson, Arizona: Nazraeli Press, 2002. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Fine condition. Signed Masao Yamamoto in Japanese on colophon and hand-numbered 430/500. Original gelatin silver print pasted to final page (2 13/16 x 1 3/4"). Small Octavo. 8 leaves. Original silver paper-covered boards with white lettering on covers and spine. Green endpapers. A book of twelve reproductions (eleven photographs and one drawing,) a short explanation, and one original photograph (altered by hand).

"The path connected our house to Green Leaves Day Nursery. For five years, I followed this path with my son. When it allowed, I walked along it with excitement, with my camera on my shoulder. Season by season, it looked different. On sunny days or in the rain, in the snow or at sunset, I would always encounter a different event. I could not help recording interesting ones. My son grows up, and no scenery, no plants or animals remain the same. I would like to keep the changes in memory, to cherish them. And it is this same desire that gives birth to my photography." (Yamamoto).