Persona Hiroh Kikai Soshisha/2005/Japanese/150*210*10 Persona (New Edition, With OBI) is a collection of works by Hiroo Onikai, one of Japan's leading photographers. Hiroo Onikai, one of the world's leading photographers and a leading authority on portrait photography, has been visiting Asakusa for decades since 1973, capturing portraits of ordinary people with his camera. Perhaps most people might not even stop to take a look. However, they capture the “beauty (that lurks deep inside)” and “love” that every human being must have. And we must not miss the message that is even more important than feeling that beauty. The following is an excerpt from the text: “Just because I believe that if people were more thoughtful and interested in others, the inclination of society to be more meritorious would relax and life would become a little easier. With this fantasy in mind, I have always wanted to photograph people with a strong sense of presence in a more stylish way, as if they were the main characters on a stage. I think I should like people more...” he says.