A Japanese Book

June Photobook Selection

2012-05-28T00:40:00.000+09:00

From now on we will publish a short monthly (?) selection of books of various interests.
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YOSHIYUKI Kohei. Document : Koen / Park (1980)
1st ed. Good €420 ENQUIRE

ARAKI Nobuyoshi / TANIKAWA Shuntaro
Shashin no naka no Sora / SKY in a PHOTO (2006) €60 / Signed, Original Drawing €200 ENQUIRE

NOMURA Sakiko. Ai no Jikan (2000)
Excellent, signed. €80 ENQUIRE

ISHIUCHI Miyako. Joshu no Kaze ni Notte 1976-2008
Okawa Museum of Art, 2009. Excellent €55 ENQUIRE

TERAYAMA Shuji / MORIYAMA Daido / SUDA Issei / TATSUMI Shiro. Saa Saa Otachiai (1968)
G €300 / Excellent, obi €580 ENQUIRE

UMESAWA Tadao / KAWAZOE Noboru / SATO Tatsuzo
Katsura Rikyu / The Katsura Imperial Villa.
Tanko Shinsha, 1965. VG €45 ENQUIRE

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News!

2012-05-26T07:06:00.002+09:00

Hi folk! A word or two after a few months of absence, to let everyone know that we are back, more selective than ever, with lots of projects on our hands, including a massive catalogue (paper and ebook versions) and exhibitions (in 2013). Also, replies to emails received during our break are on their way: please be patient. A more concrete update very soon: subcribe and don't miss it. Cheers!

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Salutations ! Un mot ou deux après quelques mois d'absence, pour faire savoir que nous sommes de retour, plus sélectifs que jamais, avec beaucoup de projets sur les bras, y compris un catalogue massif (versions papier et ebook) et des expositions (en 2013). Les réponses aux courriels reçus pendant notre absence sont en route : merci d'être patient.Une mise à jour plus concrète très bientôt : souscrivez et ne la manquez pas. À bientôt !

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Hashiguchi Joji / George Hashiguchi

2012-01-10T11:30:00.004+09:00

Joji 'George' HASHIGUCHI

HASHIGUCHI Jôji (transliterated as 'George') is a Japanese photographer and a writer, who started photo-document in the early 1980s with communities of outcasts, gangs and drug dealers in the West and Japan (Oretachi, magazine works), and Berlin both before and after the fall of the Wall (Berlin, Die Mauer, Jiyu, the 2-volume novel Berlin Monogatari, etc.). Thereafter and non-exclusively, starting with Seventeen's Map, Hashiguchi has worked on the vast project of 'understanding Japan and the Japanese' through subjective thematic cuts through the Japanese society (17 years old, fathers, couples, elderly, children, etc.), travel and random encounters, during which were taken photographs and sociological data. Both the contrast between his first and his second set of works (vivid street snaps vs. posed, full-length portraits) and that double scientific and philosophical purpose (as well as the very private insight it provides), place Hashiguchi in a peculiar and very interesting position in the photographic field. As a constant trait, black monochrome overwhelmingly dominates ; as an additional treat, Hashiguchi grants most of his books with a very meaningful and touching afterword that is in itself worth the read.

Further readings: Profile [jp] ; study by Richard Chalfen [en / abstract 1, 2, 3].

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Links to the detailed descriptions:
Liens vers les descriptions détaillées :

HASHIGUCHI George
Oretachi, Dokonimo Irarenai
(1982)

HASHIGUCHI George / Joji
Seventeen's Map / 17-sai no Chizu
(1988)

HASHIGUCHI George
Minami kara no Kaze
(2 vol. / 1988)

HASHIGUCHI George
Dobutsuen / Zoo
(1989)

HASHIGUCHI George
Father
(1990)

HASHIGUCHI George
Yume / Dream
(1997)

HASHIGUCHI George
Jiyu / Freedom
(1998)

HASHIGUCHI George
Children's Time
(1999)

Magazine Works, Misc.

Shagaku 3/5
SHINOYAMA Kishin / HASHIGUCHI Joji / TAKAHASHI Keiichi
(1982)

Nikkor Annual 1999-2000
(2000)

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TOMATSU Shomei. Toki no Shimajima / Islands of Time (1998)

2012-01-03T11:25:00.001+09:00

TOMATSU Shomei. Toki no Shimajima. Islands of Time (Les Îles du Temps.) Tokyo : Iwanami-shoten (Sengo Nihon / Post-war Japan / Le Japon de l'après-guerre), 1998. E.O., premier tirage / First ed. & pr. — ENQUIRE

Description — Square in-4° carré (30 x 31 x 2 cm), 144 p., 1,7 kg.
Cloth binding, pict. dj, b&w pictures. Text by Ryuku IMAFUKU, photo index, biographies, in Japanese.
Reliure toile, jaquette ill., photographies n&b. Texte par IMAFUKU Ryuku, index des photographies, biographies, en japonais.

État / Condition — VG / TB.

Remarques & avis / Review — An excellent collection, all in black, by Shomei TOMATSU, with texts by the Japanese anthropologist Ryuta IMAFUKU, along the cities newt to which the American Forces set their quarters (like Nagasaki), and the Japanese islands before relocation, return or withdrawal (like Okinawa), and what happened next, until then. A beautiful photobook.

Un excellent recueil, tout en noirs, de TOMATSU Shomei, accompagné d'un texte de l'anthropologue japonais IMAFUKU Ryuta, le long des villes près lesquelles les forces américaines établirent leurs bases (comme Nagasaki), et des îles japonaises avant déplacement, rendu ou retrait (comme Okinawa), et ce qu'il advint ensuite, jusqu'alors. Un magnifique livre-photo.

Divers / Misc. — Pictures taken in / Photographies prises à :

Nagasaki — Tokyo — Okinawa — Ishigaki — Miyakojima...

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ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Sentimental na Tabi : Fuyu no Tabi (1991)

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ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Sentimental na Tabi : Fuyu no Tabi (A Sentimental Journey : A Winter's Journey / Voyage sentimental : voyage d'hiver). Tokyo : Shincho-sha, 1991. E.O. / First ed. — Cf. Divers / Misc.

Description — Oblong in-4° (19,5 x 27 x 2 cm), (124) p., 800 g.
Cloth binding, pict. slipcase,, b&w pictures. Foreword & captions in Japanese.
Reliure toile, étui ill., photographies n&b. Préface & légendes en japonais.

État / Condition — Cf. Divers / Misc.

Remarques & avis / Review — One of the most taking, touching and beautiful photobooks by Nobuyoshi ARAKI, that retraces the beginning and the end of his wife Yoko who died in 1990. Splendid funeral oration and tough recording of reality, and cause of his falling out with Kishin SHINOYAMA — Araki truthful to his conception of photography. An important photobook.

L'un des volumes d'ARAKI Nobuyoshi les plus prenants, les plus touchants et les plus beaux, qui retrace le début et la fin de sa femme Yoko, morte en 1990. Splendide éloge funèbre et terrible enregistrement du réel, qui le brouilla avec SHINOYAMA Kishin — Araki fidèle à sa conception de la photographie. Un photobook important.

Divers / Misc. — Available copies / Exemplaires disponibles :

1. ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Sentimental na Tabi : Fuyu no Tabi (1991)
E.O., 1er tir. / 1st ed. & pr.
État / Condition : Excellent (very light browning on slipcase spine-strip / dos étui lég. bruni).
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2. ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Sentimental na Tabi : Fuyu no Tabi (1993)
5th pr. / 5e tir.
État / Condition : VG (small defects) / TB (petits défauts).
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"A memorial volume to Yoko, it opens with some photos from the first Sentimental Journey, and includes photos of Yoko in the hospital and of her funeral. Wistful commentary by Araki. It closes joyously with a photo of Chiro [their cat] walking briskly in the snow." (IIZAWA Kohtaro, ARAKI's Illustrated Bibliography, in déjà-vu #4 : ARAKI Nobuyoshi (1991), p.90)

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Gens du Japon / Japan's People
Japanese Photographers & EROS : Nude Photography in Japan 1950s-90s

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SHIMADA Kinsuke. Musashino (1959)

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SHIMADA Kinsuke. Musashino. (Tokyo) : Kurashi no Techo-sha, Showa 34 (1959). Edition originale / First edition. — Cf. Divers / Misc.

Description — In-folio (39 x 28 x 4 cm), (156) p., 2,5 kg.
Hardbound, pict. dj, cardboard-boxed, b&w pictures (photogravure). Postface by SHIMADA in Japanese.
Reliure cart., jaquette ill., emboitage carton, photographies n&b (héliogravure). Postface de SHIMADA en japonais.

État / Condition — Cf. Divers / Misc.

Remarques & avis / Review — It is here around the plateau of Musashino (Tokyo-to / Saitama-ken) that Kinsuke SHIMADA strolls this time, through plains, mounts, fields and forests in all seasons — a splendid and imposing photobook and a personal favorite.

C'est cette fois-ci du côté du plateau de Musashino (Tokyo-to / Saitama-ken) que SHIMADA Kinsuke erre par plaines, monts, champs et forêts en toutes saisons — un livre splendide et imposant, et favori personnel.

Divers / Misc. — Available copies / Exemplaires disponibles :

1.1. SHIMADA Kinsuke. Musashino (Showa 34 / 1959)
First ed.
État / Condition : Good (box & upper dj a bit rubbed; otherwise VG). / Bon (emboitage & coiffe sup. jaquette un peu frottés; sinon TB).
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2. SHIMADA Kinsuke. Musashino (Showa 37 / 1962)
10th pr.
État / Condition : EXCELLENT.
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3. SHIMADA Kinsuke. Musashino (Showa 34 / 1959)
First ed. No dj nor box.
Just the book and the pictures! / Juste le livre et les photos !
État / Condition : TB / VG.
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MIDORIKAWA Yoichi. Japanese Landscape / Nihon no Fuukei (1969)

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MIDORIKAWA Yoichi. Nihon no Fuukei / Japanese Landscape (Paysage japonais). Tokyo : Chuunichi Shimbun Tokyo Honsha, Showa 44 (1969). E.O. / First ed. — Cf. Divers / Misc.

Description — In-4° (31,5 x 22,5 x 3 cm), 160 p., 1,5 kg.
Cloth binding, dj, cardb. slipcase, 73 f-p b&w pictures (matte). Text by MIDORIKAWA + captions in English/Japanese, notes about the pictures in Japanese.
Reliure toile, jaquette, étui cart., 73 photographies n&b (mat) à pleine page. Texte de MIDORIKAWA + légendes en anglais/japonais, notes sur les photographies en japonais.

État / Condition — Cf. Divers / Misc.

Remarques & avis / Review — A magnificent monochrome stroll throughout Japan, through seas and cities and snowy plains, by Yoichi MIDORIKAWA, in a beautiful, well-crafted, large-sized volume.

Un magnifique parcours monochrome à travers tout le Japon, de mer en villes et plaines enneigées, par MIDORIKAWA Yoichi, dans un beau volume grand format, d'excellente facture.

Divers / Misc. — Available copies / Exemplaires disponibles :

1.1. MIDORIKAWA Yoichi. Nihon no Fuukei / Japanese Landscape (1969)
E.O. / 1st ed.
État / Condition — VG (dj & slipcase edges slightly rubbed; otherwise excellent, mint copy inside). / TB (Bords jaquette & étui lég. frottés ; sinon excellent, comme neuf à l'int.).
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1.2. MIDORIKAWA Yoichi. Nihon no Fuukei / Japanese Landscape (1969)
E.O. / 1st ed.
État / Condition — VG (slipcase: slightly rubbed, backstrip sunned; dj: spine-ends slightly rubbed; otherwise excellent, mint copy inside). / TB (étui : un peu frotté, dos insolé ; jaquette : coiffes lég. frottées ; sinon excellent, comme neuf à l'int.).
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TAKAYAMA Tatsuo. Tatsuo Takayama (1992)

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TAKAYAMA Tatsuo. Tatsuo Takayama. Tokyo : Asia Press & Sandy Hook : Shorewood, 1992. E.O., provenance / First ed., association copy. — ENQUIRE

Description — In-4° (29 x 26 x 2,5 cm), 214 p., 1,5 kg.
Cloth binding, pict. dj, color reproductions, 3 fold-outs. Text in English : Foreword by INOUE Yasushi, Introduction by IWASAKI Yoshikazu, Afterword by TAKAYAMA Tatsuo. The copy belonged to the Ambassador of Paraguay in Japan then, H.E. Dr. Fernando B. COSTANTINI (laid in : a copy of a typed letter of the President of the United Nations Association of Japan, KOSAKA Zentaro, to the former).
Reliure toile, jaquette ill., reproductions coul., 3 doubles pages dépliantes. Texte en anglais : Avant-propos par INOUE Yasushi, Introduction par IWASAKI Yoshikazu, Postface par TAKAYAMA Tatsuo. Exemplaire de l'Ambassadeur du Paraguay au Japon alors, H.E. Dr. Fernando B. COSTANTINI (inséré : une lettre du Président de l'Association des Nations Unies au Japon, KOSAKA Zentaro, au précédent).

État / Condition — VG (dj sightly rubbed).
TB (jaquette légèrement frottée).

Remarques & avis / Review — Tatsuo TAKAYAMA (1912-2007) is a renowned Japanese painter and is best known for his nihonga (Japanese paintings) and the renewal of the genre — particularly of colors, under the influence of Gauguin — he initiated. He was also a talented engraver and draftsman. At the sight of some of his figures and landscapes, the reader would probably remember Odilon Redon more than Gauguin. A beautiful artbook, finely crafted and edited.

TAKAYAMA Tatsuo (1912-2007) est un peintre japonais renommé. S'il est surtout connu, dès les années 1950-60, pour ses nihonga (peintures japonaises) et le renouveau, en particulier des coloris du fait de l'influence de Gauguin, qu'il imprima au genre, il fut également graveur et dessinateur de talent. Certains de ses portraits et paysages rappelleront probablement au lecteur moins Gauguin qu'Odilon Redon. Très beau livre d'art, belle facture et édition.

Divers / Misc. — À la table / Table of Contents :

Avant-propos — INOUE Yasushi
Introduction — IWASAKI Yoshikazu

Paintings with Figures
Landscapes
Animals and Plants
Lithographs, Etchings, and Sketches

Afterword — TAKAYAMA Tatsuo
Biography
List of Plates

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Japanese Painters & Woodblock Artists
Arts & Crafts in Japan

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SHINOYAMA Kishin / OTAKE Shinobu. Accidents 3 : Light of the Dark (1993)

2012-01-03T10:50:00.001+09:00

SHINOYAMA Kishin / OTAKE Shinobu. Accidents 3 : Light of the Dark. Tokyo : Asahi Press, 1993. E.O., premier tirage / First edition & printing. — Cf. Divers / Misc.

Description — 4° (31 x 24 x 1,5 cm), (106) p., 1 kg.
Hardcover, pict. dj, b&w photographs (glossy), full or double-pages. Artistic Director: INOUE Tsuguya.
Cartonnage, jaquette ill., photographies n&b (brillant), pleines ou doubles pages. Directeur artistique : INOUE Tsuguya.

État / Condition — Cf. Divers / Misc.

Remarques & avis / Review — The third installment of the original series of Kishin SHINOYAMA's 'accidents' (see accidents 1 et accidents 2), starring the charming and charismatic Shinobu OTAKE (1957-), renowned Japanese actress and singer. Unchangingly fine shots, strong contrasts and deep blacks, and variety of fortunate effects, with a few blurs and a certain air of the countryside. A beautiful photobook.

Troisième volume de la série originale des "accidents" (voir accidents 1 et accidents 2) de SHINOYAMA Kishin, avec la charmante et charismatique OTAKE Shinobu (1957-), actrice et chanteuse japonaise renommée. Clichés toujours aussi bons, forts contrastes et noirs profonds, et variations d'effets réussis, avec quelques flous et un certain air de campagne. Très bel ouvrage.

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1.1. SHINOYAMA Kishin / OTAKE Shinobu. Accidents 3 : light of the dark. (1993)
1st ed. & pr., obi.
État / Condition : TB / VG.
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1.2. SHINOYAMA Kishin / OTAKE Shinobu. Accidents 3 : light of the dark. (1993)
1st ed. & pr.
État / Condition : Excellent.
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2. SHINOYAMA Kishin / OTAKE Shinobu. Accidents 3 : light of the dark. (1993)
2e tir. / 2nd pr.
État / Condition : TB / VG.
40 €

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Japanese Photographers / Photographes japonais
Japanese Photographers & EROS : Nude Photography in Japan 1950s-90s
Japanese Idols & Photography

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HOSOE Eikoh. Gaudi no Uchu (1984)

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HOSOE Eikoh. Gaudi no Uchuu (The Cosmos of Gaudi / Gaudi's Universe / L'univers de Gaudi). Tokyo : Shueisha, 1984. — ENQUIRE

Description — Square in-4° carré (31 x 31 x 4 cm), 252 p., 2,5 kg.
Cloth binding, pictorial dj & slipcase, color and b&w pictures.
Reliure toile, jaquette & étui illustrés, photographies coul. et n&b.

État / Condition — VG (small hits & tears on dj edges).
TB (petits accrocs aux bords de la jaquette).

Remarques & avis / Review — Eikoh HOSOE takes Antoni GAUDI's works in pictures: works of art which give birth to another work of art. An imposing work, well-crafted, spectacular and fascinating.

HOSOE Eiko photographie les œuvres d'Antoni GAUDI : chefs d'œuvres donnant naissance à un autre chef-d'œuvre. Un imposant ouvrage, bien fini, spectaculaire et fascinant.

Divers / Misc. — À la table / Table of contents :

Antoni GAUDI's Works
Parque Guell — Casa Mila — La Cripta de la Colonia Guell — Casa Batllo — Casa Calvet — Casa Vicens — Bellesguard — Palacio Guell — Finca Guell — Colegio Teresiano — El Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia

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Japanese Photographers / Photographes japonais
Travels in Gaikoku-land

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ISHIMOTO Yasuhiro. Kunisaki-kiko (1978)

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ISHIMOTO Yasuhiro. Kunisaki-kiko (Journey to the Kunisaki / Voyage à Kunisaki). Tokyo : Shueisha (Nihon no Bi 2), 1978. First ed. & pr. — ENQUIRE

Description — Folio (38,5 x 27 x 3 cm), 136 p., 2,3 kg.
Hardcover, pictorial dj & slipcase, 64 + 4 color pictures. Texts in Japanese.
Cartonné, jaquette & étui ill., 64 + 4 photos couleurs. Textes en japonais.

État / Condition — Good / Bon.

Remarques & avis / Review — Yasuhiro ISHIMOTO (born in 1921) is a renowned American-Japanese photographer, great traveller and among other works famous for his pictures of Katsura Imperial Villa, Toji / Kyo-gotokuji, Ise Shrine, and his participation in the exhibition Family of Man. He leads us here around the Kunisaki peninsula (Oita prefecture, Kyushu island), a volcanic region striped by deep ravines and home to an old and unique Buddhist culture. Spectacular photographs in large size, finely printed. Beautiful photo-book.

ISHIMOTO Yasuhiro (né en 1921) est un photographe américano-japonais renommé, grand voyageur et célèbre, entre autres, pour ses photographies de la villa impériale Katsura, de Toji / Kyo-gotokuji, du sanctuaire d'Ise, et sa participation à l'exposition Family of Man. Il nous fait ici parcourir la péninsule de Kunisaki (préfecture d'Oita, île de Kyushu), région volcanique parcourue de profonds ravins, et centre d'un ancienne et unique culture bouddhique. Spectaculaires photographies en grand-format, excellemmment imprimées. Très beau livre-photo.

Divers / Misc. — x

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Nihon no Bi
Japanese Photographers / Photographes japonais
Du Japon des régions / Of Japan's Regions
Temples, Shrines & Religions
Arts & Crafts in Japan

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The Best Japanese Photobooks Around : A Personal Selection

2012-01-02T09:30:00.000+09:00

Given the number of people around who ask for recommendations, I thought it was time I started building up a page for the best Japanese photobooks I have met so far.

While there are a number of reference books dedicated to Japanese photography, only a few are available which deal with Japanese photobooks — even the Parr/Badger volumes, because of their quite annoying focus on "avant-garde" publications, miss a great number of them and are only partially completed by Kaneko & Vartanian's own selection.

So here we are. I won't argue objectivity or comprehensiveness: you'll just find here my favorite books among those listed on AJB. Of course, since I get only books I like, be sure that all the rest is also well worth collecting: I'll just give here a short evolutive list guided by a strong personal preference. It is just a start.

Also, a quick tip to those that just met this fantastic world and wish to dig further, shape their own collection: ask for directions, and trust your own taste !

Enjoy!

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Puisque d'aucuns me demandent souvent d'orienter leur choix, me vint avis qu'il était temps de commencer de créer une page pour les meilleurs livres de photographie japonais rencontrés jusqu'à présent.

Alors que la documentation concernant la photographie japonaise n'est pas peu importante, celle concernant les livres de photographies laisse à désirer — même les Parr-Badger, du fait de leur biais "avant-gardiste" quelque peu agaçant, manquent un grand nombre d'excellents volumes, et ne sont que partiellement complétés par la sélection de Kaneko & Vartanian.

Donc voilà. Je ne prétends ni à l'exhaustivité ni à l'objectivité : vous trouverez simplement ici mes préférés parmi les livres disponibles sur AJB. Bien entendu, puisque j'acquiers uniquement les livres que j'aime, soyez sûr que le reste vaut également le détour et l'acquisition : je ne donnerai ici qu'une courte liste, qui évoluera au fil des découvertes, que guide une forte préférence personnelle. C'est juste un début.

Un petit conseil à ceux qui découvrent ce monde fantastique et souhaitent s'y intéresser de plus près, constituer leur propre bibliothèque : demandez le chemin, et faites confiance à votre propre goût !

Bonne promenade !

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To start off with, a few of the most impressive photobooks I have met, in no particular order. Some are most probably little-known. Encountering those books is what drives me.
I'll alternate these, arranged into thematic sequences, with series of works from more famous photographers.

KONDO Tatsuo
Kohoku (1977)

Photo Reportage November 3 : News Photographs (1956)

ITOH Meitoku
Genfukei / Original Sight 100 (1987)

ARAI Yasuo
Mibu Kyogen (1976)

HASHIGUCHI George
Oretachi, Dokonimo Irarenai (1982)

HARADA Kazuharu / TAKAYAMA Kunihiro
Miyajima (1978)

IKEDA Yasaburo / FUJIKAWA Kiyoshi, TOMIYAMA Haruo
Tokyo no 12-sho (1963)

100 Japanese Photographers: Profiles & Photographs (1973)

Atelier Special Issue
Atarashii Shashin / Subjective Photography in Japan
130 Works by 29 Modern Photographers (1957)

FUJII Bon
Kue Issho (1982)

NAITO Tadayuki / HINO Terumasa
Alone Alone Alone (1970)

TANAHASHI Shisui
Mexico (1958)

ICHIMURA Tetsuya / TATSUKI Yoshihiro / KANOH Noriaki
Shunga (3 vol. / 1972) NUM.

YAMAMOTO Hiroyuki
Sonzai no Kizu — Toshi (1990)

FUKUDA Katsuji
Iro to Hikari no Geijutsu (1954)

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As some may have noticed, one of my favorite photographers is Kishin SHINOYAMA. More detail here. Some of his books are just works of art, mastership of portrait and mise-en-scene. Here are a few of them.

His first two photobooks : great ground-breaking, now classics.

SHINOYAMA Kishin
28 Girls
(1968)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Nude
(softcover / hardcover /1970)

Some of my favorite b/w :

SHINOYAMA Kishin / TAKAOKA Saki
One, Two, Three (1995)

SHINOYAMA Kishin / MOTOKI Masahiro
Accidents 2 : White Room (1991)

SHINOYAMA Kishin / HIGUCHI Kanako
Accidents 1 : water fruit (1991)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Hashi wo Wataru to / Beyond the Bridge (1976)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Yokoo Tadanori soshite Indo (1976)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Shojo-tachi no Okinawa (1997)

SHINOYAMA Kishin / MALAKHOV Vladimir
Vladimir Malakhov (1998)

And some great color works :

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Olele Olala (1971)

SHINOYAMA Kishin / MIYAZAWA Rie
Santa Fe (1991)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Hareta Hi / A Fine Day (1975)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
106 Stars / Glamours 106 (1973)

SHINOYAMA Kishin / HARA Chiaki
Bora Bora (1997)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Kinbaku Taizen / Sadistic Play of Bondage (1971)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Hai ! Marii / Marie's Seven Days in Molokai (1972)

SHINOYAMA Kishin / GOTO Kumiko
Shojomu Ehon (1988)

SHINOYAMA Kishin / HAZUKI Riona
Riona (1998)

His TOKYO series — like Tokyo Nude (1990) and Tokyo Mirai Seiki (1992) — and travel photobooks — such as his Arabia (1976) or Paris (1977) — are also great pieces of art.

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Arabia
(1976)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Tokyo Mirai Seiki
(1992)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Paris
(1977)

SHINOYAMA Kishin
Tokyo Nude
(1990)

In fact, just have a look at the complete review!

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The 1960s and 1970s gave birth to a great deal of very fine photobooks. Here are a very few of them :

TAKANASHI Yutaka
Jinzo (1979)

KIMURA Ihei
Kimura Ihei no Me (1970)

TOMIYAMA Haruo
Gendai Gokan / Popular Life Today (1971)

SAWATARI Hajime
Shojo Alice (1973)

TATSUKI Yoshihiro
Eves (1970)

DOMON Ken
Chikuho no Kodomotachi (1960)

Asahi Camera Annual 1969
(1969)

PROVOKE
Mazu Tashikarashisa no Sekai wo Suteru
(1970)

NAKAMURA Masaya
Ema Nude in Africa (1971)

TATSUKI Yoshihiro / KAGA Mariko
Private (1971)

YOSHIOKA Yasuhiro
Y. Yoshioka (1963)

WAKAMATSU Tad
Ipy Girl Ipy (1970)

IWAMIYA Takeji
Nihon no Katachi (1978)

KENMOCHI Kazuo
Chiisana Inochi (1971)

ICHIMURA Tetsuya
Come Up (1971)

NAKAMURA Yasuo / KUZUNISHI Sosei / MAENISHI Yoshio
The World of Noh and Noh Masks (1962)

TSUCHIDA Hiromi.
Zokushin / Gods of the Earth (1976)

KAGEYAMA Masao
Azumino 1977 (1978)

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I absolutely love all of SHIMADA Kinsuke's photobooks. They are all large-sized, extremely well-crafted volumes and there are not so many of them. Here are two magnificent works, one in b/w one in color, just for the kick :

SHIMADA Kinsuke
Yukiguni (1962)

SHIMADA Kinsuke
Oka (1976)

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There are gems among the works of the photographers who took part in the VIVO experiment :

NARAHARA Ikko
Europe. Where Time Has Stopped (1967)

TOMATSU Shomei
Salaam Aleikom (1968)

NARAHARA Ikko
Japanesque (1970)

TOMATSU Shomei
Haien / Ruinous Gardens (1987)

NARAHARA Ikko
Spain / Espana : Grand Tarde (1969)

HOSOE Eikoh / MISHIMA Yukio
Barakei / Ordeal by Roses II (New ed. / 1984)

NARAHARA Ikko
Venetian Light / Venezia no Hikari (1987)

HOSOE Eikoh
Hoyo / Embrace (1971)

TOMATSU Shomei
Nagasaki 11:02 (1968)

HOSOE Eikoh
Gaudi no Uchu (1984)

NARAHARA Ikko
Ten / Heaven (2002)

HOSOE Eikoh / OKURA Shunji / ICHIMURA Tetsuya
Eros' Chat : ONNA (1969)

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I am very fond of ARAKI Nobuyoshi's work — his endeavour to women and photography, his humour, his despair too. He would be the true biased recorder of Tokyo's life. Here are some of my favorites :

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Erotos (1993)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Waga Ai, Yoko / Yoko My Love (1978)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Tokyo Lucky Hole (1990)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Subway Love (2005)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Tokyo Nude (1989)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Jeanne (1991)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Shashin-shosetsu / Senti-roman (1981)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi / TANIKAWA Shuntaro
Shashin no naka no Sora / SKY in a PHOTO (2006)

Taiyo Monthly Deluxe #13
First Anniversary Issue
ARAKI Nobuyoshi : Sacchin (1964)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Diary Tokyo / Tokyo Nikki 1981-1995 (1987)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Sentimental na Tabi : Fuyu no Tabi (1991)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Shashin-ron (1989)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi / FUJITA Tomoko
Toono Shosetsu (1996)

ARAKI Nobuyoshi
Shashin Shijo Shugi (2000)

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On the other hand, MIDORIKAWA Yoichi is a true, original landscape artist — but not only : his Tour in Europe and Setonaikai are very much great avant-garde works to me, and his magazine- or recently-published portraits are superb.

MIDORIKAWA Yoichi
Sketching Tour in Europe / 1960 (1960)

MIDORIKAWA Yoichi
Setonaikai (1962)

MIDORIKAWA Yoichi
Setonaikai / Inland Sea (1978)

MIDORIKAWA Yoichi
Sanshisuimei : Kokuritsu Koen / Japan's National Parks (1983)

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Here are some of my favorite urban photobooks. Most focus on either the beauty of tradition — Kyoto will be a bottomless source of inspiration for them — or the greatness and chaos of megacities — Tokyo being the natural given object here. I particularly enjoy those books — on Japanese festivals for instance — which also entail street shots and portraits. Another sort, more difficult to find, depicts the rural life not only through a documentary bias. Up to you to build a contrasting library where the four sorts meet.

THE Tokyo
(1975)

SUDA Issei
Waga Tokyo 100 (1979)

IWAMIYA Takeji
Kyoto (1973)

TANUMA Takeyoshi
Shitamachi, Hitomukashi (1980)

OHAZAMA Akio
JAPAN (1983)

ARINO Eimu
Kyojitsu Kukan / Utsusemi no Fukei
Empty City / Empty Landscape
(2 vol. / 2002)

HARADA Masamichi / NAKANISHI Akira
Nagasaki (1971)

AKI Shuichi
My Genealogy (1998)

MIDORIKAWA Yoichi
Kyoto
(1970)

WAKATSUKI Akira
Matsuribi / Festivals (1994)

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I love the more tranquil photobooks dealing mostly with traditional Japan / Kansai, published by Tanko-shinsha in the 1960s-70s : abundant iconography, numerous great monochrome shots (I am particularly fond of KUZUNISHI Sosei's works), served by great helioprinting.

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I always come back to ASAI Shimpei, especially to these four great photobooks :

ASAI Shimpei
Shadow (1986)

ASAI Shimpei
Kairyu no Naka no Shimajima (1977)

ASAI Shimpei
Beatles Tokyo : 100 Jikan no Roman (1966)

ASAI Shimpei
Winds (1981)

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OKURA Shunji is another photographer to whom I am always drawn to. Three absolute favorites :

OKURA Shunji
Musashino (1997)

OKURA Shunji / SUGIMOTO Emma
Emma (1971)

OKURA Shunji
Tokyo X (2000)

His Onnagata (1983) is also very impressive.

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The Japanese 1980s and 1990s are proficient in quality photobooks of all sorts. In the early 1990s, a generation of young female photographers starts, in the wake of Araki Nobuyoshi's groundwork and Ishiuchi Miyako's growing renown, a new trend of intimate photography. On the opposite side of the spectrum, a darker, more obsessive, compulsive and psychotic type emerges — as Japan's economic growth worries and actualizes fear as the bubble pops, as one light analysis may claim; but there is more to it. On the other hand, new generations of artists — such as kabuki's, following the successful example of Bando Tamasaburo's lasting collaboration with Shinoyama — call for freshness and movement and step out of the trodden paths for great photographic portrait works. Rich years indeed. An additional short selection.

ICHIKAWA Emiya / SUGAWARA Ichigo
Emiya (1994)

INOSE Kou
Visions of Japan : 1982-1994 (1998)

HIROMIX
Girls Blue (1996)

KAJI Minoru
Tsuya no Shozo (1987)

NOMURA Sakiko
Hadaka no Jikan (1997)

NAGASHIMA Yurie
Yurie Nagashima (1995)

déjà-vu
20 vol. (1990-1995)
particularly the great issue dedicated to GOCHO Shigeo (1992)

MIYAZAWA Masaaki / KANNO Miho
Nudity (1997)

YOSHIYUKI Kouhei
Sekigai Kousen (1992)

NAGASHIMA Yurie
Pastime Paradise (2000)

NOMURA Keiko
Deep South (1999)

HIROMIX
Hiromix (1998)

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MORIYAMA Daido may be seen as ARAKI's opposite and complement. He is just passing, wherever he is, passing and shooting — just as others would breathe — a snapshot master. His 1960s-1970s works are widely and wildly appraised as Japanese avant-garde chef-d'œuvres — the Provoke period, of course, and all his magazine work. Trademark : very contrasted monochrome and (rare) bland color shots. High-paced publishing activity since the late 1990s. Again, no space to put every work I like here. A short selection :

MORIYAMA Daido
Kagero & Colors (2007)

MORIYAMA Daido
Northern (2009)

MORIYAMA Daido
Shashin Yo Sayonara / Farewell Photography
(new edition / 2006)

MORIYAMA Daido
Fragments (1998)

MORIYAMA Daido
S' (Special Limited Edition, 2008)

MORIYAMA Daido
Shinjuku (2003)

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In my opinion there is much in common between landscape and portrait / body photography, and photobooks that encompass both are most welcomed. See also the review:
Japanese Photographers & EROS : Nude Photography in Japan 1950s-90s

AKIYAMA Shotaro
Naked Portraits (1979)

YOSHIOKA Yasuhiro
Juu-ai / Animal Love : The Third Venus (1971)

KIMURA Ihei
Kessaku / Select Pictures (1954)

Mainichi Graphic Special : FUJI-SAN (1970)

ISHIUCHI Miyako
Scars (2005)

TATSUKI Yoshihiro / KANOH Noriaki / ICHIMURA Tetsuya. Onna to Otoko (1974)

ISHIUCHI Miyako
One Days (2008)

TAKANO Ryudai
Para Para : Maria - Toshihisa (2009)

NAKATANI Yoshitaka
Hokkaido : Doto — Okhotsk to Genya to Mizuumi (1975)

HASEGAWA Kyoko / ARIKO & TAKEY
Keyoflife (2003)

HAIJIMA Yoji
Inori no Moji (1975)

KAGEYAMA Koyo
Showa no Onna 1926-1965 (1965)

HAMAYA Hiroshi
Gakugei Shoka (1983)

NOMURA Sakiko
Kuroyami (2008)

KIMURA Ihei
Kogata Camera no Utsushikata, Tsukaikata (1937)

SHIBATA Toshio
Visions of Japan : View (1998)

NAITO Masatoshi
Nomibusan / Shichimensan (1981)

HAMAGUCHI Takashi
Hokkaido (1985)

SATO Akira
Onna Soshite Byakuya (1998)

NISHIURA Hiroki
Yonagunijima (1979)

IWAMIYA Takeji
Nihonkai (1972)

TAKANO Ryudai
1993-1996 (2006)

ISHIKAWA Naoki
Mt Fuji / Fuji-san (2008)

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KOBAYASHI Shinichiro's concern towards ruins and the clash between human artefacts and nature in Japan is very peculiar and the occasion of fantastic photography.

KOBAYASHI Shinichiro
Tokyo Bay Side (1991)

KOBAYASHI Shinichiro
Deathtopia / Haikyo Yugi (1998)

KOBAYASHI Shinichiro
Japan New Map (2003)

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That's not all folks : this Subjective Best-of Japanese Photobooks will evolve as time passes, and as new books are being listed on AJB — much yet to be done. Feel free to drop by from time to time.
Cheers!

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For a reminder, here are the Japanese photobooks entailed in Martin Parr & Gerry Badger's selection — those of which are listed in our catalogue can be found under the PARR-BADGER label or by clicking on the links below.

Vol. 1 — Provocative Material for Thought: The Postwar Japanese Photobook

ISHIMOTO Yasuhiro. Aru Hi Aru Tokoro (1958)
DOMON Ken. Hiroshima (1958)
TOMATSU Shomei / DOMON Ken. Hiroshima-Nagasaki Document 1961 (1961)
TOMATSU Shomei. 11.02 Nagasaki (1966 / 1968)
DOMON Ken. Chikuho no Kodomotachi (1960)
HOSOE Eikoh. Otoko to Onna / Man and Woman (1961)
HOSOE Eikoh / MISHIMA Yukio. Barakei (1963)
HOSOE Eikoh / MISHIMA Yukio. Barakei Shinshuban (1971)
HOSOE Eikoh. Kamaitachi (1969)
KAWADA Kikuji. Chizu (1965)
MORIYAMA Daido. Nippon Gekijo Shashincho (1968)
ISHIMOTO Yasuhiro. Chicago, Chicago (1969)
TOMATSU Shomei. Oo! Shinjuku (1969)
OHARA Ken. One (1970)
NAKAHIRA Takuma. Kitaru beki Kotoba no tame ni (1970)
ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Xerox Shashincho 24 (1970)
ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Sentimental na Tabi (1971)
TAKASE Yoshio. Benjo (1971)
KIMURA Ihei. Paris (1974)
MORIYAMA Daido. Shashin yo Sayonara (1972)
MORIYAMA Daido. Karyudo (1972)
MORIYAMA Daido. Mo Kuni New York (1974)
MORIYAMA Daido. '71-NY (2002)
TAKANASHI Yutaka. Toshi e / Tokyojin (1974)
SHINOYAMA Kishin. Hareta Hi (1975)
ISHIUCHI Miyako. Yokosuka Story (1979)
KURATA Seiji. Flash Up (1980)
FUKASE Masahisa. Karasu (1986)
ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Tokyo Lucky Hole (1990)
ARAKI Nobuyoshi. The Banquet / Shokuji (1993)
SUGIMOTO Hiroshi. Time Exposed (1991)
SUGIMOTO Hiroshi. Sea of Buddha (1997)
MATSUE Taiji. Taiji Matsue (2001)
HIROMIX. Girls Blue (1996)

Vol. 2

YOKOO Tadanori. Waterfall Rapture (1996)
MIYAMOTO Ryuji. Kobe 1995 (1995)
YOSHIYUKI Kohei. Document Kouen (1980)
HASHIGUCHI Joji. Seventeen's Map / Juunana-sai no Chizu (1988)
KITAJIMA Keizo. A.D. 1991 (1991)
SANAI Masafumi. Wakaranai (1998)
HOMMA Takashi. Tokyo Suburbia (1998)
KAWAUCHI Rinko. Utatane (2001)
KANEMURA Osamu. Spider's Strategy (2001)
ISHIUCHI Miyako. Mother's (2002)
SUGIMOTO Hiroshi. Theaters (2000)

Of course, this is a very short list. The Photobook: A History volumes are not books dedicated to Japanese Photobooks specifically, even though vol.1 entails a whole chapter dealing with 'avant-garde' / 'provocative' photobooks. In addition to what we said of it elsewhere, one cannot but notice the void in the 1980s, which vol.2 certainly doesn't make up for... The main point is that this selection, be it as it may, has had a huge, worldwide impact on prices of both the prints and photobooks included... A piece of advice: trust your own taste, ask the bookseller, and think and feel for yourself.

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To complete advantageously the previous, here are the books listed in KANEKO Ryuichi & Ivan VARTANIAN's Nihon Shashinshu-shi 1956-1986 / Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s (Akaaka / Aperture, 2009) — those listed in our catalogue can be found under the KANEKO-VARTANIAN label or by clicking on the links below —, a recommandable reading with lots of page spreads:

HAMAYA Hiroshi. Yukiguni / Snow Land (1956)
TANIKAWA Shuntaro. Ehon / Picture Book (1956)
ISHIMOTO Yasuhiro. Aru Hi Aru Toko / Someday, Somewhere (1958)
Graphic Shudan. [Untitled] (mid-1950s)
HOSOE Eikoh. Man and Woman (1961)
DOMON Ken. The Children of Chikuho (1960)
KOJIMA Ichiro. Tsugaru (1963)
MIDORIKAWA Yoichi. Seto Inland Sea (1962)
YOSHIOKA Yasuhiro. Yasuhiro Yoshioka (1963)
NOJIMA Yasuzo. Yasuzo Nojima: Posthumous Works (1965)
KUWABARA Fumiaki. Minamata Disease (1965)
KAWADA Kikuji. The Map (1965)
TOMATSU Shomei. Nihon / Japan (1967)
SHINOYAMA Kishin. 28 Girls by Kishin Shinoyama (1968)
SHINOYAMA Kishin. Nude (1970)
ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Sentimental Journey (1971)
ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Okinawa: Araki Nobuyoshi Photobook 2 (1971)
ARAKI Nobuyoshi. Tokyo: Araki Nobuyoshi Photobook 3 (1973)
MORIYAMA Daido. Japanese Theater (1968)
NARAHARA Ikko. Europe: Where Time Has Stopped (1967)
NARAHARA Ikko. Japanesque (1970)
NAKAHIRA Takuma. For a Language to Come (1970)
Underground Generation (1968)
WATANABE Katsumi. Shinjuku Thievery Story, '66-'73 (1973)
What is 10/21? (1969)
ISHIGURO Kenji. Hiroshima Now (1970)
ICHIMURA Tetsuya. Come Up (1971)
SUGINO Yasushi. Impressive Landscape (1970)
KIMURA Ihei. The Eye of Ihei Kimura (1970)
TAKANASHI Yutaka. Towards the City (1974)
SAWATARI Hajime. Nadia (1973)
SHIOTANI Teiko. Teiko Shiotani: Album, 1923-1973 (1975)
KUWABARA Kineo. Tokyo 1936 (1974)
SUZUKI Kiyoshi. Soul and Soul (1972)
TSUCHIDA Hiromi. Zokushin / Gods of the Earth (1976)
TSUKIJI Hitoshi. Perpendicularly, (Territory) (1975)
GOCHO Shigeo. Self and Others (1977)
ISHIUCHI Miyako. Apartment (1978)
SUDA Issei. Fushi Kaden (1978)
MORINAGA Jun. River: Its Shadow of Shadows (1978)
KITAJIMA Keizo. Photo Express: Tokyo, No.1-No.12 (1979)
WATANABE Kanendo. A Town of Déjà-vu (1980)
FUKASE Masahisa. Karasu / Ravens (1986 / 2008)

Unfortunately, although the authors did a better job, the same remarks and caution words may apply (meaningful informative content is seriously lacking).

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See also / Voir aussi :
Japanese Photographers / Photographes japonais
Du Japon des régions / Of Japan's Regions
Les villes du Japon / Japan's cities
Du Japon des gens / Of Japan's People
Travels in Gaikoku-land
Japanese Idols and Photography
Temples, Shrines & Religions
Arts & Crafts in Japan
Japan & History

To inquire about or order a book, contact me !
Pour information ou commander un livre, contactez-moi !

NARAHARA Ikko. Pocket Tokyo (1997)

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NARAHARA Ikko. Poketto Tokyo / Pocket Tokyo. Tokyo : Creo, 1997. First ed. & pr. — ENQUIRE

Description — In-4° (29 x 24 x 1,5 cm), (110) p., 1 kg.
Hardcover, pict. dj, color pictures. Postface by Ikko NARAHARA, captions and biography in both English & Japanese.
Cartonné, jaquette ill., photographies coul. Postface par NARAHARA Ikko, légendes et biographie bilingues anglais-japonais.

État / Condition — VG / TB.

Remarques & avis / Review — An excellent 'Pocket Tokyo' of everyday's city sights through color street photography and shots of the small, seemingly insignificant thing, by the talented Ikko NARAHARA.

Un excellent "Tokyo de poche" de tous jours par la photographie, en couleurs, de rue et de chose petite et apparemment insignifiante, par le talentueux NARAHARA Ikko.

Divers / Misc. — x

Retour à la page / Back to
VIVO
Japanese Photographers / Photographes japonais
Les villes du Japon / Japan's cities

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MATSUKI Junnosuke. His Works (1991)

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MATSUKI Junnosuke. His Works. np/sl : Wako, nd/sd (ca. 1991). — ENQUIRE

Description — In-4° (30 x 22 x 1,5 cm), 56 p., 800 g.
Cloth binding, slipcase, (49) color plates. Texts in Japanese.
Reliure toile, emboitage, (49) planches couleur. Textes en japonais.

État / Condition — Excellent.

Remarques & avis / Review — Sont ici présentées une sélection de peintures (1979-1991) de MATSUKI Junnosuke, peintre japonais né en 1932, qui expose à présent principalement en Asie. Une édition luxueuse, et toujours cette belle alternance entre tons pastels et forts contrastes colorés.

Are here presented a selection of paintings (1979-1991), by Junnosuke MATSUKI, a Japanese painter born in 1932 who holds exhibitions mainly in Asia. A luxury edition, and those alternate pastel tones and colorful contrasts.

Divers / Misc. — x

Retour à la page / Back to
Japanese Painters & Engravers
Arts & Crafts in Japan

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Nikkor Annual 1994-1995 (1995)

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Nikkor Annual 1994-1995. Tokyo : Nikon / Nikkor Club, Heisei 7 (1995). — ENQUIRE

Description — 4° (30.5 x 21.5 x 1.5 cm), 188 p., 1.2 kg.
Hardcover, pict. dj, color and b&w photographs (glossy), one fold-out. Text in English & Japanese.
Cartonnage, jaquette ill., photographies coul. et n&b (brillant), une p. dépliante. Texte en anglais et japonais.

État / Condition — VG (wear to dj upper spine-end).
TB (coiffe sup. jaquette frottée).

Remarques & avis / Review — The fine volume of Nikkor Annual for 1994, with over 300 photos with guest contributions (cf. Misc) and of the 42nd Nikkor Photo Contest.

Le beau volume du Nikkor Annuel pour 1994, avec plus de 300 photos avec les contributions d'invités (voir Divers) et le 42ème Concours Photo Nikkor.

Divers / Misc. — Photographers / Photographes:

SATO Akira / MATSUMOTO Norihiko / TANUMA Takeyoshi / NAKATANI Yoshitaka / NARAHARA Ikko / TSUCHIDA Hiromi / Philip-Lorca DICORCIA / TATSUKI Yoshihiro / OISHI Yoshino / WATANABE Yoshio / TOMATSU Shomei / NUMATA Sanae / ARINO Eimu / Lee FRIEDLANDER / FUJII Hideki / NAGANO Shigeichi / ISHIMOTO Yasuhiro / MORINAGA Jun / ARAMASA Taku / ENARI Tsuneo / ...

Retour à la page / Back to
Japanese Photography Magazines
Japanese Photographers / Photographes japonais

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Pentax Photo Annual 1995-1996 (1995)

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Pentax Photo Annual 1995-1996. Tokyo : Pentax Family, Heisei 7 (1995). — ENQUIRE

Description — 4° (30.5 x 21.5 x 1.5 cm), 172 p., 1.3 kg.
Hardcover, pict. dj, color and b&w photographs (glossy). Text in English & Japanese; Appendix in Japanese only. Handwritten ex-libris.
Cartonnage, jaquette ill., photographies coul. et n&b (brillant). Texte en anglais et japonais; Appendice en japonais. Ex-libris manuscrit.

État / Condition — VG / TB.

Remarques & avis / Review — The fine volume of Pentax Photo Annual for 1995, with the 25th Pentax Family Salon, numerous works by professional photographers (cf. Misc. and members.

Le beau volume du Pentax Photo Annual pour 1995, avec le 25ème Salon Pentax Family, de nombreuses œuvres par des photographes professionnels (cf. Divers) et membres.

Divers / Misc. — Photographers / Photographes :

Sam HASKINS / MIYOSHI Kazuyoshi / UEDA Shoji / KIJIMA Takashi / AKIYAMA Shotaro / MIDORIKAWA Yoichi / SONOBE Kiyoshi / NUMATA Sanae / NARAHARA Ikko / OHTAKE Shoji / TAHARA Keiichi / NAKAMURA Masaya / YAMAGISHI Shin / SAWATARI Hajime / TOMINAGA Minsei / FUJII Hideki / TANUMA Takeyoshi / YAMAMOTO Kenzo / SEKIGUCHI Tatsuya / ...

Pentax Photo Annual 1996-1997 (1996)

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Pentax Photo Annual 1996-1997. Tokyo : Pentax Family, Heisei 8 (1996). — ENQUIRE

Description — 4° (30.5 x 21.5 x 1.5 cm), 176 p., 1.3 kg.
Hardcover, pict. dj, color and b&w photographs (glossy). Text in English & Japanese. Handwritten ex-libris.
Cartonnage, jaquette ill., photographies coul. et n&b (brillant). Texte en anglais et japonais. Ex-libris manuscrit.

État / Condition — VG / TB.

Remarques & avis / Review — The fine volume of Pentax Photo Annual for 1996, with the 26th Pentax Family Salon, numerous works by professional photographers (cf. Misc.) and members.

Le beau volume du Pentax Photo Annual pour 1996, avec le 26ème Salon Pentax Family, de nombreuses œuvres par des photographes professionnels (cf. Divers) et membres.

Divers / Misc. — Photographers / Photographes :

NARAHARA Ikko / UEDA Shoji / YAMAMOTO Kenzo / HAYASHIDA Tsuneo / SONOBE Kiyoshi / NAKATANI Yoshitaka /
Sam HASKINS / NAKAMURA Masaya / HAYASHI Hiroki / SAWATARI Hajime / OTAKE Shoji / AKIYAMA Shotaro / FUJII Hideki / ASAI Shimpei / TAKEUCHI Toshinobu / KOJIMA Akio / KITAO Junzo / MIDORIKAWA Yoichi / SHIRAKAWA Yoshikazu / TANUMA Takeyoshi / TATSUKI Yoshihiro / ...