Mikio TobaraDocument Miseinen

The Japanese photographer Mikio Tohara was born in 1948 in Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture. He began his career as a photographer in the 1970s, initially working as a contracted photographer for the Hitomi Theater, focusing on stage and advertising photography. However, from the late 1970s, he became a freelancer and shifted his main activities to journalism, covering social issues. He particularly focused on documenting "bōsōzoku"," juvenile delinquency", and "teenage prostitution", dedicating most of his work in the 1970s to these subjects. This book is a record of his long-term research spanning five and a half years.