“After the accident, I learned that a peacock was left in the evacuation zone. I imagined a peacock spreading its beautiful feathers and walking through the empty city.” ——Miho Kajioka

After studying at art universities in the United States and Canada, Miho Kajioka returned to Japan and worked in the field of journalism for over ten years. During the Great East Japan Earthquake, Kajioka worked in the Tokyo bureau of a Brazilian television station and immediately focused on reporting in the Tohoku region. Through her reporting activities, she met many people and visited different places. She realized that these experiences were never just personal or emotional feelings; they couldn’t be conveyed through journalism alone. With this feeling, Kajioka decided to return to art once again.

This special edition was published on the occasion of the new edition of ‘And, where did the peacocks go,’ co-published by the(M) éditions in France and IBASHO in Belgium in 2022. This edition is based on the artist’s handmade book originally published in 2018. This book collects the various thoughts of Kajioka, who returned to art after the earthquake, and pieces them together like fragments.

Miho Kajioka
Born in Okayama, Japan, in 1973, Miho Kajioka studied painting and photography in San Francisco, USA, and Montreal, Canada, After returning to Japan, she worked in journalism in Tokyo and resumed her artistic activities after the Great East Japan Earthquake. She creates her works in Paris and exhibits and publishes them mainly in Europe. In 2019, she received the Nadar Prize for the most outstanding photography book published in France.

Specifications/Binding: Custom-made fragment view V-cut cover, Japanese stab binding, Codex binding