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Front cover of the book "Tamura Sakae shashinshū: Shizen no katasumi de".

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This image is of a book, Tamura Sakae shashinshū: Shizen no katasumi de, written and photographed by Sakae Tamura and published in 1965 by Seibundo-Shinkosha (still [2007] a prominent publisher). The design can be presumed to be © Seibundo-Shinkosha, incorporating a photograph © Sakae Tamura (or his estate).

Although the picture is subject to copyright I (Hoary) think its reproduction where relevant is covered by the U.S. fair-use laws because:

1. it is a low-resolution copy of a book cover;
2. it does not in any way limit the rights or impede the efforts of the copyright owners to claim ownership of or derive income from the book or incorporated photograph;
3. copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork in any saleable form.-- Hoary 14:56, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

The image is significant in the article on the photographer because it shows the cover of a collection of Tamura's photographs and emphasizes Tamura's ability to see beauty in quotidian nature. -- Hoary 14:56, 5 August 2007 (UTC)