The Indigenous Patterns and Hotel Okura

Tokyo: Hotel Okura, 1982.
Revised Edition.

30cm x 23cm. 104 pages, colour illustrations. Blue cloth, silver lettering, lettered slipcase. Text is bilingual, English and Japanese.

Photographic record of the iconic luxury Hotel Okura and of the classical Japanese art and design contained therein. Opening in 1962 Hotel Okura played host to famed international dignitaries and diplomats. Murakami mentions Okura in 1Q84 and James Bond stays at the Okura in You Only Live Twice. This revised edition includes record of the south wing which opened in 1973 and is preceded by an earlier edition in 1964. Despite outcry the historic main wing was demolished in 2015 to make way for a modern redevelopment which opened in 2019.

Very minor wear to corners. Very minor discolouration to spine. Near Fine Condition.

AU$400.00

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