So, the story of this photo goes like this. There was a poet from former Yugoslavia (now Serbia) that has lived from 1979. to 1983. in Japan as a diplomat of Yugoslavia. His name is Nenad Burgić (Nenad Burgich). Apparently, according to a journalist from Yugoslavia in China, called Zoran Đorđević (Zoran Djordjevich), he went to Tokyo to find Nenad. Then, in the window of a random store, he saw this very photo. He bought it, and went to Nenad. When he went to Nenad, he talked to him about the photo and found out that the photo and its setup was Nenad's idea, to hire a famous Japanese pop singer, called Yoshie Kashiwabara (柏原芳恵), and a famous Japanese tailor (it is not mentioned which one) sewn the sweater that Yoshie is wearing on the photo, with the Yugoslav flag on it. This photo is on the front cover of the book of Nenad's poetry which was released in 1992, after his premature death in 1990, called "Slušanje tišine" (Listening of the silence).

So, my question here is, has anybody ever seen this very photo in Japan, or maybe actually has it? I would love to know any info, because I am currently researching Nenad's poetry and biography, and this detail caught my eye, because it's so interesting and unexpected.

by MuchProfessor7151

AloJapan.com