sentences:  The project originated as an eight-part series for the magazine "Camera Mainichi" (1976–82), and these photo essays reveal that Fukase experimented with colour film, multiple exposure printing, and narrative text as part of the development of the "Karasu" concept.Beginning in 1976, exhibitions based on this new body of work brought Fukase widespread recognition in Japan, and subsequently in Europe and the United States.The book was published in 1986 (by Sōkyūsha) and this original edition of "Ravens" soon became one of the most respected and sought-after Japanese photobooks of the post-war era.