Souvenirs from Hell: Paper Offerings in Hong Kong, edited by Kyoichi Tsuzuki
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Souvenirs from Hell: Paper Offerings in Hong Kong, edited by Kyoichi Tsuzuki. 2000 softcover. 120 pages, very nice condition.
Street Design File 14. Bilingual, with text in English and Japanese. In Souvenirs from Hell: Paper Offerings in Hong Kong, Tsuzuki lays out a colorful documentation of chichaat: paper-constructed replications of quotidien objects like food, ceremonial dress, and more recently technology and modern fashion. Chichaat are traditionally burned as offerings during religious observations such as funerals and festivals in China, and act as a link between this world and the next.