Collection: Japanese Photobooks

Tokyo: Komiyama Tokyo, 2021. First edition. No. 286 of 500 copies signed by Nihongi to a limitation card mounted on front flyleaf. [108]pp.; illus. 4to. Pink cloth stamped in white on both boards and spine; photo-illustrated bellyband; cardboard slipcase stamped with copy number and publisher... More

Tokyo: Bookshop M, 2021. First edition. No. 153 of 700 copies. Signed by Sake to interior rear cover. 8vo. Saddle-sewn in yapped gray wrappers stamped in silver on front cover. [32]pp.; plates. Haunting black-and-white images of zoo animals, with a brief text by Sake in... More

[Tokyo]: Shogakukan, 2015. [110]pp.; illus. Perfect-bound in black printed wraps, 5-7/8 x 8-1/4 in.; photo-illustrated dust jacket; obi. Fine.  Black-and-white photographs of the titular Tokyo neighborhood in the early 1970s, as taken by Alao Yokogi, Goro Some, Taishi Hirokawa, Mike Nogami, Jyoji Ide, Herbie Yamaguchi,... More

Hong Kong: Christian Conference of Asia, 1989. First English-language edition. Xiv, 174pp.; illus. 4to; sewn-binding; photo-illustrated card wraps. Moderate bumping to spine ends; shallow dent to textblock fore-edge. Very good. Signed, dated, and inscribed by translator Rickard to half-title. A Japanese photobook documenting the decades-long... More

Yusuke Suzuki, 2020. No. 199 of 420 copies signed by Suzuki to rear cover recto. Perfect-bound in white wraps, 5-1/8 x 7-3/8 in. [288]pp.; illus. A fine copy, as new. A photobook consisting almost entirely of full-bleed color images pertaining to the cultivation, consumption, and... More

Tokyo: life goes on & TAXi / Heibonsha, 2009. First edition. Quarto; gray paper stamped in silver to front board & spine; dust jacket. 88pp.; photo-illustrated in b&w & color. Fine in a near fine jacket, white portions a trifle toned & with crumpling along... More

Tokyo: [East Press], 2003. 4to. Signature-bound in white wraps; dust jacket. 159pp. Mild fading along spine-edge of front and rear panels, else near fine. Full-color photographs of construction sites and other landscapes featuring evidence of human mediation. With an epilogue and biographical profile in Japanese... More

Tokyo: Keibunsha, 1988. First edition. Small 4to. Signature-bound in wraps; dust jacket.  [78]pp.; illus. Mild edgewear; light soiling to edges of wraps. Very good or better, lacking the original obi. Photobook featuring stylized portraits in black-and-white and color of influential Japanese avant-pop musician Jun Togawa... More

Tokyo: Graficamag, 2008. First edition. 8vo. Signature-bound in printed card wraps. 77pp.; plates. Near fine, with minor corner wear. Signed by Hiroyasu in Japanese on the title page. A collection of black-and-white and color portraits documenting drag-clad members of the gay community in the Shinjuku... More

Okinawa City: Okinoshobo, 2017. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Green cloth; black spine titles; dust jacket, obi. 90, [6]pp.; plates. Fine in a fine jacket, with a couple of small chips to the obi. Striking black-and-white photographs of people and places in Okinawa. Text in Japanese.... More

Tokyo: Gendai Shokan, 1969. First edition. Square 8vo. Saddle-stapled in wraps. 136pp.; illus. Printed on various paper stocks, with overlaid Japanese text throughout. Creasing and wear to corners of wraps; soiling and fading to rear cover; 3.5" closed tear from base of one leaf; the... More

Tokyo: Yoji Harada, 2001. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Perfect-bound in plain wraps; photo-illustrated dust jacket. 91pp.; color plates. A few spots of soiling to textblock edges, else fine. Signed by the Nakata in Japanese and English on ffep. Photographs in color and black-and-white of the... More

Tokyo: Shasin Hyoron-sha, 1972. First edition. 4to. Signature-bound in printed wraps; stiff dust jacket. 308pp. Creasing to the mildly cocked spine (binding remains secure); small tape ghosts to interior covers. Jacket lightly rubbed, with wear at spine ends. A very good copy of the Provoke... More

Yokohama: Yatate Publishing, 1992. First edition. Large 4to (13-5/8 x 10-3/8 in.). Gray papered boards; black spine titles; dust jacket. [4], 41, [7]pp.; plates. Moderate bumping to base of spine and front bottom tip; mild sunning to edges of boards and jacket. Very good or... More

Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1988. First edition (stated), though in what appears to be a second-state obi advertising Miyamoto's receipt of the Kimura Ihei Award. 4to. Illustrated boards with black metal title-card mounted on front; obi; publisher's fitted vinyl sleeve. 121pp.; b&w plates. Very good indeed, with... More

NY: Session Press, 2017. First edition, one of 600 copies. Large 4to (13 x 9-1/2 in). Signature-bound in red photo-illustrated wraps. [116]pp. A touch of corner wear, else fine. Signed and inscribed by Ishikawa on the first page. A collection of full-bleed black-and-white photographs of... More

Tokyo: Shueisha, 1981. First edition. Signature-bound in illustrated wraps; dust jacket. 159pp.; illus. Edgewear; light soiling/foxing to textblock edges. Very good, lacking the original obi. A photo-novel featuring many nudes by the prolific Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940). Book design by Tsuguya Inoue. Uncommon.... More