produced books. In 1963 he began work on the major work of his life, Koji junrei (1963–1975). Concerning his photographs of Japan's traditional culture, Domon wrote, "I am involved with the social realities of today, at the same time that I am involved with the traditions and classical culture of Nara and Kyoto, and these two involvements are linked by their common search for the point in which they are related to the fate of the people, the anger, the sadness, the joys of the Japanese people." Domon's method of photographing these temples was to stay at the location for a time before taking the first photo. He would then begin photographing based not on a systematic, scholarly approach to the subject, but based on how his feelings towards the subjects moved him to record them. Domon prefaced the first volume of Koji Junrei with, "This is thus intended as a beloved book, a book which allows the individual Japanese to reconfirm the culture, the people which formed them." In 1976 Domon was completely incapacitated by a third stroke, and he died in Tokyo on 15 September 1990. In 1981 Mainichi Newspapers established the annual Domon Ken Award in celebration of the 110th birthday of the Mainichi Shimbun; two years later, the Domon Ken Photography Museum was opened in Sakata. Publications Books by Domon Nihon no chōkoku (日本の彫刻). Tokyo: Bijutsushuppansha, 1952. 2. Asuka jidai (飛鳥時代). 5. Heian jidai (平安時代). Fūbō (風貌). Tokyo: Ars, 1953. Murōji (室生寺). Tokyo: Bijutsushuppansha, 1955. The Muro-ji, an eighth century Japanese temple: Its art and history. Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, c. 1954. Text by Roy Andrew Miller. With 渡辺勉. Gendai geijutsu kōza (現代芸術講座 写真). 1956. Murōji (室生寺). Tokyo: Bijutsushuppansha, 1957. Domon Ken sakuhinshū (土門拳作品集). Gendai Nihon shashin zenshū 2. 創元社, 1958. Hiroshima (ヒロシマ) / Hiroshima. 研光社, 1958. Chūsonji (中尊寺). Nihon no Tera 4. Tokyo: Bijutsushuppansha, 1959. Saihōji, Ryūanji (西芳寺・竜安寺). Nihon no tera 10. Tokyo: Bijutsushuppansha, 1959. Chikuhō no kodomotachi: Ken Domon shashinshū (筑豊のこどもたち：土門拳写真集). Patoria Shoten, 1960. 築地書館, 1977. Chikuhō no kodomotachi: Ken Domon shashinshū. Zoku: Rumie-chan ha otōsan ga shinda (筑豊のこどもたち：土門拳写真集 続 るみえちゃんはお父さんが死んだ). Patoria Shoten, 1960. Hōryūji (法隆寺). Nihon no Tera 6. Tokyo: Bijutsushuppansha, 1961. Murōji (室生寺). Nihon no Tera 13. Tokyo: Bijutsushuppansha, 1961. Kyōto (京都). Nihon no Tera. Tokyo: Bijutsushuppansha, 1961. Nara (奈良). Nihon no Tera. Tokyo: Bijutsushuppansha, 1961. Masterpieces of Japanese sculpture Tokyo: Bijutsuhuppansha; Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1961. Text by J. E. Kidder. Kasuga (春日).