Full color, 100 pages, A4 size, with the artist's signature Price: 3,850 yen "At that moment, I feel as if I am being released from everything that shapes me, becoming transparent, and gradually turning empty." — From the Afterword by Ayumi In commemoration of Ayumi's solo exhibition "Castle in the sky" we are pleased to release the doll collection "KAKURIYO," which covers her works from the early period to the latest creations. Ayumi's doll works, while embodying decay and internal wounds, present sacred, translucent skin that, despite their grotesque connection to death, conveys an overwhelming beauty. This beauty, intertwined with sorrow and fragility, delivers a profound sense of dread through visual perception. Moreover, the exquisitely detailed faces of the dolls, so lifelike they could be mistaken for living beings, along with their expressive eyes, evoke a sense of light that emerges from deep within emotions of passion and resignation. These works, which weave a spiral of soft death and intense life within the vessel of the doll,