Artist's book that describes the “tear technique” of traditional Japanese with techniques for crying in eight situations. Primarily illustrated with manipulated photographs, also type set in teardrop shapes. By turns a fascinating, confounding, and insightful examination of the possibilities for subversion of societal gender norms and conventions through the use of tears.

“Situation 6: Embarrassment/For women, tears can immediately solve the problem of embarrassment, you must dress modestly, otherwise you will be thought to be a streetwalker. This technique cannot be used by men, because people do not like helping men.”

Paperback. 21.5 x 14. Black and white illustrations on 24 pages in black and white pictorial wrappers of the same glossy paper. Circular liquid splash to cover. In very good condition. Scarce, no copies seen in WorldCat, though attribution is given to Hidemi Ōta.

USA: H & O Company, 1974.