Motsure Hotsure Tsumugu tells the story of the kimonos of the Japanese island Amami. It is a poetic photo series about the beauty of kimonos and how they are traditionally produced. Combined with a series of intimate portraits and images of nature, the book has a gentle rhythm in which it shows a quiet and slowly vanishing world full of craft and dedication.

Photos, design and text: Marco van Duyvendijk

Cover design: Jochem Coenen

Drawings: Haruka Mitani 三谷悠華

80 pages (20 by 25 cm) and two minibooks (12 pages, 14 by 18cm)

Offset printing, embossing on the cover

Edition 700