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Les Fleurs du Mal
AU$1,000 Read MoreAdd to cartTatsuhiko Yokoo
Tokyo: [Yoshihara], 1975.Ten etchings by the Japanese painter Tatsuhiko Yokoo (1928-2015), each responding to a different poem from Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal. One of 15 numbered copies on Fukui paper reserved for the artist and collaborators (from a total edition of 50). Each plate signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Accompanied by a title leaf with a list of plates in French and Japanese, an artist’s preface with an excerpt from the corresponding poem for each plate on its verso, and a printed plate with a portrait and Japanese text after Baudelaire’s ‘Spleen’. A colophon leaf with the limitation statement in French and Japanese is mounted to the verso of the box lid.
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Utopia: The Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartMargo Neale; Emily Kngwarreye
Tokyo: The Yomiuri Shimbun, 2008.The bilingual Japanese edition published to accompany the retrospective exhibition shown in Osaka and Tokyo.
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Shiriaitai: Eriko Sato
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartNishida Koki
Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2016.Glamour / soft erotica photobook of Japanese actress Eriko Sato.
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Warning: Noriko Tachikawa
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartHajime Sawatari
Tokyo: Wanibukkusu, 1999.Glamour / soft erotica photobook of 1990s Japanese actress Noriko Tachikawa.
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Eikoh Hosoe : Meta
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartEikoh Hosoe
Tokyo: Curatorial Assistance, Inc., 1991.Catalogue for a retrospective exhibition of Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe (1933-2024), including many of butoh dancer Hijikata Tatsumi from the Kamaitachi series, and others of his avant garde circle. This copy inscribed by Hosoe.
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Catalogue of the Himalayan Literature
AU$300 Read MoreAdd to cartYoshi Yakushi
Tokyo: Hakusuisha Publishign Co., 1984.The standard bibliography for works on the Himalayas.
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Tibetan Pilgrimage
AU$120 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert B. Ekvall; James F. Downs
Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Language and Cultures of Asia & Africa, 1987.With an appreciation by James F. Downs and Shigeru Iijima.
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Oiran
AU$400 Read MoreAdd to cartTetsuji Takechi
Tokyo: Tokyo Academy of Arts, 1983.First edition photobook issued to accompany Takechi Tetsuji’s controversial late-career film Oiran, “A mixture of romance and sex combined with surrealistic horror elements.” The story is loosely based on the work of Jun’ichiro Tanizaki in which a 19th century Japanese prostitute moves to America and her dead lover manifests as a mole on her leg. Takechi was a prominent critic and kabuki director before moving into directing films in the 1960s. His 1964 feature Hakujitsumu is regarded as the first big budget pink film (Japanese movies with nudity or sexual content), and also the first Japanese production subjected to systematic fogging censorship. The following year, Black Snow (1965), led to his arrest on indecency charges, a landmark case he ultimately won, significantly reshaping Japanese film censorship and opening the way for the flourishing of the pink eiga genre through the late 1960s and 1970s. After a decade-long hiatus from cinema, Takechi returned with a more explicit remake of Hakujitsumu before directing Oiran in 1983. The film again brought him into conflict with the censors whom “edited and fogged in 98 different places, altering the film from a near-hardcore opus to a very soft costume drama.” Takechi promoted the film by proclaiming it featured “the first multicoloured penis in Japanese cinema.” The present photobook, issued uncensored, retains many of the film’s erotic stills and remains an important visual record of Takechi’s work. As usual for the period, explicit male nudity is absent. References: WEISSER: The Sex Films: Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia.
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Painting the Worlds of Studio Ghibli
AU$215 Read MoreAdd to cartStudio Ghibli; Yoji Takeshige
Tokyo: Pie International, 2025.“Featuring more than 800 pieces of background art, this beautiful hardcover is a complete and enduring publication allowing readers to thoroughly enjoy backgrounds from each and every scene of the Ghibli masterpieces. Including art from each of Studio Ghibli’s twenty-seven films, these pages offer a glimpse into techniques that bring depth and life to these cherished cinematic worlds, revealing a mastery of brushwork, colour and perspective. Editorial supervision by Yoji Takeshige. This is a must-have book for fans of Ghibli films and creators involved in the animation industry. Editorial Supervisor: Yoji Takeshige, background artist and art director for many Ghibli films.” (publisher’s blurb)
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[Manshu Showa Jugonen: Kuwabara Kineo shashin shu]
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartKineo Kuwabara
Tokyo: Shobunsha, 1974.Photobook by Japanese photographer Kineo Kuwabara (1913-2007) documenting his trip to Manchuria in 1940.
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Kishin’s Photo Workshop: Take it Snappy!
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartKishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Gakken, 1987.Shinoyama photo school. This copy inscribed by Kishin.
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Glamours 106
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartKishin Shinoyama
Tokyo: Shueisha, 1973.106 Japanese celebrities captured in a large format photo book. This copy inscribed by Kishin.
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Momoyama Tea Utensils: A New View
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartCuratorial Division, Nezu Museum
Tokyo: Nezu Museum, 2018.Catalogue for an exhibition of ceramics from the Momoyama period, and the start of the Edo period.
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Dobangaka kiyohara keiko sakuhinshu
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartKeiko Kiyohara
Tokyo: Abe Shuppan, 2017.Monograph of Japanese printmaker Keiko Kiyohara (1955-1987). This copy with the catalogue, The Etcher, Kiyohara Keiko Retrospective, from the Hachioji Yumi Art Museum (2017) laid in.
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Synthesis
AU$1,200 Read MoreAdd to cartKohei Nawa
Tokyo: AKAAKA Art Publishing, 2011.The extensive catalogue accompanying the 2011 solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, the first to present a comprehensive view of all of Nawa’s work to date. Includes an original work by Kohei Nawa mounted in an enclosure on the lower board.
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Claude Alexandre
AU$120 Read MoreAdd to cartClaude Alexandre
Tokyo: Treville, 1992.Black and white S&M photography.
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Color on Color (Volume 2)
AU$250 Read MoreAdd to cartHiroshi Hara
[Tokyo]: [Takeo Paper Co.], No date.Exploring the possibilities of opaque ink. A sample book created by paper firm Takeo Paper featuring works by famous graphic designers and photographers printed in various inks. Features work by Kishin Shinoyama, Keisuke Nagatomo, Seitaro Kuroda, Satoshi Kondo, Ayumu Ohashi, Tamotsu Ejima, Yoshihiro Tatsuki, Tadahito Nadamoto, Eiko Ishioka, Keiichi Tanaami, and Makoto Nakamura. Curated by Hiroshi Hara.
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Maxfield Parrish: A Retrospective
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartYamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art; Brain Trust Inc.
Tokyo: Maxfield Parrish: A Retrospective, Catalogue Committee, 1995.The Japanese catalogue (in English and Japanese) for the Maxfield Parrish Retrospective. This copy with two exhibition postcards and ticket stub laid in.
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Do Catalog: Source Book of the Good Life (U.S.A. ’76)
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartMitsuo Kamiya
[Tokyo]: Sankei Shimbun Publishing Bureau, 1975.Japanese American lifestyle fetish catalogue copiously illustrated throughout with interior design, self sustainable living, crafts, and more. An addition to the library of Japanese American lifestyle fetish catalogs, a contribution to the mid 20th century development of the Japanese fascination with the American way of fashion, design, culture, and capitalism.
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The Laws of the Muromachi Bakufu: Kemmu Shikimoku (1336) & Muromachi Bakufu Tsuikaho
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartKanamoto Nobuhisa; Kenneth A. Grossberg
Tokyo: Monument Nipponica, Sophia University, 1981.On the history of constitutional law in Japan, specifically the Muromachi period, once described by historian Sir George Sansom as being an age of “much law and little justice”.
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The Parodist
AU$60 Read MoreAdd to cartShuichi Tsunoda
Tokyo: Seigensha, 2010.Photographs in the style of famous international photographers, or as celebrities, modelled and captured by Japanese commercial photographer Shuichi Tsunoda. Parodies Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Guy Bourdin, Serge Lutens, Pierre et Gilles, Peter Lindbergh, David Lachapelle Ellen Von Unwerth, Herbs Ritts, Nick Knight, Paolo Roversi, Richard Burbridge, Steven Klein, Juergen Teller, Mario Testino, Tim Walker, Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Beyonce, and Lady Gaga.
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The Rock Photography
AU$165 Read MoreAdd to cartRex R. Kubota; Erica Nakada
Tokyo: Sunday-sha, 1979.Photography of 1970s Japanese rock bands on and off stage. Photographs by Masakazu Sakomizu, George Ide, Takumi Uchida, Kenji Suzuki, and Nobuhiro Sakagami. Rare, unrecorded in OCLC at January 2022.
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Mie Kimono Shiryokan Zuroku
AU$55 Read MoreAdd to cartUeda Mie
Tokyo: Mie Kimono Shiryokan, 1983.Catalogue of kimono designs.
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Hana nareba: Razo / [If It Becomes a Flower: Naked Statue]
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartShoji Otake
Tokyo: Nihon Geijutsu Shuppansha, 1985.Portfolio of eight nude photographs by Japanese photographer Shoji Otake (1920-2015).
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WOW
AU$85 Read MoreAdd to cartMario Testino
Tokyo: Super Labo, 2020.A selection of photographs from across the globe and Testino’s career. Some are organised portraits, others spontaneous street shots, all “people Ive encountered that have forced me to stop and look.” (the artist). An exploration of identity, costume, gender, sexuality, and more. Artist statement bilingual, in English and Japanese, primarily pictorial.
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Aphrodisiacs: The World of Ayumi Kasai
AU$75 Read MoreAdd to cartAyumi Kasai
Tokyo: PIE International, 2021.“Ayumi Kasai is a pioneer and one of the most popular artists in the genre of yaoi, or Boys Love. This book contains illustrations from Kasai’s yaoi novels over the past 10 years, as well as her original work in the “Dannahan to Chiwagenka (The Husband & Lovers Fight)” series and a selection of illustrations specially drawn for the publication. On every page you can enjoy Kasai’s world of aestheticbeauty and eroticism. Contains explicit sexual scenes.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Tokyo Illustrators Society: The 1st Exhibition
AU$55 Read MoreAdd to cartTokyo Illustrators Society
Tokyo: Tokyo Illustrators Society, 1989.Catalogue for the first Tokyo Illustrators Society exhibition. Includes work by 73 Japanese artists including Akira Uno, Hajime Sorayama, Toshio Saeki, and many others, with accompanying short biography and portrait photograph. Includes list of artists with contact details. Rare, unrecorded in OCLC, 1 in CiNii.
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An Exhibition of Kabuki Stage Costumes
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartShochiku; Tetsuya Okazaki
Tokyo: Shochiku, 1998. -
Paris-Tokyo Golden’60 Teijin Fashion Fair
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartTeijin
Tokyo: Teijin, 1960.Program for a 1960s fashion show in Tokyo featuring Parisian models Nicole Crassat, Chrstine Saunier, Laure Nicole, Anne-Marie Bocheux, and Marianne Leroy-Beaulieu. Rare, unrecorded in OCLC or CiNii.
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Keita Maruyama / Maruyama Landscape: The 20th Anniversary Book, 1994-2014
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartKeita Maruyama
Tokyo: Rikuyosha, 2014.Monograph of Japanese fashion designer Keita Maruyama (1965-). Photography by Ellen Von Unwerth and others.
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Ko-Kutani
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartIdemitsu Museum of Arts
Tokyo: Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 2004.A detailed catalogue of Ko-Kutani Japanese porcelain from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts collection. Primarily photographs, most of the text is in Japanese with some captions bearing English translation and an essay in English at the rear.
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Onchi Koshiro hangashu / Prints of Onchi Koshiro
AU$1,200 Read MoreAdd to cartOnchi Koshiro
Tokyo: Keishosha, 1975.A comprehensive collection of the printed works of Japanese artist Koshiro Onchi (1891-1955). Contains 424 illustrations, many in colour, a numbered original print, photograph of the artist, and various essays including an essay on Hanga by Onchi. This copy is number 27 in the limited overseas edition of 170 with the original numbered and stamped print. 380 copies were also produced in a domestic edition.