Why the suffix .108? In Rikitake’s own artist statement (published in the Bardo Journal of Transpersonal Art , 2021), he explains:
Part of a meticulously numbered series, Issue 108 is a prized gem for several reasons: Portraits Of Jennie By Yasushi Rikitake.108
These works were primarily released in Japan during the peak of the "idol" and specialized photography book boom of the 1990s. Distinctions Why the suffix
Specific catalog entries within his broader "Jennie" project. Market and Rarity Upon its release in Market and Rarity Upon its release in |
| Work | Composer | Similarity | |------|----------|-------------| | Reverie | Debussy | Floating harmonies, dreamlike atmosphere | | Pavane for a Dead Princess | Ravel | Elegiac, lyrical mood | | The Girl with the Flaxen Hair | Debussy | Focus on a fleeting female image | | Portrait of Jennie film score (1948) | Bernard Herrmann | Rikitake’s work is an abstract concert reimagining, not a quotation of Herrmann’s score. |