japanese photobooks
![/ ROKUGATSU NO SENPU [The Fight of June]. Keiichi AKIMOTO](/pictures/thumb/22435.jpeg?v=1561473026)
/ ROKUGATSU NO SENPU [The Fight of June]
Tokyo: Toppan Insatsu, [1980]. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth boards in photographic dust jacket. Lacks slipcase. Light edgewear and rubbing. Faint toning to pages. Clean interior. Very good plus. Limited edition of 800 copies. Title also appears in translation as "War Record of June" and "Battle Score in the...
Utsushi ky jin nikki: Chiro to utsushi shita, ' 91-nen ( : , '91 ) [Photo Maniac’s Diary: Chiro, '91]
Tokyo: Fusosha, 1992. First Edition. Oblong 24mo. 5.25'' by 8'' approx. Off-white boards in printed dust jacket, both near fine. Switch Library. Photographs in black and white and color. Very little text (in Japanese).
![Ore, Nanshin Shite ( ) [I Go Southward]. Nobuyoshi ARAKI, - Photographer, Ko MACHIDA](/pictures/thumb/21951.jpeg?v=1561472982)
Ore, Nanshin Shite ( ) [I Go Southward]
Tokyo: Shinchosha, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red boards in pictorial dust jacket and original obi. Faint foxing to inside of dust jacket. SIGNED in black marker on FFEP. Near fine. Text in Japanese, heavily illustrated throughout with color photographs, most portraits. Uncommon.
![WATASHI NO KAMERA HATSU TAIKEN / [My First Experience with a Camera] (Asahi Sonorama Contemporary...](/pictures/thumb/21947.jpeg?v=1568277856)
WATASHI NO KAMERA HATSU TAIKEN / [My First Experience with a Camera] (Asahi Sonorama Contemporary Camera No. 16) / ” (No. 16)
Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1976. Wraps. 16mo. Wraps in pictorial dust jacket. Lightly shelfworn, pages toned, faint foxing to fore-edge. Very good. 188pp. In Japanese. 35 Japanese photographers discuss their first experience with a camera, illustrated with black and white photographs by and of each contributor. Photographers include Daido Moriyama, Noboyushi...
PERSPECTA: The Yale Architectural Journal - No. 6
(New Haven): (Yale University), (1960). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Thick illustrated wraps with French flaps. Very good with heavy soil and edgewear to front; light touches of toning throughout but clean overall. 97pp. Issue of this nicely produced journal with writing on various subjects, including Hadrian's Villa, Machu Picchu, 19th...
THE TESTIMONY OF NAGASAKI / (Shashinsh : Nagasaki no sh gen)
Nagasaki: Nagasaki Genbaku Hibakusha Kyogikai, 1970. First Edition. wraps. 4to. Wraps in photographic dust jacket. Jacket edges worn, with a few scuffed patches. Spotting to fore-edge and top edge, with text and photographs unaffected. A few pages lightly creased at corners. Very good minus. 144pp. Text in English and Japanese...
/ ZEN TOYO KAIDO
Tokyo: Shueisha, 1981. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Very good in original wraps in color pictorial DJ, lacking obi. Faint toning and foxing along edges, heavier foxing to endpapers. Mild shelfwear. In Japanese. Illustrated with color photographs of India, Thailand and China throughout.
SHINZO AND ROSO FUKUHARA: Photographs by Ginza Modern Boys 1913-1941
Shiseido Corporate Museum, 2000. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Glossy pictorial wraps. 72pp. Very good plus. Catalog for an exhibition at SEPIA International Inc. in New York City, held from September 16 to October 14, 2000. Curated by Noriko Fuku, with a foreword by Yoshiharu Fukuhara. Shinzo Fukuhara founded the Japan...
SEVENTEEN'S MAP
Tokyo: Bungeishunju, 1989. Wraps. Square 4to. Wraps in printed dust jacket. Spine sunned. Lacking obi. Mild scuffing along edges; clean interior. Very good plus. Black and white photographs of teenagers in Japan, with biographical captions in Japanese and an afterword by Hashiguchi in Japanese and English: "From March 1987 to...
![BERURIN MONOGATARI ( ) [Berlin Story]. Joji HASHIGUCHI, George](/pictures/thumb/21959.jpeg?v=1561472983)
BERURIN MONOGATARI ( ) [Berlin Story]
Tokyo: J h Sent , Sh wa 60, (1985). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. White textured wraps in pictorial dust jacket. Signed on ffep. Light foxing to inside back cover, minimal shelfwear. Near fine. Japanese text illustrated with black and white photographs of '80s Berlin.
: (ADARUTO SHASHINJUTSU NOZOKI PART 2)
Tokyo: Hama Shobo ( ), 1982. First Edition. Wraps. Printed wraps in pictorial dust jacket. Touches of wear. Else bright and clean. Voyeuristic black-and-white photographs of women and couples, shot with infared cameras. Also includes some drawings. Text in Japanese.
![Amerika o Toru) [TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF AMERICA]. Kenji KANESAKA](/pictures/thumb/21919.jpeg?v=1561472979)
(Amerika o Toru) [TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF AMERICA]
Tokyo: (Asahi Sonorama), 1978. First Edition. Wraps. 16mo. Wraps in pictorial dust jacket. Faint foxing to inside of jacket and wraps; very mild shelfwear. Very good plus. No. 49 in the "Gendai Camera Shinsho" series. Text in Japanese. Illustrated throughout with both color and black and white photographs. OCLC locates one copy.
/ NARITA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Mokujisha ( ), 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth boards stamped in gilt, no dust jacket as issued, in black and white photographic slipcase. Both very good plus. Lacks obi. Slipcase moderately worn, with a few minor scuff marks to corners. Boards rubbed at corners, spine sunned. Two small...
![EAGLE EYE / VIBES SPECIAL [COLORS : RULES OF THE ROAD] / [Twilight Biker]. Kin / KOYAMA](/images/noimage.png)
EAGLE EYE / VIBES SPECIAL [COLORS : RULES OF THE ROAD] / [Twilight Biker]
(Japan): 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Glossy black boards in photographic dust jacket. Light wear and bumping to corners. Very good plus or better overall. 96pp. Photobook of American bikers in Daytona, Sturgis, and elsewhere. Plates followed by text in Japanese, with some English publication information and headings; the acknowledgements...
![THE BOSOZOQU [Bosozuku]. Seiji KURATA](/pictures/thumb/21911.jpeg?v=1561472979)
THE BOSOZOQU [Bosozuku]
Tokyo: Dai-san Shokan, 1980. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Black and red pictorial wraps with matching dust jacket. Light wear along edges and corners, small tear to dust jacket at head of spine. Binding solid and tight with some glue visible at front hinge. Interior unmarked. Very good plus or better...
SELECTED FROGS
(Kyoto): (Origin Press), (1963). First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 32mo. Original sewn Japanese wraps with title label adhered to front. Double-fold pages throughout. Very near fine, with just a hint of yellowing to pages and sunning to edges. American poet and artist Will Petersen's copy, with his blind stamp to rear...
: (YUME NO MACHI: Kuwahara Kineo T ky shashinsh )
Tokyo: Shobunsha, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown textured boards in dust jacket. Lacking obi. Jacket lightly shelfworn and toned along lower edge. Light foxing to inside of jacket and endpapers. Page edges very faintly toned, otherwise unmarked. Ribbon bookmark attached. 126 numbered plates, followed by notes. Text in Japanese...
Sanrizuka - Moeru Hokuso Daichi / Document 1966-71
Tokyo: Shinsensha, 1971. First Edition. hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial boards in dust jacket. Lacking obi. Edges of both book and jacket lightly scuffed and worn. Some foxing to endpapers. 191pp. Includes 128 black and white photographs and 18 illustrations, with text in Japanese. Mitome's "protest-book masterpiece," documenting the Sanrizuka resistance...
HIBAKUSHA
Tokyo: Morishita Ittetsu Photographic Office, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Square 4to. White cloth boards, stamped in red. In slipcase with moderate edgewear. Some staining to cloth at upper left corner of front cover and top edge. Interior unaffected and unmarked. Original bifold insert laid in. SIGNED and dated in year...
![TOKYO 1970-1985 / T ky : toshi no yami o genshisuru [Tokyo: A Vision of Its Other Side]....](/pictures/thumb/21909.jpeg?v=1561472979)
TOKYO 1970-1985 / T ky : toshi no yami o genshisuru [Tokyo: A Vision of Its Other Side]
Tokyo: (Meicho Shuppan), 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Black textured boards in pictorial dust jacket. Lacking obi. Lightly worn along edges, small scuffed patch to foreedge, no interior markings. Near fine overall. 221pp. In Japanese. Photographs taken in Tokyo between 1970 and 1985. Approximately 170 black and white plates, followed...
IMMORALE
[Tokyo]: (Kodansha), (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Tall 4to. White boards in photographic dust jacket. Near fine in a very good plus DJ. Light edgwear to jacket's upper edge, and light sunning to flaps. Top edge of pages lightly warped. Else clean and unmarred. Unpaginated. Erotic photographs of the Japanese actress...
[Nihon] JAPAN: [ hazawa Akio shashinsh ]
Tokyo: Gurafikkusha, 1983. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Pictorial wraps, moderately edgeworn and lightly scuffed at corners and spine ends. 112pp. In English and Japanese. Approximately 100 black and white photographs depicting the tensions between traditional Japanese culture and the influences of modernization and The West. Rare. OCLC (123004447) located just...
THE FOUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY IN JAPAN
Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Culture Foundation, 1995. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Matte pictorial wraps. Mild shelfwear; corners very lightly bumped. Very good plus. 287pp. Catalog for the 1995 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography exhibition of the same name. In Japanese with English translations. Curated and with an essay by Akiko Okatsuka...
: (Nihon jinmin no shori eno zenshin: Anpo hantai toso kiroku shashinshu) [JAPANESE PEOPLE MARCHING FORWARD TO VICTORY] [Japanese Protest Photobook]
[Japan]: Publishing Section of the C.P. of Japan, 1960. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps. Creasing and wear to covers; toning and some foxing to interior. Very good. 96pp. Early Japanese protest photobook "for the purpose of portraying more vividly the development of the Japanese people's united front in their eighteen...
GINZA KAIWAI / GINZA HACCHO
Tokyo: Toho-Shuppan, (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volume set. Square 8vos. Lacking publisher's original cardboard box. Volume one: In original decorative paper-covered slipcase, with paper labels affixed to front and spine. Cream paper-cover boards with gilt-stamped spine. Dark-gold paper label mounted on front cover. Toned at spine. 334pp. Volume two...