Fosco Maraini

Fosco Maraini (born November 15, 1912 in Florence , † June 8, 2004 ibid) was an Italian anthropologist , ethnologist , writer and photographer .

biography

As a photographer, Maraini was mainly known for his activities in Tibet and Japan . His recordings of the Ainu people in Hokkaidō are considered historical documentation of an ancient culture. In 2002 he received recognition from the Photographic Society of Japan for his artistic recordings. The latter also recognized Maraini's years of efforts to promote relations between Japan and Italy. Maraini also took pictures in the Karakoram , Hindu Kush , Southeast Asia and southern Italy . As an anthropologist and ethnologist, he was particularly famous for his two trips with the Tibetologist Giuseppe Tucci in 1937 and 1948. As a mountaineer, he is known for his expeditions in the Himalayas.

He spent the Second World War in Japan, where he was interned in a camp in Nagoya-Tempaku (名古屋 市 天 白区) from September 1943 after Badoglio's betrayal , as one of the few "unreliable" Italian civilians . In protest against the poor supply situation, he hacked off the little finger of his left hand and threw it to his guards.

The writer Dacia Maraini is his daughter.

Fonts

Maraini has written over twenty books:

• Secret Tibet (1952)
• Ore Giapponesi (1959)
• G4 Karakoram (1959)
• Meeting with Japan (1960)
• Paropàmiso (1960)
• L'Isola delle Pescatrici (1960)
• Tokyo (1976)
• The Island of the Fisherwomen (1962)
• Gnosi delle Fànfole (1994)
• Nuvolario (1995)
• Case, amori, universi (2000)

Recognitions

• Photographic Society of Japan , International Recognition, 2002
• Japan Foundation Recognition, 1986
• Order of the Rising Sun 3rd Class, 1982
• International Society to Save Kyoto's Historic Environment (ISSK), first honorary president

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fosco Maraini (1994): "Tibet in 1937 and 1948" ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Government of Tibet website. 
2. ↑ Carlo Pinelli, fellow climber in 1959. Mountain Wilderness site.
3. ↑ Karakorum, K-2 climb ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
4. ↑ trekker website , quote from Maraini.
5. ↑ Ardemagni, Mirko; Japan smiles differently; Stuttgart 1955 (Steingrüben), pp. 185-6.
6. ↑ PhotoHistory 2002.
7. ↑ Japan Foundation Awards (1986) ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Jozef Rogala: A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English: A Select List of Over 2500 Titles with Subject Index, p. 144.

Web links

Commons : Fosco Maraini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• John Francis Lane: Obituary, "Fosco Maraini, Italian Explorer and Travel Writer Who Brought His Understanding of the East to the West," The Guardian (Manchester). June 15, 2004.
• Obituary, "Fosco Maraini, Writer and Traveler Who Photographed 'Secret Tibet'," The Independent (London). June 19, 2004.
• Obituary, "Fosco Maraini: Dauntless Italian travel writer who devoted himself to exploring Asian civilizations, and once lopped off a finger to prove his courage," Times (London). June 29, 2004.
• Jozef Rogala: A Collector's Guide to Books on Japan in English: A Select List of Over 2500 Titles with Subject Index. Routledge, London 2001, ISBN 1-873410-80-8
• Official website
• Dacia Mariani website (Italian)
  • Dacia Marainis Biography (Italian)
  • Dacia Marainis Biography (English)
• Toni Maraini's biography (Italian)
• Marilyn Silverstone
• Japanese Mint: 2004 International Coin Design Competition - see competitor design, "Homage to Fosco Maraini, famous Italian anthropologist, orientalist, writer and photographer" … also see "Excellent Work" plaster model, Maurizio Sacchetti (designer)