Manhoru - Japanese Manhole Covers including the Museum of Modern

including the Museum of Modern Art in New York

Here we see them serve dual functions as drying racks

images made in the 1920’s and 1930’s

The existence of the book itself is hope

Manhoru - Japanese Manhole Covers including the Museum of ModernManhoru by Thomas Couderc brings together an extraordinary and joyous collection of Japanese manhole covers. Captured by the author during a trip to Japan, or gleaned later on the internet, this unpublished body of work invites you to discover a subtle artform and a most excellent design opportunity that is completely overlooked elsewhere. British and European manhole covers are dismally functional by comparison. In Japan, 'Manhorukaba' or manhole