Distracted

April 12, 1968: Oakland high school students part of the Asian American Movement salute the casket of 16-year-old Bobby Hutton, a member of the Black Panthers killed by police two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King.

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) in an image scanned by me from Weekly Sankei (週刊サンケイ) magazine March 25, 1976.

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子)

Scanned from Punch (パンチ) Oh! My Girls from August 1978.

Today is FuckYeahMeikoKaji!’s 7th birthday. I chose this image to post today because it’s the picture that actually got me started collecting Meiko Kaji pictures. I saw this image and another from this magazine in an eBay auction a million years ago and had to save it.

Eventually I had enough Meiko Kaji pictures that I had to get a premium PhotoBucket account and then 7 years ago today I decided to start sharing them instead of hording them all to myself.

I want to give a quick thanks to everyone who has helped over the years by translating for me, submitting images (Hi Dominique!) and sharing the love: Thanks.

The amount of money I spend on Meiko Kaji stuff is ridiculous, but I fuckin’ love sharing it with you guys.

Eleganza, 1974