Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1978. First edition. [120]pp; b&w plates. Oblong 8vo. Textured black paper over boards; dust jacket. Light foxing to initial leaves at front and rear; a few spots of very faint foxing to textblock edges. Jacket with a closed tear at head of spine, tape-repaired to interior with some bleed-through of adhesive; dense but light foxing to interior. Very good.
Black-and-white images shot by Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940) between 1968 and 1977; one of several photobooks paying homage to his wife and muse, Yoko, who died in 1990. With a text at front by Araki (Japanese) and texts at rear by Koshio Kuwabara (Japanese) and Akira Hasegawa (English). Kaneko & Heiting 467.
