This short story describes the Japanese system of entrance examinations, also known as the »examination hell.« To illustrate the expensive, exhausting and very monotonous procedure, the whole text is underlaid with a pattern of hand-stamped marks, normally used by teachers to mark homework.

Letterpress print of the text using zinc plates in German and Japanese.
Translated into German by Katja Cassing.
Japanese rubber stamps for school marks, printed by hand with printing ink in various colors on mitsumata paper.
Japanese binding with twisted paper cord.
Cover made of kozo-ganpi cardboard printed with rubber stamps in light pink.
Padded case made of cotton fabrics in the shape of a Japanese omamori charm, with the Japanese title embroidered in ivory.
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40 pages. 34 cm x 49 cm
Edition of 40 copies using Arabic numerals
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Tokyo, 2003