Tokyo: Byakuya Shobo, 1981. First edition. [78]pp; b&w plates. 4to. Pattered paper over boards; dust jacket; obi. Mild sunning at board edges. Else near fine in a very good jacket and obi, both with light rubbing and wear; also light foxing to jacket interior.
Images shot by Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940) using his father's Zeiss Ikon Ikonta, as pictured on the front dust jacket panel. Images of daily life, including numerous nudes, presented as contact sheets, thus offering a window into Araki's working process and emphasis on sequential narrative.
