File:Tamura.jpeg

Summary
Front cover of the book "Tamura Sakae shashinshū: Shizen no katasumi de".

Prefatory
This image is of a book, Tamura Sakae shashinshū: Shizen no katasumi de, written and photographed by Sakae Tamura and published in 1965 by Seibundo-Shinkosha (still [2007] a prominent publisher). The design can be presumed to be © Seibundo-Shinkosha, incorporating a photograph © Sakae Tamura (or his estate).

Although the picture is subject to copyright I (Hoary) think its reproduction where relevant is covered by the U.S. fair-use laws because:
 * 1) it is a low-resolution copy of a book cover;
 * 2) it does not in any way limit the rights or impede the efforts of the copyright owners to claim ownership of or derive income from the book or incorporated photograph;
 * 3) copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork in any saleable form.-- Hoary 14:56, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Fair use within Sakae Tamura (nature photographer)
The image is significant in the article on the photographer because it shows the cover of a collection of Tamura's photographs and emphasizes Tamura's ability to see beauty in quotidian nature. -- Hoary 14:56, 5 August 2007 (UTC)