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A Selection of Japanese Photobooks<br />
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JAPANESE PHOTOBOOKS<br />
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1 AKIYAMA (Ryoji). Narakawa-mura [The Village of Narakawa].<br />
First edition. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. 4to. Original<br />
flexible boards in dustwrapper and obi, slight staining to covers, but very good<br />
inside. 117pp. Tokyo, Asahi Shimbunsha, 1991.<br />
Akiyama Ryoji was born in Narakawa (Nagano Pref.) in 1942. After graduating from<br />
the Department of Literature at Waseda University he joined the AP News Agency, and<br />
subsequently became a freelance worker for Asahi Shimbun. Akiyama was surprised to find<br />
a sensitivity in the village that seemed to have disappeared in Tokyo. And while many of<br />
the images are formal (posed) portraits they show the warmth and health of village life.<br />
Only one copy in OCLC.
2 ARAKI (Nobuyoshi). Tokyo Natsu Monogatari - Tokyo Summer<br />
Story. First edition. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. 8vo.<br />
Original flexible boards in dustwrapper and obi, a very good copy. 398pp.<br />
Tokyo, Waizu Shuppan, 2003.<br />
An interesting photo-documentary of Tokyo on a fine summer day. All of the images were<br />
taken through the window of a taxi moving slowly through various neighbourhoods. The<br />
book is ostensibly a homage to the films by the famous director Ozu Yasujiro (1903-63)<br />
whose slow style revealing gentle family drama has given him enduring appeal. The title<br />
of the book refers to Tokyo Monogatari (1953), Ozu’s most famous work. Needless to say,<br />
Araki’s take on Tokyo and it’s citizens couldn’t be more different from that of Ozu - even<br />
if the pace and the famous low angle of Ozu’s vision (‘tatami-shot’) is similar. Only two<br />
copies in OCLC.
3 ARAKI (Nobuyoshi). Tokyo wa, Aki; Toshi no Janarizumu [Tokyo is<br />
Autumn; Journalism in the Capital]. First edition. Numerous photographic<br />
illustrations. Japanese text. Small 8vo. Original decorated boards in dustwrapper<br />
and obi, a very good copy. 180pp. Tokyo, Sanseido, 1984.<br />
Many photographers rate this book amongst Araki’s best work. Street scenes of Tokyo<br />
taken in 1972 and 1973 just after he left Dentsu. The images are combined with a dialogue<br />
between Araki and his wife Yoko. This seemingly innocuous book conveys the essence of<br />
Araki’s technique and the raison d’etre of his work. The first three images are of Golden<br />
Gai, showing the disused tram-line behind the bars. It is a location filled with nostalgia, the<br />
nondescript high-rise in the centre serving to provide a contrast to the decaying traditional<br />
two-story buildings in the foreground. The camera swings to the right to show the back<br />
facade, then goes a little closer to focus on the garbage cans. This is truly post-modern<br />
photography. By focussing on the banal and profane Araki dispenses with the beauty of the<br />
object and by doing so arrives where he wants to be, namely in photography. But Araki’s<br />
images are certainly not random. As he walks around his favourite neighbourhoods he is<br />
keenly aware of the smallest details, the nature and content of billboards, stickers in a<br />
car-window, of the old, the new, and the decaying. As such this is a truly remarkable book.<br />
Only three copies in OCLC.
4 ASAHI SHIMBUN-SHA. NAKAYAMA (Iwata). Asahi Camera - The<br />
Japanese Journal of Photography. Vol. 13, no. 5. Numerous photographic<br />
plates and illustrations. Japanese text. Captions to plates in English and<br />
Japanese. Large 8vo. Original printed wrappers, minor wear to spine, but<br />
overall still a good copy. Tokyo, Asahi Shimbun, May 1932.<br />
Asahi Camera was founded by Narusawa Reisen in April 1926. It was not constrained by<br />
any particular photographic genre but rather focused on practical and educational issues<br />
relating to any given tendency, be it amateur or commercial. The present issue is important<br />
for featuring the modernist work by Nakayama Iwata (1895-1949) both on the cover<br />
and inside. The featured essay relates the experiences of Asahi Press photographers who<br />
covered the Sino-Japanese conflicts in Manchuria and Shanghai.
5 ASAHI SHIMBUN-SHA. NARUSAWA (Kimbei), editor. Nihon Shashin<br />
Nenkan - The Japan Photographic Annual 1925-1926. First edition.<br />
Numerous photographic plates (5 tipped in). Japanese and English text. 8vo.<br />
Original flexible boards (frayed edges), light browning, overall a good copy.<br />
41,112, 101, 26pp. Tokyo/Osaka, Asahi Shimbunsha, dated Taisho 15, [i.e.<br />
1926].<br />
Asahi Shimbunsha started publishing the Japan Photographic Annual in July 1925. The<br />
present is the second issue of this important yearbook. Great pride is being taken in<br />
the progress made by Japanese photography both in terms of content and reproduction.<br />
“Compare this volume to that of last year’s. No one, we believe, will glance through<br />
this issue without being struck by the great strides that we have made during the past<br />
year”. (Narusawa Kimbei). Much of this annual is devoted to pictorialist photography with<br />
contributions by Fukuhara Shinzo, Minami Minoru, Kakefuda Isao, Nishiyama Kiyoshi,<br />
Fuchikami Hakuyo, Kometani Koro, Fukuhara Roso, Umesaka Ori, and many others. The<br />
text gives an overview of photographic events during the year with a list of exhibitions and<br />
winning entries, as well as a list of photography clubs, studios, and supply stores together<br />
with their addresses. No copy in OCLC.
6 ASAHI SHIMBUNSHA. NARUSAWA (Kimbei), editor. Nihon Shashin<br />
Nenkan - The Japan Photographic Annual 1928-1929. First edition.<br />
104 photographic plates (5 tipped in). Japanese text with English abstract.<br />
Large 8vo. Original flexible boards, overall a very good copy. 39,117, [iv],<br />
14(text)pp. Tokyo/Osaka, Asahi Shimbunsha, dated: Showa 4, [i.e. 1929].<br />
Volume five of the annual publication and one can clearly feel that new trends are challenging<br />
the predominance of pictorialism. With contributions by Fukuhara Shinzo, Ezaki Kiyoshi,<br />
Umesaka Ori, Yasui Nakaji, Kometani Koro, Ito Sokai, Nishiyama Kiyoshi, Fukuhara Roso,<br />
Shiotani Teiko, and many others. The text gives an overview of photographic events during<br />
the year with a list of exhibitions and winning entries, as well as a list of photography clubs,<br />
studios, and supply stores together with their addresses. 2 copies in OCLC.
7 ASAHI SHIMBUN-SHA. Nihon Shashin Nenkan - The Japan<br />
Photographic Annual 1929-1930. First edition. 80 photographic plates<br />
(6 tipped in). Japanese text with English abstract. Large 8vo. Original flexible<br />
boards, light spotting to text, overall still a very good copy. 32, 110, 15(text)pp.<br />
Tokyo/Osaka, Asahi Shimbunsha, dated Showa 5, [i.e. 1930].<br />
This is volume six of the annual publication with 111 images selected from 890 contributions.<br />
1930 clearly marks the beginning of the Shinko Shashin movement. The present issue<br />
includes work by Nakayama Iwata, Umesaka Ori, Yasui Nakaji, Kakefuda Isao, Fuchikami<br />
Hakuyo, Ishiyama Yasuhisa, Kurata Kenji, Tabata Eizo and Okubo Koroku. A small section<br />
of images is devoted to advertising photography. 2 copies in OCLC.
8 ASAHI SHIMBUN-SHA. NARUSAWA (Kimbei), editor. Nihon Shashin<br />
Nenkan - The Japan Photographic Annual 1935-1936. First edition.<br />
120 photographic plates. Japanese text with English abstract. 8vo. Original<br />
decorated wrappers (minor wear to spine) in slipcase, a very good copy. [iv],<br />
47, [vi](ads.)pp. Tokyo/Osaka, Asahi Shimbunsha, dated: Showa 10, [i.e.<br />
1935].<br />
The format of the publication was changed in 1934 with glossy covers taking account of<br />
the change in taste. Each issue is divided into a section of plates followed by a detailed<br />
technical and artistic commentary on each photograph as well as a review of events of the<br />
year. The long list of addresses of clubs, studios, and photographers is dispensed with.<br />
The present issue includes work by Kimura Ihei, Nakayama Iwata, Nojima Yasuzo, Fukuda<br />
Katsuji, as well as a fascinating photo-montage by Matsubara Juzo (see cover). No copy<br />
in OCLC.
9 ASAHI SHIMBUN-SHA. Nihon Shashin Nenkan - The Japan<br />
Photographic Annual 1938. First edition. 161 photographic plates.<br />
Japanese text with English abstract. 8vo. Original decorated wrappers (wear to<br />
spine) in slipcase, but still a very good copy. 4, 30, [vi](text)pp. Tokyo/Osaka,<br />
Asahi Shimbunsha, dated: Showa 13, [i.e. 1938].<br />
The photographs on the cover are by Yasumoto Koyo and Shibuya Ryukichi. This issue<br />
contains some remarkable modernist images by Yasui Nakaji, Nakayama Iwata, Koishi<br />
Kiyoshi, Nojima Yasuzo, Fuchikami Hakuyo, Kimura Ihei, Hanaya Kambei, and Matsubara<br />
Juzo. No copy in OCLC.
10 ASAHI SHIMBUN-SHA. Nihon Shashin Nenkan - The Japan<br />
Photographic Annual 1941. First edition. 144 photographic plates.<br />
Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original decorated wrappers in dustwrapper. Overall<br />
a very good copy. 5, 28(text)pp. Tokyo, Asahi Shimbunsha, dated: Showa 16<br />
[i.e. 1941].<br />
The first image in this annual is a hazy image of a marching soldier by Ueda Shuntaro.<br />
It is the only image that hints at the outbreak of full-scale war with America and the<br />
allies, but maybe this conflict was still not discernable by May ‘41. However, upon closed<br />
inspection one finds that most of the big names of the avant-garde have disappeared, while<br />
photographers like Nishiyama Kiyoshi, Kakefuda Isao, Minami Minoru, Nojima Yasuzo, and<br />
Yasui Nakaji are represented with fairly innocuous work. Furthermore, the English abstract<br />
has been dispensed with.
11 CAMERA MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT. Arusu Shashin Nenkan;<br />
2601nen ban - Ars Photographic Annual 2601. First edition. Two colour<br />
plates as well as 98 b.-w. plates. Japanese text. 8vo. Original flexible boards<br />
in (damaged) dustwrapper, slightly worn, just a good copy. Tokyo, Ars, dated:<br />
Showa 16, [i.e. 1941].<br />
Ars Shashin Nenkan was a supplement to Camera magazine, dedicated to out-standing<br />
examples of contemporary photography. The present issue contains work by Nojima<br />
Yasuzo, Ueda Shoji, Nakayama Iwata, Nishiyama Kiyoshi, Kuwahara Kineo, Yasui Nakaji,<br />
Hamaya Hiroshi and Kimura Ihei. At the back there is small appendix of ‘patriotic images’<br />
relating to the war in China as well as the political situation at home. An index at the back<br />
provides addresses, occupations, and photo-club membership for all the photographers.<br />
The abstract composition on the cover is by Domon Ken. Only one copy in OCLC.
TOGETHER WITH ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS<br />
12 DAI-HONEI KAIGUN HODOBU. ONCHI (Koshiro) design. Daitoa<br />
senso kaigun sakusen shashin kiroku [The Great East Asia War - A<br />
Photographic Record of the Naval Operations]. First edition. 2 vols.<br />
Numerous photographic plates, several folding. Japanese text. Small folio.<br />
Original cloth-backed boards in dustwrapper (minor staining and marginal<br />
tears). Overall still a very good copy. Decorated endpapers. 144, [viii]; 144,<br />
[viii]pp. Tokyo, Asahi Shimbunsha, dated: Showa 18 [i.e. 1943].<br />
A selection of photographs of the Japanese Navy in World War II covering the period from<br />
the attack on Pearl Harbour on December 1941 to May 15th 1943. Includes photographs<br />
of operations in China, Java, Borneo, Philippines, New Guinea, and other areas in Southeast<br />
Asia. Unfortunately none of the images are credited to individual photographers. The<br />
work was edited by the Naval Headquarters News Section and the introduction states<br />
that the images were collected from a variety of military sources including the Army<br />
Information Bureau. Rare. Only one copy of OCLC. Together with 9 original vintage<br />
photographs measuring ca. 16x22cm, (6 of them published in vol. 2) including<br />
one of Japanese invasion of Attu island (Aleutian) and one of Japanese bombers<br />
flying towards Australia (Darwin). [see across]
Original Prints by<br />
Various Photgraphers;<br />
item 12.
13 DODO (Shunji). Shin Sekai - Mukashi mo ima mo [New World<br />
- Yesterday and Now]. First edition. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Japanese text. Small folio. Original flexible boards in slipcase, a very good<br />
copy. Unpaginated. Osaka, Chosei-sha, 1986.<br />
Shinsekai was one of Osaka’s oldest and most colourful downtown neighbourhoods. Until<br />
major redevelopment in the late 1990s the area’s claim to fame was rooted in its mix<br />
of cheap bars, theatres, and gambling halls. It had a reputation for poverty mixed with<br />
petty crime due to the large concentration of homeless and prostitutes, in particularly<br />
transvestites. Dodo Shunji records the narrow street and its characters with deep affection.<br />
No copy in OCLC, no copy in NACSIS.
14 DOISNEAU (Robert). Kodomo no Jokei - Scenes D’Enfants. First<br />
edition. Numerous photographic illustrations, several in colour. Text in French<br />
and Japanese. 8vo. Original printed boards, a very good copy. [iv], 48, [viii]pp.<br />
Tokyo, Heibonsha, dated: Showa 32 [i.e. 1957].<br />
Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) achieved fame as one of France’s most popular and prolific<br />
reportage photographers. His images show a warm vision of human frailty. The present<br />
book on children was only published in Japan. Book-design by Hara Hiromu. Rare. Only<br />
one copy in OCLC.
15 DOMON (Ken) and others. NIHON MINGEI KYOKAI. Shuri to Naha<br />
[Shuri and Naha]. Kogei Vol. 103. First and only edition. One of a limited<br />
edition of 1000 copies. Numerous photographic plates, two large folding maps.<br />
Japanese text. 8vo. Original decorated wrappers, a fine copy. 97(text)pp.<br />
Tokyo, Nihon Mingei Kyokai, dated: Showa 15, [i.e. 1940].<br />
This is a very early and rare publication with work by Domon Ken. In 1940 he and two other<br />
photographers (Sakamoto Manshichi, and Koshi Misuo) were sent to Okinawa to record<br />
local architecture and customs in the capital of Naha. Most of the photographs show Shuri<br />
castle, the royal palace of the Ryukyu kingdom, and other early examples of architecture<br />
and sculpture. A section at the end deals with local arts and crafts, the markets, and local<br />
festivals. Rare. No copy in OCLC.
16 DOMON (Ken). HAMAYA (Hiroshi) and others. Japan. First edition. 65<br />
photographic plates. English text. Small folio. Original cloth in dustwrapper, a<br />
very good copy. [xii], [iv]pp. Tokyo, Ministry of Transportation, 1956.<br />
“Travel abroad is one of the great pleasures of life. It is also a means of widening one’s<br />
horizons, of seeing and understanding the life and environment of other peoples, and of<br />
creating friendships among peoples based on such understanding.” (Introduction) In spite<br />
of the innocuous title this is possibly one of the best illustrated tourist publications ever<br />
published about Japan. The printing quality is superb. Includes images by Domon Ken,<br />
Hamaya Hiroshi, Watanabe Yoshio, Yoshida Jun, Higuchi Susumu, and Matsugi Fujio. The<br />
dustwrapper shows a flower arrangement by Teshigahara Sofu. Rare.
17 DOMON (Ken). Nihon Meishoden - [Famous Artisans of Japan].<br />
First edition. Numerous photographic plates (many in colour). Japanese<br />
text. Folio. Original cloth in dustwrapper, lacking cardboard case, still a very<br />
good copy. Unpaginated. Kyoto, Shinshindo Shuppan, dated: Showa 49 [i.e.<br />
1974].<br />
Superb portraits of sixteen major figures from the world of literature (Kawabata Yasunari),<br />
woodcut art (Munakata Shiko), acting (Mizutani Yaeko), pottery (Hamada Shoji), go<br />
(Sakata Eio), as well as the heart-surgeon Sagakibara Shigeru - to name just a few. All<br />
of them were survivors, the old guard of Japan - in a positive sense. The characters are<br />
full of a sense of their own achievement and they were clearly comfortable with Domon’s<br />
presence. Book-design by Tanaka Ikko. Only 2 copies in OCLC.
18 FUCHIKAMI (Hakuyo). SOUTH MANCHURIA RAILWAY COMPANY.<br />
Manshu Shashin Nenkan - Manchuria Photographic Annual 1930. First<br />
and only edition. 39 photographic plates. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original<br />
red cloth (lacking dustwrapper and/or slipcase?), slightly soiled, but very good<br />
inside. Decorated endpapers, a.e.g. 78pp. Dalian, Minami Manchu Tetsudo<br />
Kabushiki Gaisha/Chunichi Bunka Kyokai, dated: Showa 5, 1930.<br />
Fuchikami Hakuyo (1889-1960) moved to Manchuria in 1928, where he worked for the<br />
public-relations department of the South-Manchuria Railway Company. It took two years<br />
before he could devote himself to the subject he really loved. This yearbook is in fact the<br />
only one that was issued. It is very much rooted in the pictorialist phase of the ‘Hakuyo’<br />
period. Each plated is faced by a page of text with remarks by the artists followed by an<br />
appraisal by Fuchikami. It includes works by Date Yoshio, Mizuno Masatoshi, Sakakibara<br />
Masaichi, Kato Seiichi, Shiwa Yoson, and Fuchikami himself. Two years later he founded<br />
the Manchuria Photographic Artists Association. Very rare. No copy in OCLC. Five copies<br />
in NACSIS (all in Japan).
19 FUKUHARA (Shinzo). Kikuoka Tatsujiro Shashin Isaku-shu<br />
[Posthumous Photographs by Kikuoka Tatsujiro]. First and only edition.<br />
No. 67 of a limited edition of 300 copies. 24 plates. 8vo. Original flexible<br />
boards (marginal browning), light foxing, but overall a very good copy. [x], iv,<br />
4(text)pp. Tokyo, Nihon Shashinkai, dated: Taisho 15 [i.e. 1926].<br />
Kikuoka Tatsujiro (dates unknown) was a member of the Japan Photographic Society and<br />
a regular contributor to ‘Shashin Geijutsu’ and ‘Shashin Shimpo’ magazines. He was a close<br />
friend of Fukuhara Shinzo who wrote a short appreciation of his work without giving away<br />
much personal details about the man. Very rare. No copy in OCLC. No copy in ALC. Only<br />
one copy in NACSIS.
20 FUKUHARA (Shinzo). Matsue Fukei - The Old Town of Matsue.<br />
First edition. Frontispiece and 30 photographic plates. Small folio. Original<br />
boards with printed label (minor foxing) and decorated slipcase (rubbed<br />
edges, minor wear to bottom corners), but very good inside. [x]pp. Tokyo,<br />
Japan Photographic Society, 1935.<br />
Matsue carries the distinction of being both one of the oldest as well as the most beautiful<br />
17th century castle-towns in Japan. The capital of Shimane prefecture it is situated on<br />
Shijinko lake close to the Japan Sea in Western Japan. Due to its location and its numerous<br />
canals it was thought to have scenic qualities very similar to those of the West Lake in<br />
China, in fact it’s name is said to be based on China’s old Songjiang province. In the 19th<br />
century Lafcadio Hearn took up residence here and married one of the town’s daughters.<br />
The present publication is a superb example of Fukuhara Shinzo’s pictorialist style. Both<br />
the focus and the selection of subjects are highly unusual and even avant-garde. His<br />
sepia photographs have a soft and dreamy quality while at the same time being devoid of<br />
sentimentality. Fukuhara Shinzo gave pictorialism a new expression. While the aesthetics<br />
are clearly Japanese the composition has a very abstract and even modern feel. A gem.
21 FUKUHARA (Shinzo). Hikari to sono kaichou. [The Light and it’s<br />
Harmony]. 11th edition. 48 photographic plates. Japanese text. Small 8vo.<br />
Original decorated, cloth-backed boards in slipcase, a very good copy. 18,<br />
[vi](ads.)pp. Tokyo, Shashin Geijutsusha, dated: Taisho 12 [i.e. 1923].<br />
“Separating from the physical connection that would simply photograph the thing as it<br />
is, and moving towards the birth of a spiritual connection that would hold the spirit or<br />
the meaning held by nature - this is the second element of importance... We can also<br />
think of this as the revelation of the spirit of nature as seen in the photograph through<br />
the spirit of man, or the revelation of man through nature...”. And later on the theory of<br />
haiku photography: “Grasping the harmonious instant through impression, the calm of<br />
each separate ray of light, that affect each and every sheet, this feels like the consecutive<br />
reading of short poems. It is as if you can read a haiku in the photograph.” (Translated in:<br />
The World of Shinzo Fukuhara - Poetics of Light. Tokyo, Shiseido 1994, p. 120-121). This<br />
book caused a sensation when it was published. Often described as the first theoretical<br />
treatise of Modern Japanese photography, it is also a very attractively illustrated plate-book<br />
in its own right. Only one copy in OCLC.
SIGNED COPY<br />
22 GOCHO (Shigeo). OTSUJI (Kiyoshi) introduction. Self and Others. First<br />
edition. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Small 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper, overall a very good presentation copy<br />
signed and stamped (hanko) by the photographer on back free end-paper.<br />
Unpaginated. Tokyo, Privately Printed, 1977.<br />
Gocho Shigeo was born in Niigata in 1946. From a young age he was afflicted by a number<br />
of illnesses that resulted in him being physically handicapped. Yet, he was determined to<br />
make the most of his abilities and in 1965 he entered the Kuwasawa design school in Tokyo<br />
where he took up photography. After graduating in 1968 he worked both as a graphic<br />
designer and a photographer. The present is Gocho’s second and rarest publication, one of<br />
only three photo-books published during his life-time. Almost all of the images are staged<br />
portraits, the subject being well aware that he is being photographed. ‘Self and Others’<br />
is nothing short of a visual record of the emotions that exist between people. It is also<br />
an account of life and death: The first image is of a new-born child, the one-but-last is a<br />
self-portrait of a man who is aware of his impending death. The images in-between show<br />
the confrontation with and the reaction of ‘others’ to ‘self’. Gocho is always present in the<br />
expressions of his subjects even when they try to ignore him. It is a very humane work.<br />
The preface was written by his teacher Otsuji Kiyoshi. Only one copy in OCLC.
23 GOTO (Chikao), photographer. SHIRASU (Masako). Hieizan Kaihogyo<br />
[Hieizan Mountain Training]. First edition. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Japanese text. Folio. Original flexible boards in dustwrapper, decorated<br />
cardboard slipcase and obi, a very good copy. 129pp. Kyoto, Shishindo<br />
Shuppan, 1976.<br />
An illustrated work describing the Tendai sect’s practice of ‘Circumambulation’ on<br />
the Buddhist mountain Hieizan. The purpose of ‘kaihogyo’ is to achieve a closer union<br />
with Buddha by praying and walking in the harsh conditions of the mountain. Wearing<br />
nothing but white linen clothes and straw sandals the practitioner aims to become a living<br />
Fudomyo’o (god of fire). He sets off into the mountains just after midnight returning to the<br />
temple the following evening. Throughout the walks he is prepared for death. Initially this<br />
practice takes place over 100 days, but having achieved this the monk can apply for a 1000<br />
day course involving 700 marathons and at the highest level seven and a half days without<br />
sleep and food. Book-design by Tanaka Ikko. Only one copy in OCLC. Works 115.
24 HAGA (Hideo). Ta no Kami - The Rituals of Rice Production in<br />
Japan. First edition. Numerous photographic illustrations. Japanese text with<br />
English abstract. Large 8vo. Original cloth in slipcase, a very good copy. 106pp.<br />
Tokyo, Heibonsha, dated: Showa 34, 1959.<br />
Haga Hideo (born in Dalian, China in 1921) spent most of his life documenting customs<br />
and rituals in farming communities throughout Japan and it is only recently that his work is<br />
being appreciated for it’s aesthetic qualities. The present work deals with the area around<br />
Iwaki City in Fukushima prefecture. Haga describes the rites of the New Year, the rituals<br />
of rice planting and transplanting, the rites of ‘Warding off Insects’ (mushi-okuri) as well<br />
as the rituals of harvest and post-harvest. Includes a commentary (in English) by Ishino<br />
Iwao, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Michigan State University. Seven copies<br />
in OCLC.
25 HAMAYA (Hiroshi). Henkyo no machi [The Remote City] -<br />
Urumchi. First edition. 24 plates. Text in English and Japanese. Large 8vo.<br />
Original decorated boards, together with a loosely inserted sheet providing<br />
technical information on each image. A very good copy. [iv], 48, 11pp. Tokyo,<br />
Heibonsha, dated: Showa 32, 1957.<br />
For many centuries Urumchi in Xinjiang Province has been a meeting point for cultures of<br />
the East and West. An area where Uigurs, Hui, Tartars, Mongols, Uzbeks, Russians, Kazaks,<br />
and Han Chinese live together under the adverse conditions of the desert. Throughout<br />
the 1950s Hamaya was fascinated by the effects of harsh natural environment on human<br />
beings. He visited Urumchi in October 1956: “Passing the mud houses, mud walls, poplarlined<br />
streets and coming into the main thoroughfare, I saw the city stirring into life in<br />
the dust-whirling wind... The old man slowly washes his face. Scooping up water in both<br />
hands, he curiously rinses or rather jerks his face - not the hands - up and down in his<br />
cupped hand - it’s the way the people wash.” Only two copies in OCLC.
26 HANABUSA (Shinzo) photographer. HASEGAWA (Setsuko) text.<br />
Mizu [Water]. First edition. Kagaku no tomo no. 159. Numerous colour<br />
photographic plates. Japanese text. Square 8vo. Original decorated flexible<br />
boards, a very good copy. [32]pp. Tokyo, Fukuinkan, 1982.<br />
Hanabusa Shinzo was born in 1936 in Chiba city. Having graduated from the Tokyo College<br />
of Photography he became a member of the Japan Photographers Association. He won<br />
several prizes during the 60s when he was focused on social issues. The present is some<br />
light relief with a children’s book illustrating the importance and joy of water. Uncommon.<br />
Only one record in OCLC.
27 HARA (Hiromu) book-design. Sekai Shashin Nenkan - Photography<br />
of the World. First editions. 14 vols. Numerous photographic plates (several<br />
in colour). Folio. Original cloth-backed boards in dust-wrappers (minor wear)<br />
and cardboard slipcases. Some very minor spotting to prelims, but overall a<br />
very good set. Tokyo, Heibonsha, 1958- 1972.<br />
This yearbook of world photography covers the most exciting period of black-andwhite<br />
photography throughout the world all of them printed in superb photo-gravure.<br />
Naturally there is a slight dominance of Japanese photographers there is some very<br />
solid representation of Eastern and Western European, as well as American, Korean, and<br />
Indian photographers. Each issue contains essays on various subjects as well as a section<br />
giving background information for each images as well as biographical details for the<br />
photographer. Superb book-design by Hara Hiromu. The series was started in 1958 and<br />
ran until 1974.
28 HARA (Hiromu) book-design. Sekai Shashin Zenshu - Photography<br />
of the World. First editions. 7 vols. (complete). Numerous photographic<br />
plates (several in colour). Folio. Original cloth-backed boards in cardboard<br />
slipcases. Some very minor spotting to prelims, but overall a very good set.<br />
Tokyo, Heibonsha, 1955- 1957.<br />
This survey of world photography was a predecessor of Heibonsha’s yearbook of<br />
photography. Each volume is devoted to one or several countries while volume 7<br />
(bessatsu) gives an illustrated history of photography compiled by Ina Nobuo (and others).<br />
The images are printed in photo-gravure. Each issue contains biographical details of the<br />
photographers. Superb book-design by Hara Hiromu.
29 HARA (Hiromu) designer. OKADA (Sozo) editor. Dai Toa Kensetsu<br />
Gaho - Ajia no mamori, Teikoku Kaigun [Pictorial of Greater East Asia<br />
under Constrction - Guarding Asia, the Imperial Navy]. First edition.<br />
Numerous photographic illustrations including one double fold-out plate<br />
(measuring 112x42,3cm). Japanese text. Large folio, measuring 29,8x42,3cm.<br />
Original decorated wrappers, minor staining to covers, a very good copy.<br />
Unpaginated. Tokyo, Nippon Dempo Tsushin-sha, dated: Showa 17, August<br />
19th, [i.e. 1942].<br />
This is a separate Japanese language issue identical content to ‘FRONT no. 1-2’, a tour-deforce<br />
of propaganda, design and photography: Front was intended for foreign audiences<br />
and apparently distributed in fifteen languages throughout the ‘Greater East-Asia Co-<br />
Prosperity Sphere’. Kimura Ihei was the head of the photography section which included<br />
Kazano Haruo, Watanabe Tsutomu, Katsura Koshiro, Oki Minoru, Sekiguchi Mitsumori,<br />
Hamaya Hiroshi, Kikuchi Junkichi, Nishino Kazuo, Sakaguchi Tadahiro, and Tsuji Yunnosuke.<br />
Hara Hiromu was in charge of design working with art directors Ogawa Toraji, Imaizumi<br />
Takeshi, and Hasuike Juntaro. The layout and use of montage was inspired by the Soviet<br />
Propaganda magazine ‘USSR in Construction’, clearly reflected in the title of the present<br />
issue, which is devoted to the Navy. Only one copy in OCLC.
30 HARA (Hiromu), designer. OKADA (Sozo) editor. Manchukoku - Idai<br />
naru kensetsu. [Constructing Greatness - Manchuria]. First edition.<br />
Numerous photographic illustrations including two large fold-out posters<br />
(one measuring 83x59cm, the other 55x42cm). Japanese text. Large folio,<br />
measuring 29,4x42cm. Original decorated wrappers, a close to fine copy.<br />
Unpaginated. Shinkyo/Tokyo, Manshu Shoseki/Toho-sha, dated: Showa 18,<br />
August 8th [i.e. 1943].<br />
This is a separately issued Japanese language issue of FRONT no. 5-6 was to be distributed<br />
in Manchuria. Again the title retains the term kensetsu (construction), a homage to the<br />
Soviet magazine ‘USSR in Construction’. The images show industrial development, happy<br />
workers and farmers, as well as a ceremony at the court of Shinkyo involving the Last<br />
Emperor Pu-yi. Altogether ten issues of Font magazine were published but almost the<br />
entire issue of the last volume was destroyed in an air raid in 1945. Very rare. Only one<br />
copy in OCLC.
31 HASEGAWA (Denjiro). Manshu Kiko, Shashin to Zuiso -<br />
Picturesque Manchoukuo & Mongolia seen by Artist & Camera. First<br />
edition. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text with caption in Japanese<br />
and English. Folio. Original cloth in dustwrapper (top flap detached, marginal<br />
tears), still a very good copy. 186pp. Tokyo, Meguro Shoten, dated: Showa<br />
16, 1941.<br />
Hasegawa Denjiro (1894-1976) was born in Tokyo. His father was a craftsman of household<br />
goods whose shop was destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake. As a result he went to<br />
Hokkaido to work on a dairy farm. This being not much to his liking he decided to go to<br />
India to study arts at the Visva Bharati University which had been founded by Tagore. From<br />
there he undertook several trips to the Himalayas where he photographed extensively.<br />
Upon his return to Japan his first book of Himalayan photographs was published in 1932.<br />
The images in the present book were taken during a three-month trip in autumn of 1939.<br />
His remarkable portraits of Chinese and Russians show an ease in dealing with foreigners<br />
that he must have learned in India. Only one copy in OCLC.
32 HASHIMOTO (Shoko). OZAKI (Norio), editor. Goze [Blind Itinerant<br />
Female Musicians]. First edition. Numerous photographic plates. 8vo.<br />
Original decorated flexible boards in slipcase and obi (slightly worn). Together<br />
with a loose 8pp. leaflet containing an appraisal of the work by Hayashi<br />
Tadahiko. A very good copy. 239pp. Tokyo, Nora-sha, dated: Showa 49 [i.e.<br />
1974].<br />
An excellent documentary showing the life of a several ‘Goze’ throughout the four seasons<br />
of one year. The term ‘goze’ (lit. just blind woman) refers to blind female itinerant<br />
musicians going from one village to the next in small groups or alone - hoping to be put up<br />
for the night with some food in return for an old folk-song or two, sometimes accompanied<br />
by a shamisen. Only a handful of these musicians surv ive today. Hashimoto’s images<br />
have a grainy quality that is particularly well suited to his subjects. This is documentary<br />
photography at it’s best - un-intrusive and yet powerful. No copy in OCLC.
33 HATAKEYAMA (Naoya). Under Construction. First edition.<br />
Numerous colour photographic plates. Text in English and Japanese. Large<br />
8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper and obi, a fine copy. 147pp. Tokyo,<br />
Kenchiku Shiryo Kenkyusha, 2001.<br />
This is a photographic record of the construction of the Sendai Mediatheque, a library built<br />
by the architect Ito Toyo between November 1998 and March 2000. The work is one of<br />
the most beautifully crafted publications relating to contemporary architecture. It oozes<br />
with the professionalism of everybody involved. There is a fresh approach, there is a<br />
fresh look at detail and colour, and there is fresh design. Ito suspended the entire sevenfloor<br />
structure from 13 strangely twisted, expanding and contracting tubes. Hatakeyama<br />
compares the architecture to a ship and was surprised to find that the workmen involved<br />
in the construction actually came from a shipyard in his hometown. This is a book that is<br />
full of a sense of achievement, progress, and optimism. In a sense it is similar to Kimura’s<br />
‘In a shipyard’. The design of the book by Matsuda Yukimasa is superb. The front board is<br />
reinforced with strong cardboard, allowing for a beautiful handling of the book.
34 HAYASHI (Tadahiko). Kasutori Jidai [The period of cheap liquor].<br />
Showa 21nen, Tokyo, Nihon. First edition. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Text in Japanese. 4to. Original cloth in decorated slipcase (slightly rubbed),<br />
decorated endpapers. A very good copy. 126, [ii], 14, [ii]pp. Tokyo, Asahi<br />
Sonorama, 1980.<br />
This is Hayashi’s most famous work. ‘Kasutori’ was a type of smelly, cheap liquor that was<br />
available (and affordable) at the time. Hayashi documents the decade after the end of the<br />
war when Tokyo lay in ruins: Demobilized soldiers returning, street kids smoking discarded<br />
cigarette butts, shoe-cleaners below the school-age, G.I.s, cheap bars and prostitutes<br />
show the ability of Tokyoites to adapt and cope with the dire conditions. The over-riding<br />
impression is one of being glad to be alive. When Hayashi looked through the images prior<br />
to this publication he was himself surprised to find that he had captured history. Only two<br />
copies in OCLC.
35 HIBIKI PHOTO STUDIO. IDE (Denjiro). Nagasaki - Souvenir du<br />
Nagasaki. First edition thus. 114 photographic plates (several tipped in and<br />
fold-out) and numerous illustrations with facing tissue guards. Folio. Japanese<br />
text, ca. Original decorated velvet binding (slightly stained) in original cardboard<br />
box, a very good copy. [viii], 53; 114ff. Nagasaki, Hibiki Photo Studio, dated:<br />
Showa 3 [i.e. 1928].<br />
This book is not identical to a work of the same title published in the previous year. The first<br />
part of the present work is a commemorative album for graduates of the Medical School<br />
of Nagasaki University. While being a wide-ranging introduction to the University with its<br />
departments, clubs and societies, as well as an illustrated history of Nagasaki, many of the<br />
images bear the hallmarks of the ‘geijutsu shashin’ movement. The style of this book is<br />
reminiscent of the work by Iida Kosaburo entitled ‘Kohoku Ingashu’ (Privately published,<br />
1914) which is regarded amongst the first artistic photobook to have been published<br />
in Japan: Both use a variety of papers in different colours and textures to produce an<br />
interesting artistic effect - more of a record of memories in the form of an album than a<br />
documentary depiction of the city. Little is known about the Hibiki Shashinkan, apart from<br />
the fact that it was a commercial studio run by Ide Denjiro in Nagasaki during the 20s and<br />
30s. He experimented with the various printing techniques to produce the soft, hazy, and<br />
emotionally laden images that the pictorialists aspired to. No copy in OCLC.
36 HODO SHASHIN - NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY. Dai Toa senso hodo<br />
shashin-roku [A Photographic News Record of the Great East Asia<br />
War]. First edition. 40 photographs mounted on cardboard with Japanese<br />
tipped-in letterpress on verso. Large 8vo. Preserved in original cloth box with<br />
cardboard slipcase, a very good copy. [ii](text)pp. Tokyo, Yomiuri Shimbunsha,<br />
dated: Showa 17 [i.e. 1942].<br />
I appears that every newspaper was expected to publish a photographic account of<br />
unfolding events in the Pacific War. The present collection of photographs was includes<br />
images of Pearl Harbour, the advance on the Malayan peninsula, the fall of Singapore,<br />
the Philippines, the island of Corregidor, etc. The loose sheet of printed text reprints<br />
the Declaration of War released in the name of the Emperor. This text was reprinted in<br />
newspapers throughout the war on the eighth day of each month to re-affirm Japanese<br />
resolve.
SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY TO HENRY MILLER<br />
37 HOSOE (Eikoh). TAKIGUCHI (Shuzo), text. Kamaitachi [Weasel’s<br />
Slash]. First edition. No. 458 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. 34 doublepage<br />
photographic plates. Text in English and Japanese. Folio. Original<br />
decorated cloth in acetate dustwrapper (partly damaged) and slipcase (lacking<br />
outer cardboard box), but overall a very good copy, signed by the dancer<br />
Hijikata Tatsumi on the front free endpapers. [x](text)pp. Tokyo, Gendai<br />
Shichosha, 1969.<br />
Photographs of the Butoh dancer Hijikata Tatsumi (1928-1886) returning to his hometown<br />
in Akita Prefecture. “It will be almost impossible to define Tatsumi Hijikata, between<br />
the terrestrial or the aerial as one of his own attributions, but, before speaking of that,<br />
the significant fact is that our dancer has rushed like a gust of wind to the farm village,<br />
especially to the district of rice crops, where the most contradictory and irrational facts of<br />
social reality in Japan today still remain. He appears there abruptly, just like an eagle flying<br />
down to earth, or a sudden kidnapper from heaven.” (Introduction). This book captures<br />
the meeting of tradition and modernity with superb book-design by Tanaka Ikko. Each of<br />
the plates folds out from the gutter. This copy was presented by Hijikata Tatsumi to the<br />
famous American writer Henry Miller (1891-1980) and his fifth wife Hoki Tokuda, who he<br />
had married in 1967. Hijikata Tatsumi signed very few books, and this is an important<br />
association copy.
SIGNED COPY<br />
38 INAKOSHI (Koichi). HASEGAWA (Kei) text. Maybe, maybe. First<br />
edition. Numerous photographic plates. Text in Japanese and English. 4to.<br />
Original boards in dustwrapper and (slightly worn) slipcase, a very good<br />
presentation copy signed by the photographer on front free endpaper.<br />
Unpaginated. Tokyo, Kyuryudo, 1971.<br />
Inakoshi Koichi was born in 1941. He became a freelance photographer in 1970 and the<br />
present is his first work, a collection of images of New York. The text by Hasegawa Kei<br />
seems to be a short play in four acts entitled ‘The Window’, ‘The Road’, ‘The chair’, & ‘The<br />
Sea’, slightly reminiscent of Beckett’s work. The high-contrast photographs have a feeling<br />
of profound loneliness. Only seven copies in OCLC.
39 INOUE (Atsumu). Asu no Sekai Bunka - Kogata Kamera ni yoru<br />
Nyu Yoku Bankoku Hakurankai Shashinshu [World Culture Tomorrow<br />
- A Photobook of the New York Expo]. First edition. 94 photographic<br />
plates. Japanese text. Folio. Original boards (lacking dustwrapper). Overall<br />
a very good copy. 37(text)pp. Tokyo, Bancho Shobo, dated: Showa 15 [i.e.<br />
1940].<br />
A superb photographic record of the New York World Fair held in 1939 at Flushing Meadows<br />
under the modernist theme of ‘World of Tomorrow’. It was one of the largest world’s fairs<br />
of all time and over 44 million people came to visit. Many countries participated including<br />
the USSR and Japan. It was initially organised by a group of retired NYC policemen to help<br />
the city overcome the Great Depression of 1935. This Japanese record of the fair is very<br />
rare. No copy in OCLC. Only 2 copies in NACSIS.
SIGNED COPY<br />
40 ISHIDA (Hirokazu). Beijing Biyori - Beijing Weather. First<br />
edition. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. 4to. Original boards in<br />
dustwrapper and obi, a fine copy signed by the photographer. Unpaginated.<br />
Tokyo, Sokyu-sha, 2006.<br />
Ishida was born in Beijing in 1943, so in some ways this could be called a homecoming.<br />
Most of the images show what the Chinese call ‘laobaixing’ (lit. ‘old 100 names’, i.e. the<br />
‘common man’) . For somebody who has visited the country in the last twenty years there<br />
is a certain amount of nostalgia in these images.
41 ISHIDA (Hirokazu). NAGANO (Shigeichi), introduction. Baramon to<br />
Janta: Indo [Brahman and the People: India]. First edition. Numerous<br />
photographic plates. 4to. Original flexible boards (light dust-staining), still a<br />
very good copy. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Shashin Hyoronsha, 1971.<br />
Ishida Hirokazu was born in 1943 in Beijing. In 1964 he graduated from the Tokyo<br />
Photography College, followed by an apprenticeship with Nagano Shigeichi. The present is<br />
his first book-publication: Ishida visited India several times between 1967 and 1970 and<br />
the present is a strong, sombre, (and painful) record of life and death in India. Much of the<br />
book focuses on the abject poverty. The style of the images is reminiscent of Tomatsu’s<br />
work in Afghanistan (Saramu Areikomu, Shaken 1968). Rare. Only two copies in OCLC.
42 ISHIGAME (Yasuro). Kokoni Kodomotachi ga iru, koe ga suru<br />
[There are children here and they make noise]. First edition. Numerous<br />
photographic plates. Text in English and Japanese. Small folio. Original cloth in<br />
dustwrapper (minor defect to lower spine) and (slightly scuffed) slipcase, still<br />
a very good copy. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Mihara Shobo, 1971.<br />
This is a superb study of children living in the old neighbourhoods of Naples. The title<br />
refers to a previous publication entitled “So there were no children [Soshite kodomotachi<br />
wa inai]” published in 1968. Ishigame has published over a dozen books on children. No<br />
copy in OCLC.
43 ITAGAKI (Takao). Geijutsuteki Gendai no Shoso [Aspects of<br />
Artistic Modernity]. First edition. 12 photographic plates. Japanese text.<br />
Original cloth in (damaged) slipcase, overall a very good copy. Decorated<br />
endpapers. 400pp. Tokyo, Rokubunkan, dated: Showa 6 [i.e. 1931].<br />
An important collection of essays by the art critic and theorist Itagaki Takao (1894-1966)<br />
advocating modernist trends in general and the aesthetics of the machine in particular.<br />
Itagaki had spent time in Europe and was influenced by the visual language of the German<br />
New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit, the name of an exhibition in Mannheim in 1925)<br />
movement represented by the likes of Dix, Schad, and Grosz. This movement had a strong<br />
political content and often identified with socialist aims. The cover of ‘Aspects of Artistic<br />
Modernity’ shows a collage of European Communist publications photographed by Horino<br />
Masao who was strongly influenced by Itagaki and worked with him on several projects.<br />
Only one copy in OCLC.
44 JAPAN PHOTO LIBRARY. HARA (Hiromu). Japan Today -<br />
Education. First edition. 3 vols. Numerous photographic illustrations. Text<br />
in English, Indonesian, and Malay. Folio. Original decorated wrappers, minor<br />
staining to covers, but overall still a fine set. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Board of<br />
Tourist Industry, dated: Showa 17 [i.e. 1942].<br />
“... Japan never for a moment lost sight of the intrinsic value of her own traditional culture.<br />
She now considers that her period of learning from the West has ended, and that the<br />
task cut out for her is to create an ideal state of civilization” (Introduction). This is a<br />
rare example of three identical issues of a propaganda magazine published in English,<br />
Indonesian, and Malay. Includes contributions by Kimura Ihei. No copy in OCLC.
45 KANSAI SHASHINKAI. Kansai Shashin Kaishi Tokugo [Special<br />
Number of the Kansai Photography Club Journal]. First edition. 19<br />
collotype plates. Japanese text. 8vo. Original printed wrappers (minor wear to<br />
spine) minor fingerstaining, but overall a very good copy. 18(text)pp. Osaka,<br />
Kansai Shashinkai, dated Meiji 36 [i.e. 1903].<br />
An exceedingly rare collection of work by the Kansai Photography Club which was based<br />
in Osaka. The collotype plates show examples of early pictorialism in Japan. Unrecorded.<br />
No copy in OCLC or NACSIS.
46 KARAFUTO-CHO. Karafuto Shashin-cho [A photographic Album<br />
of Sachalin]. First edition. 198 photographic plates. Folio. Original silkcovered<br />
boards in dustwrapper, a very good copy. 186pp. Tokyo, Karafutocho,<br />
dated: Showa 11, [i.e. 1936].<br />
A very rare title published by the Sakhalin Public Office, presumably to encourage<br />
immigration. Colonization of Sakhalin (‘Kita-Ezo’) go back to the late 17th century. After<br />
the Russo-Japanese War the southern part of the island below 50° N was ceded to Japan.<br />
The book commences with images of a newly constructed Shinto Shrine near the capital of<br />
Toyohara (now Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) followed by images of government buildings, as well<br />
as farming, logging, fishing, mining, and other industries. The last part of the album shows<br />
natural scenery and past-times, like skiing, sledging, fishing etc. No copy in OCLC. Three<br />
records in NACSIS.
47 KATO (Kyohei). Choukai Boraku - Kato Kyohei Isaku-shu<br />
[Collapse of the Morning’s Opening - A Posthumous Album of Kato<br />
Kyohei]. First edition. Numerous photographic plates (incl. several colour<br />
plates). Japanese text. 4to. Original cloth in cloth slipcase, a fine presentation<br />
copy signed by his wife. 144pp. Tokyo, Privately Printed, 1987.<br />
Kato Kyohei (1909-1983) was one of the pioneers of the hodo shashin (photo reportage)<br />
movement. He was a founding member of the Keio Camera Club and was a member of<br />
the Research Associations of Young Photojournalists which had been founded in 1938 by<br />
Domon Ken, Hamaya Hiroshi, and Tamura Shigeru. Later he worked for Shashin Shuho,<br />
and during the war he was based in Peking. The present isaku-shu is the only monograph<br />
of his work and it is very rare. It was edited by his friend Hayashi Tadahiko. No copy in<br />
OCLC.
48 KIMURA (Ihei). Japanese School Life Through the Camera. First<br />
edition, a very rare variant issue with 50 tipped-in loose photographic plates.<br />
Text and printed captions in English, French, and German. Folio. Original printed<br />
folding case (slightly worn), overall still a very good copy. 6 loose sheets with<br />
introduction and table of content. Tokyo, Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1937.<br />
Kimura’s third publication and the very rare issue with loose plates in a folding envelope.<br />
“The photographs contained between the covers of this album are intended to illustrate by<br />
means of the camera the road to learning and culture as it passes through the schools in<br />
Japan.” (Introduction).
49 KIMURA (Ihei). KAN (Itsuo). Jugosei Ichimura Uzaemon butai<br />
shashinshu [A photobook showing stage photographs of the fifteenthgeneration<br />
Uzaemon Ichimura]. First edition. Numerous photographic<br />
plates. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original printed boards in dust-wrappers<br />
(minor dust-staining), but overall a very good copy. [98], [xxii]pp. Kyoto,<br />
Wakei Shoten, dated: Showa 26 [i.e. 1951].<br />
Photograph collection of the fifteenth-generation Uzaemon Ichimura (1874-1945). All of<br />
the images were taken before the war. This is the last in a three volume photobook series<br />
on noted Kabuki performers published by Wakei Shoten in Kyoto. It is also one of the rarest<br />
Kimura items from the 1950s. Only two copies in OCLC.
50 KIMURA (Shohachi). SUZUKI (Yoshikazu) photographer. Ginza<br />
Kaiwai & Ginza Hacho [Ginza Neighbourhoods & Ginza 8-chome].<br />
First edition. Text volume with folding colour woodblock frontispiece, one<br />
further woodblock print, three photographic plates, and numerous maps and<br />
illustrations. Japanese text. Square 8vo. Original decorated boards in glassine<br />
wrapper and decorated slipcase. Bessatsu (orihon) containing large foldout<br />
panorama (measuring 395x18cm) both preserved in original cardboard box<br />
with title-slip. Minor spotting, but overall in very good condition. 334pp. Tokyo,<br />
Toho Shobo, dated Showa 29 [i.e. 1954].<br />
An extraordinary and charming production: The work is ostensibly an illustrated history<br />
of the Ginza, one of the most upmarket shopping districts of Tokyo. The name is derived<br />
from a silver-coin mint which was located here during the Edo period. In the Meiji era it<br />
was developed as a shopping and entertainment district with a Western flair and became<br />
famous for its department stores, bars, and coffeehouses during the early 20th century.<br />
Large parts were destroyed during the firebombing in 1945. However, Tokyoites retained<br />
their affection for the place and it was soon rebuilt. Of particular interest is the panorama<br />
which accompanies the book recording every building on Ginza 8-chome from Shinbashi<br />
bridge to Kyobashi bridge. The photographer Suzuki Yoshikazu (dates unknown) worked<br />
from November 1953 until spring of the following year to take over 200 images having to<br />
make sure that weather and light conditions would be more or less the same in order not<br />
to affect the overall homogeneity of the panorama. Interestingly, Suzuki added an element<br />
of photomontage, placing extra cars (and possibly pedestrians) at intersections to heighten<br />
the sense of drama. In 1966 Edward Ruscha undertook a similar project in ‘Every building<br />
on the Sunset Strip’. Rare. None of the 4 records in OCLC appear to have the separate<br />
panorama.
51 KOISHI (Kiyoshi). Satsuei - Sakuga no shin giho. [A New Method<br />
of Photography]. First edition. Numerous photographic illustrations.<br />
Japanese text. 8vo. Original decorated cloth in (slightly worn) slipcase, but<br />
overall still a very good copy. [ii], 294, [xiv](ads.)pp. Tokyo, Genkosha, dated:<br />
Showa 13 [i.e. 1936].<br />
Published three years after ‘Shoka Shinkei’ the present photographic manual explains his<br />
theories and techniques, incl. multiple exposure, camera movement, solarisation, infrared<br />
photography, and montages. Koishi had been criticised for indulging in the ‘grotesque’<br />
imagery and the nature of this manual is of course more commercial and less avant-garde<br />
than his previous book. But it shows him to be constantly pushing the frontiers of new<br />
techniques. Particularly famous is the composite image entitled: ‘Feeling of Fatigue’ which<br />
shows three clocks staggering across a night sky over a modern city has a surrealist feel (p.<br />
240), as well as an image of Mt. Fuji with a cloud formation seemingly mirroring its shape<br />
(p. 183). A wonderful photomontage of a girl with a cocktail and the Grand Palace neon<br />
lights is an iconic modernist image of the 30s. Very rare. No copy in OCLC.
52 KOKOKUSEI HENSHU-BU. EDITORIAL SECTION OF ADVERTISING<br />
WORLD. Shin Kanban Zuan Kosakushu [The Design and Manufacture<br />
of New Shopsigns]. First edition, second printing. Numerous photographic<br />
illustrations as well as 17 colour lithograph plates. Japanese text. 8vo. Original<br />
cloth in slipcase, a very good copy. 193pp. Tokyo, Seibundo Shinkosha, dated:<br />
Showa 13, [i.e. 1938].<br />
A charming publication about design and manufacture of shop-signs, including neon-light<br />
signs. This book is full of modernist sensibilities showing night-time images of clubs and<br />
shops in Tokyo as well as numerous examples of illuminated free-standing advertising<br />
signs. Also includes images from Paris, Berlin and London. Unrecorded in any edition. No<br />
copy in OCLC. No copy in NACSIS.
53 KOKUSHO KANKOKAI. Nihon Shashin-shi no Shihou - Complete<br />
set of six facsimile reprints of important treasures relating to Prewar<br />
Japanese photography. Limited edition. Japanese and English text.<br />
Various sizes, and binding techniques, all in publisher’s cardboard box, a fine<br />
copies. Each volume comes with a leaflet by Izawa Kotaro and Kaneko Ryuichi<br />
providing scholarly background information. Tokyo, Kokusho Kankokai, 2005-<br />
2007.<br />
1. Yasui Nakaji shashin sakuhin-shu [1942]. One of a limited edition of 500 copies. 2005<br />
2. Koishi Kiyoshi: Shoka Shinkei [1933]. One of a limited edition of 600 copies. 2005<br />
3. Horino Masao: Kamera me x tetsu kosei [1932]. One of a limited edition of 480 copies.<br />
2005<br />
4. Kimura Ihei: Japan through a Leica [1939]. One of a limited edition of 400 copies.<br />
2006<br />
5. Tampei shashin Club: Hikari [1940]. One of a limited edition of 400 copies. 2006<br />
6. Fukuhara Shinzo: Paris and the Seine [1922]. One of a limited edition of 300 copies.<br />
2007<br />
7. Bessatsu - Koga kessaku-shu. Supplement - Masterpieces from ‘Koga’ magazine [1932-<br />
33]. 2006
VERY RARE<br />
54 KONO (Toru). Wadachi - Kono Toru Shashin-shu - [Tracks] The<br />
Works of Tetsu Kono. Second revised edition. Numerous photographic<br />
plates. Japanese text. Large 4to. Original cloth in decorated slipcase, occasional<br />
minor foxing, overall still a very good copy. Together with a separate list of<br />
plates, as well as a printed letter by Kono Toru, stamped with Kono’s name<br />
and his new address. 124pp. [Kobe], Privately Printed, dated: Showa 52 [i.e.<br />
1977].<br />
Kono Toru (1907-1984) was born in Osaka. He started photographing as a hobby in 1927<br />
and became a member of the famous Tampei photography club in 1931. He was influenced<br />
by Yasui Nakaji and accompanied him on the ‘Wandering Jew’ project in Kobe in 1941.<br />
After the war he continued to photograph in an avant-garde tradition and was a founding<br />
member of the Spiegel Photographers Association, a subsidiary of the Tampei Club. It is<br />
most curious that Kono should have republished a privately printed book just one year<br />
after the first edition: The difference between the two is very slight: One image on page<br />
41 ‘Erosion on a Rock’ (shinshoku sareta iwa) has been replaced with another one of the<br />
same title. Furthermore the bibliographical notes on the last page have been cut by half.<br />
In the letter Kono apologises to the reader for the mistakes of the first edition but does<br />
not explain the circumstances. We can only speculate that another member of the Tampei<br />
Club complained about the inclusion of this image and forced Kono to make amends, a very<br />
costly exercise for a book of this size. No copy in OCLC.
55 MATSUGI (Fujio). Hodo Shashinshu - Kaijun Heigakko [An<br />
Album of News Photography - The Naval Academy]. First edition.<br />
Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original cloth in<br />
dustwrapper (Minor damage to top corner). A very good copy. 134pp. Tokyo,<br />
Bancho Shobo, dated: Showa 18 [i.e. 1943].<br />
Matsugi Fujio was born in 1903 in Kyoto. During the early Showa period he won various<br />
prizes in photographic magazines and from 1935 onwards he became a freelance<br />
photographer. His main strength was in the field of portraits and human studies. The<br />
present book is his first documenting the training of Naval cadets during the early 40s and<br />
represents one of the best examples of so-called ‘news-photography’ (hodo shashin) in the<br />
‘patriotic’ vein. There is something shockingly beautiful in these polished images of men<br />
brimming with illusions of grandeur. Only one copy in OCLC.
56 MATSUGI (Fujio). Gakuto Shutsujin - kaigun yobi gakusei no<br />
kiroku [Departure of Students for the Front - A Record of Student<br />
Marine Reservists]. First edition. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese<br />
text. Large 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, and obi (lacking plastic wrapper).<br />
A very good copy. 153pp. Tokyo, Asahi Shimbunsha, dated: Showa 41 [i.e.<br />
1966].<br />
The present book published some twenty years after the war shows the training of<br />
Naval cadets during the early 40s and represents one of the best examples of ‘patriotic<br />
photography’. No copy in OCLC.
57 MATSUGI (Fujio). Kaiheidan - Teikoku Kaigun suihei no kiroku<br />
[Marine Corps - A record of a Imperial Naval Sailors]. First edition.<br />
Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original cloth in<br />
dustwrapper, obi, and plastic wrapper. A very good copy. 127pp. Tokyo, Asahi<br />
Shimbunsha, dated: Showa 41 [i.e. 1967].<br />
This is Matsugi’s second volume of ‘patriotic photography’ about the training of Naval<br />
cadets during the 40s. No copy in OCLC.
58 MIDORIKAWA (Yoichi). Yoroppa no fukei - Sketching Tour in<br />
Europe. First edition. Numerous photographic plates (several in colour, 4<br />
folding). Japanese text. Folio. Original cloth in cardboard slipcase. A very good<br />
copy. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Geibi Shuppansha, dated: Showa 35 [i.e. 1960].<br />
This publication was supported by Shigemori Koen as well as Canon. The tour project<br />
covers Egypt, Greece, Switzerland, France, Holland, Denmark, and Norway. Book Design<br />
by Awazu Kiyoshi.
59 MIKI (Shigeru). YANAGITA (Kunio), text. Yukiguni no Minzoku<br />
[People of the Snow Country]. First edition. 367 photographic illustrations<br />
and one colour lithograph map. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original boards<br />
in dustwrapper (minor damage), overall still a very good copy. Decorated<br />
endpapers. 64(text)pp. Tokyo, Yotoku-sha, dated: Showa 19 [i.e. 1944].<br />
An important photographic item illustrative of the strong interest during the war-years<br />
in folklore studies. The book is a comprehensive overview of the types, dress, customs,<br />
housing, and products of Akita Prefecture. Yanagita Kunio (1865-1972) is widely regarded<br />
as the father of ethnology. After graduating from Tokyo University he became an official in<br />
the Ministry of Agriculture. His work allowed him to travel widely and he became fascinated<br />
with different village customs in various parts of Japan. The film-maker Miki Shigeru (1905-<br />
1978) selected the images from over 2000 photos taken as part of a documentary film<br />
entitled ‘Living of the land’ (tsuchi ni ikiru, 1940). 2 records in ALC.
60 MINAMI (Minoru) editor. Geijutsu Shashin Kenkyu [Art<br />
Photographic Studies]. First edition. Vol. I, no. 1. Numerous photographic<br />
plates. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original decorated flexible boards, overall<br />
in very good condition. 40(text)pp. Tokyo, ARS, dated: May, Taisho 11 [i.e.<br />
1922].<br />
During the first half of the 1920s this magazine represented the most important trends<br />
in Geijutsu photography. Having published the successful ‘Geijutsu Shashin no Kenkyu’<br />
Minami Minoru (1887-1948) launched the present monthly magazine, promoting a new<br />
artistic approach to pictorialism. Many of the images were taken with a popular Vest Pocket<br />
Camera that lent itself to production of popular hazy images. However, one can clearly<br />
detect a shift in the subject matter, often away from landscape photography. And even<br />
the landscapes began to be seen in a different context, with abstract shapes of light and<br />
shadow playing an increasingly important role. This rare first issue includes works by<br />
Takeda Baitei, Murai Tominosuke, Shindo Seinosuke, Minami Minoru, and the German<br />
photographer Alfred Enke. Very rare. No copy on OCLC, one record in ALC.
61 MORATH (Inge). Panpurona no matsuri - Fiesta in Panplona.<br />
First edition. Numerous photographic illustrations, several in colour. Text in<br />
English and Japanese. 8vo. Original printed boards (minor wear to spine), still<br />
a very good copy. [iv], 40, [viii]pp. Tokyo, Heibonsha, dated: Showa 32 [i.e.<br />
1957].<br />
Inge Morath (1923-2002) was a member of the Magnum photo agency. During the 50s she<br />
lived in Paris and worked with Ernst Haas and Erich Lessing. This work was first published<br />
in Zurich in 1955. Only one copy in OCLC.
SIGNED COPIES<br />
62 MORIYAMA (Daido). Kiroku - Record No. 1-11. Facsimile edition<br />
of 1-5. First editions of 6-11. 11 volumes. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Japanese text. Small folio. Original flexible boards in original cardboard<br />
portfolio. A fine set signed by the photographer. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Akio<br />
Nagasawa, 2006-09.<br />
‘Kiroku’ was originally published between 1972-73. It was privately published by Moriyama<br />
who thought of it as a personal selection of favourite images. The project came to a halt<br />
in 1973 when the oil-crisis resulted in a doubling of printing costs in Japan. After a break<br />
of over 30 years Akio Nagasawa persuaded Moriyama to bring ‘Kiroku’ back to life. It<br />
is difficult to detect any change in the scenery or the objects that were the hallmark of<br />
Moriyama’s work in the early 1970s. The main difference is in our reaction to the work. We<br />
have grown used to them, they don’t shock any more, on the contrary, they seem to be<br />
infused with a sense of nostalgia. Particularly impressive are the night-scenes. Each issue<br />
of ‘Kiroku’ contains a short personal postscript by Moriyama.
63 NAGANO (Shigeichi). TANIKAWA (Shuntaro), text. Yoru no byoin<br />
- The Hospital at Night. First edition. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Japanese text. Large oblong 8vo. Original decorated flexible boards, a very<br />
good copy. [32]pp. Tokyo, Fukuinkan, 1979.<br />
Little Yutaka has come down with an inflamed appendix. He is rushed to hospital and<br />
operated on in the same evening. This fabulous reportage realistically captures the drama<br />
of the occasion. Pain and worry of the parents is contrasted with the calm professionalism<br />
of the doctors and nurses. The image of the scalpel about to make the incision into the<br />
stomach is followed by a beautiful shot of a pair of pliers holding two threads at the end<br />
of the successful operation. There is a cinematic quality to the sequence of images and it<br />
all couldn’t be more poignant. Published as vol. 9 in the children’s book series ‘Kodomo no<br />
tomo’ by Fukuin-kan, one of the leading publishers of children’s books. A hardcover version<br />
was issued in 1983. No copy in OCLC.
SIGNED COPY<br />
64 NAGANO (Shigeichi). Toi Shisen - A Strange Perspective in Tokyo.<br />
1980-1989. First edition. 42 double-page plates. Japanese text. Large folio.<br />
Original decorated cloth in slipcase, a fine copy signed by the photographer.<br />
[xii](text)pp. Tokyo, Inter Press Corporation, 1989.<br />
A strange perspective indeed: Office workers taking a mid-day nap on artificial grass in<br />
the Ikebukuro Sunshine building, somebody sunbathing in the bushes, a used car salesshow<br />
in Shinjuku, a policeman watching from a bridge, drunken day workers sleeping<br />
on the pavement in front of Takadanobaba station, a boy sitting inside a coin locker, the<br />
ruins of a public bath, a chicken on a banister in a school yard, all of the scenes become<br />
significant through the angle, the moment, and the size. While being slightly absurd, there<br />
is a palpable sense of the security, confidence, and contentedness of the late 80s. Only<br />
one copy in OCLC.
65 NAKAFUJI (Takehiko). Enter the Mirror. First edition. Numerous<br />
photographic plates. Large folding poster measuring ca. 69x102cm. Japanese<br />
text. Small folio. Original flexible boards, together with a folded sheet of text<br />
(8pp.), in slipcase. A very good copy. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Mole, 1997.<br />
A moriyama-esque record of New York, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo,<br />
with an introduction by... Moriyama Daido: “... a ceaseless unyielding challenge to his own<br />
self as well as oncoming imaginary foe.” The title itself may be a reference to the close<br />
relationship between Nakafuji and Moriyama. Only one copy in OCLC.
66 NAKAMURA (Yoshinobu). Setouchi no hitobito [People of<br />
Seto]. First edition. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. Small<br />
folio. Original decorated flexible boards in dustwrapper and (slightly rubbed)<br />
slipcase, a very good copy. 195pp. Tokyo, Shakai Shiso Shaken, dated: Showa<br />
40, [i.e. 1965.<br />
Nakamura Yoshinobu was born in 1925 on Naoshima, one of the islands of the famously<br />
picturesque Japan Inland Sea (Seto Naikai). He became a professional photographer in<br />
1955 and in 1958 won the Japan Photography Association’s newcomer prize. Throughout<br />
the 50s he travelled around the islands of photographing villages that seemed to be lost in<br />
the past. He focuses on colourful individuals, a midwife, a postman, a doctor, a policeman,<br />
a primary school teacher, he lovingly portrays their life in the local community. In its focus<br />
on individual characters this charming book is strongly reminiscent of Kinoshita Keisuke’s<br />
popular film ‘Twenty-four Eyes’ (Nijushi no hitomi, 1954) that was also filmed on one of the<br />
islands. It is in the best tradition of documentary photography. No copy in OCLC.
67 NANIWA SHASHIN KURABU. Koga-shu. No. 6. Containing 28<br />
tipped-in collotype plates, captioned on tissue guards. Japanese text. 8vo.<br />
Original flexible boards (some wear, occasional light foxing), but overall in<br />
good condition. 20(text)pp. Osaka, Naniwa Shashin Club, dated Showa 3 [i.e.<br />
1928].<br />
In January 1904 Kuwata Shozaburo and Ishii Kichinosuke founded the Naniwa Photography<br />
Club whose membership was essentially composed of serious amateur photographers who<br />
determined the theme of pictorialism in the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa era. Prominent<br />
members included Kometani Koro, Yokoyama Kinkei, Koishi Kiyoshi, Hanawa Gingo, Yasui<br />
Nakaji, Umesaki Ori, and Fukumori Hakuyo. Unrecorded. No copy in OCLC, no copy in ALC,<br />
no copy in NACSIS.
68 NARAHARA (Ikko). Tokyo, the 50s. First edition. Numerous<br />
photographic plates. Text in English and Japanese. Folio. Original boards, a<br />
fine copy. 50pp. Tokyo, Mole, 1996.<br />
This book documents the extraordinary first steps that Narahara Ikko took with a camera.<br />
“I breathed photographs on Tokyo street corners the way I breathed air. In my viewfinder<br />
those street corners changed into ‘streets in my photographs’. Whenever I released the<br />
shutter, I seemed to hear the beat of modern jazz, which I loved so much” (postscript).
69 NARAHARA (Ikko). Shometsushita Jikan - Where Time has<br />
Vanished. First edition. 101 photographic plates (one in colour). Text in<br />
English and Japanese. Square folio. Original decorated cloth in slipcase and<br />
outer cardboard box, a very good copy. [xx](text)pp. Tokyo, Asahi Shimbunsha,<br />
1975.<br />
In 1972 Narahara drove across the U.S. in a Chevrolet and came up with an extraordinary<br />
series of iconic images in the best Narahara tradition. One of the most famous is “Two<br />
garbage cans, Indian village - New Mexico” in an Acoma Indian reservation called ‘Sky<br />
City’. The garbage cans were suspended in order to prevent coyotes from getting to the<br />
waste. ‘Sky through twin windows, Colorado’, is an artificial image with a crucifix and<br />
the wing of a bird. Many of the images show reflections or manipulation of perspective<br />
to strange effect. In the accompanying essay entitled ‘A Sea without Water’ Narahara<br />
compares this effect to a negative energy holding electrons in a vacuum. Book-design by<br />
Katsui Mitsuo. Five copies in OCLC.
70 NARAHARA (Ikko). Supein: Idainaru Gogo - Espana Grand Tarde<br />
Fiesta Vaya Con Dios. First edition. 2 vols. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Folio. Original decorated boards in decorated slipcase and outer cardboard<br />
box, a close to fine copy. Together with a folio booklet of Japanese & English<br />
text. Decorated endpapers. 239; [44]pp. Tokyo, Kyuryudo, 1969.<br />
It must have been an act of serendipity that brought Narahara to Spain in the early half<br />
of the 1960s. As he explains in the preface, he felt drawn to Europe on account of being<br />
born in Nagasaki, the city to first open its doors to the “Southern barbarians” (nanbanjin)<br />
from Spain and Portugal. Narahara spent two long summers driving around Spain with his<br />
wife and he got to know the country well. The present record, produced - as he insists<br />
- unintentionally, is the best book of photographs on Spain. This is a book full of Spanish<br />
passion, Spanish sensibilities, and of course the Spanish “dance to the cult of the smell of<br />
blood” [bullfighting] features prominently in the first chapter. “As death, which every one<br />
must meet ultimately in his life, is not in itself the purpose of life, the death of the bull is<br />
never the purpose of this drama of bullfighting.” The final chapter of the book is entitled<br />
“Vaya con Dios”. Here Narahara finds the void of timelessness. One can feel the heat, one<br />
can smell the ham, and the deep humanity in spite of - if not because of - the poverty.<br />
Five copies in OCLC.
71 NIHON SHASHINKAI. Nihon Shashinkai Kaiho [Journal of the<br />
Japan Photographic Society]. Vol. 1, no. 1. 4 collotype plates, 1 colour<br />
plate and several illustrations in the text. Japanese text with English table of<br />
content. Large 8vo. Original printed wrappers, minor wear and spotting, but<br />
overall a very good copy. 90pp. Tokyo, Japan Photographic Society, dated:<br />
Meiji 40 [i.e. 1907].<br />
A very rare issue (possibly the only one) of an early incarnation of the Japan Photographic<br />
Society. Two of the collotype plates show small portraits of 21 members of the Society<br />
including the foreign minister Count Hayashi, Asanuma Tokichi, Konishi Rokuemon,<br />
Nakashima Matsuchi, Maruki Riyo, Ogawa Isshin, and Tamamura Kozaburo. Unrecorded.<br />
No copy in OCLC, ALC, or NACSIS.
72 NISHIYAMA (Kiyoshi). Purezanto Kurabu 40 Kinen Shashinshu<br />
- Pleasant Club 40th Anniversary Album. First edition. No. 46 of a limited<br />
edition of 1000 copies. 119 photographic plates. Japanese text. 4to. Original<br />
cloth in plastic dustwrapper and slipcase, slightly warped, but overall a very<br />
good copy. 24(text)pp. Tokyo, Privately Printed, 1961.<br />
The Pleasant Club was founded in Tokyo in October 1921. It was headed by Nishiyama<br />
Kiyoshi (1893-1983) and held its first exhibition in May 1923. Kubokawa Tokusaburo was a<br />
prominent member. The club was dedicated to amateur photography but it did not restrict<br />
itself to a particular style. The present is a very rare retrospective of the activities and<br />
achievements of its club members. Printed in photogravure the book includes articles by<br />
Inagaki Koichi, Ichiba Tokutaro, Oki Igusa, and Shimada Kiichiro as well a chronology of<br />
the club’s activities. Unrecorded. No copy in OCLC or NACSIS.
73 NORTH CHINA PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION. YOSHIDA<br />
(Jun), editor. Tairiku no Fubo - Genchi Sakka Shashinshu [The Face<br />
of a Continent - A Photobook by Local Photographers]. First edition.<br />
Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. 4to. Original cloth in slipcase<br />
(lacking dustwrapper), minor wear, slightly shaken, but overall a very good<br />
copy. 150pp. Peking, Hokushi Shashin Sakka Shudan, dated: Showa 16 [i.e.<br />
1941].<br />
‘Local’ should here be interpreted in the broadest sense, as all of the photographers<br />
are Japanese... The North China Photographers Association was established to control<br />
photographic output in the areas under Japanese control. As usual, there is very little in<br />
these images to hint at a bitterly fought war. ‘China, the beautiful’ could be the subtitle of<br />
this book. Yoshida Jun (1908-2003) features prominently amongst the contributors. Rare.<br />
Only one copy in OCLC. No copy in NACSIS.
74 OGAWA (Hiroshi). TANAKA (Ikko), designer. Kami no forumu 1 & 2<br />
[The Form of Paper]. First edition. 2 vols. Numerous photographic plates<br />
and illustrations. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper<br />
(damage to vol. 1) and slipcases, overall a good set. 166, [vi]; 186, [vi]pp.<br />
Tokyo, Kyuryu-do, 1967-76.<br />
“This book inquires into the quintessence of forms which paper can be given” (Introduction<br />
by Hara Hiromu). It is divided into two parts the first being black and white photographs by<br />
Kurihara Minoru showing examples of Ogawa’s paper art. The second part gives examples<br />
of various cutting and folding techniques. Works 041.The very rare first edition of this<br />
work. Works 041. The second volume of paper sculptures follows the pattern of the first.<br />
Black and white photographs - mostly by the artist himself - are arranged under three<br />
chapters, namely ‘face’, ‘band’, and ‘volume’. Rare. Only one copy in OCLC. Works 106.
75 OSAKA ASAHI SHINBUNSHA. Shashin Shuho - Semi Annual<br />
Pictorial. First edition. One folding frontispiece and 200 photographic<br />
plates. Japanese text. Oblong folio. Original decorated flexible boards, minor<br />
wear throughout, but overall still a good copy. Unpaginated. Osaka, Asahi<br />
Shimbunsha, dated: Taisho 11, 11-gatsu, [i.e. November 1922].<br />
Osaka Asahi Shimbunsha was at the forefront of sponsoring amateur photographers in the<br />
Kansai area. To celebrate the acquisition of a photogravure printing press in 1919 and the<br />
subsequent publication of weekly photographic magazine ‘Asahi Graphic’ the newspaper<br />
organised an open photography competition that would be judged by members of its staff.<br />
Shashin Shuho presents the results of the 3rd All-Kansai Photography Competition that was<br />
held on October 31st. 200 works were selected from contributions throughout the Kansai<br />
area. It includes work by Kometani Koro (1889-1947), Umesaka Ori (1900-1965), and<br />
Fukumori Hakuyo (1887-1942). Rare. No copy in OCLC.
76 SAKATA (Minoru). Zoukei Shashin 1934-1941. - Structure in<br />
Photography; Minoru Sakata’s Anthology. First edition. 22 photographic<br />
plates and several illustrations in the text. Japanese text. Small folio. Original<br />
cloth in dustwrapper and obi, a fine copy. 166pp. Nagoya, Arumu, 1988.<br />
Sakata Minoru (1902-1974) was one of the most important proponents of the surrealist<br />
school of constructivist photography. Born in Aichi Prefecture, Sakata worked for the<br />
Mainichi Newspaper in Osaka before opening a photographic supply store in Nagoya in<br />
1934. He became a founding member of the Nagoya Avant-garde Club, a federation of<br />
poets, painters, and photographers. The present booklet is his first and only pre-war<br />
publication. Sakata advocated going close to natural objects and while showing their innate<br />
beauty he at the same time tinges the structure of the object with a surrealist meaning.<br />
The present is a re-edited version of the booklet that was originally published in 1941,<br />
containing additional material. Published in a small edition in Nagoya, this work is hard to<br />
find. No copy in OCLC.
SIGNED COPY<br />
77 SHINOYAMA (Kisshin). Shinorama New York. First edition. 25 loose<br />
triple-page colour plates each measuring 105x23cm, as well as 2 composite<br />
posters measuring 105x67cm. Japanese text. Oblong folio. Loose in decorated<br />
folding case and original plastic cover, minor spotting, a very good copy signed<br />
by the photographer on the title. Tokyo, Bungei Shunju, 1983.<br />
Very much a product of the 80s this is Shinoyama Kisshin’s take on New York. Brooklyn<br />
Bridge, Wall Street, Staten Island Ferry, Broadway, Coney Island, the Subway, China<br />
Town, the Yankee Stadium, the Village Vanguard Jazz Club, all iconic images, and yet<br />
Shinoyama’s images have a special feel to them. This is the first book publication to show<br />
his invention of Shinorama, using three cameras to produce a composite panoramic image.<br />
No copy in OCLC.
78 SHIOTANI (Teikoh). Shiotani Teikoh Meisaku-shu. Album 1923-<br />
1973. First edition. 128 photographic plates. Japanese text. 4to. Original<br />
boards in dustwrapper, with remnants of obi, occasional light dust-staining,<br />
but overall still a good copy. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Nihon Shashin Shuppan,<br />
dated: Showa 50 [i.e. 1975].<br />
Shiotani Teikoh (1899-1988) grew up in the small town of Akasaki (Tottori Pref.) located<br />
between Tottori (Ueda Shoji’s hometown) and Matsue on the western coast of southern<br />
Honshu. Like Ueda he found ample inspiration in his local environment. Under the guidance<br />
of Nakajima Kenkichi he developed an instantly recognisable individual style using the<br />
popular the popular Kodak Vest-Pocket (besutan) Camera and practicing the techniques<br />
of ‘deformation’ and ‘rag-wipe’ (zokin-gake) for printing. At the age of twenty he even<br />
founded the Akasaki Vest Club in his hometown and had his photographs published<br />
regularly by Camera, Asahi Camera, and Photo Times, where it became noted for his<br />
highly individual and yet artistic approach. Much of his best work focuses on the particular<br />
characteristics of the windy and sparse seashore of Akasaki taken during extreme weather<br />
conditions. Shiotani also practiced still lives as well as portrait photography. His portraits<br />
are often taken against a plain background highlighting the individuality of his subjects.<br />
His work is sensitive and sometimes moody. Shiotani was a member of the constructivist<br />
Japan Photography Association (Nihon Koga Kyokai). Rare. No copy in OCLC. Only one<br />
copy in NACSIS.
COMPLETE SET OF HIS WORKS<br />
79 SUZUKI (Kiyoshi). Nagare no Uta - Soul and Soul; Buraman no<br />
Hikari - The Light that has Lighted the World; Tenmaku no machi -<br />
Mind Games; Yume no hashiri - S Street Shuffle; Gusha no Fune - The<br />
Ship of Fools; Tenchi Giho; Shura no Tani - Finish Dying; Durasia. First<br />
editions. 8 vols. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. 8vo. Original<br />
bindings, complete in all respects. Tokyo/Yokohama, Privately Printed, 1972-<br />
1994.<br />
Suzuki Kiyoshi was born in 1943 in Iwaki city (Fukushima Prefecture). In 1969 he graduated<br />
from the Tokyo School of Photography. But shortly after his debut in Camera Mainichi<br />
he changed jobs to become a shop-sign/advertising painter and henceforth pursued<br />
photographic activities as an amateur. He died of cancer in 2000. Of the eight books<br />
that he published in the course of his life seven were privately printed. A superb set of<br />
fine copies charting the achievements of a lifetime together with a catalogue of recent<br />
retrospective of Suzuki’s work (Suzuki Kiyoshi – Soul and Soul). Detailed descriptions of<br />
each title available on request.
SIGNED COPY<br />
80 SUZUKI (Kenji) Suzuki Kenji Shashinshu - The Photography of<br />
Kenji Suzuki. First edition. Numerous photographic plates. Text in English<br />
and Japanese. Small folio. Original cloth in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed). Still<br />
a very good copy signed by the photographer on front free endpaper. 150pp.<br />
Tokyo, Nihon Kamera-sha, dated Showa 48 [i.e. 1973].<br />
“Art is the attempt to communicate one’s psychological reactions to components of the<br />
physical world. It is through making the attempt that the means of creation is discovered.”<br />
This is an outstanding work by a little known photographer. Suzuki Kenji (1916) was a<br />
medical doctor who operated his own paediatrics clinic in Hiroshima City after the war. He<br />
was a keen amateur photographer and a member of the Nikakai Photography Club. The<br />
present is his only publication. His work is clearly inspired by the experiences relating to the<br />
Atomic bomb, hovering somewhere between the abstract and the subjective mold. He may<br />
have been influenced by Tomatsu and Kawada and yet he has clearly developed his own<br />
language. The images are printed in superb photogravure and the photographer provides<br />
a running commentary giving valuable insight for his work. Only 4 copies in OCLC.
81 TAKANASHI (Yutaka). Machi [Town]. First edition. Numerous<br />
(mostly double-page) colour plates. Large folio. Original cloth in plastic<br />
dustwrapper, cardboard slipcase, and obi. A fine copy. [190]pp, together with<br />
12pp. supplement explaining the locations. Tokyo, Asahi Shimbunsha, 1977.<br />
The definitive photographic work on Tokyo’s ‘shitamachi’ (old down-town areas). Although<br />
not intended as a documentary this book captures the charm and humanity of the last<br />
vestiges of ‘Edo-life’ in the increasingly concrete jungle of the sprawling metropolis.<br />
Takanashi concentrates on the exterior and interior of old houses, showing the jumble and<br />
the order of accumulated bits and pieces of daily life resonating warmly in the glow of the<br />
afternoon sun. Only three copies in OCLC.
82 TAKANASHI (Yutaka). Chimeiron - Genus Loci, Tokyo. First edition.<br />
Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. Small folio. Original boards in<br />
dustwrapper and obi, a fine copy. 168pp. Tokyo, Mainichi Communications,<br />
2000.<br />
This book demands a certain amount of effort from the viewer, as if one eyes have to get<br />
used to the darkness and should be seen as part of a series starting with ‘Machi’ (1977)<br />
and ending with ‘Nostalghia’ (2004). All of these books focus on human traces within<br />
architecture, documenting the change in the ‘skin’ of the city, actually without showing<br />
humans. No copy in OCLC.
83 TESHIGAHARA (Sofu). KAMEKURA (Yusaku) book-design. Sofu<br />
Zokei - The Art of Sofu. First edition. Numerous colour photographic plates.<br />
Large folio. Original decorated cloth in drop-back cloth box and original outer<br />
cardboard case (minor wear), overall a fine copy. 259pp. Tokyo, Shufunotomosha,<br />
1978.<br />
A superb monograph of the artistic oeuvre of Teshigahara Sofu (1900-1979) the founder of<br />
the Sogetsu School of Ikebana flower arrangement. The books covers ikebana, sculpture,<br />
calligraphy, and painting. Photographs by Domon Ken, Ishimoto Yasuhiro, Otsuji Kiyoshi,<br />
Kitadai Shozo, and Fujimori Takeshi. Book-design by Kamekura Yusaku. Only two copies<br />
in OCLC.
84 TOKYO ASAHI SHIMBUN-SHA. Kokusai Kokoku Shashin<br />
Tensen-shu [A Selection of Images from the International Exhibition<br />
of Advertising Photography]. First edition. Numerous photographic plates<br />
and illustrations. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Original decorated flexible boards,<br />
a close to fine copy. 134, 37(text)pp. Tokyo, Asahi Shimbun-sha, dated: Showa<br />
5 [i.e. 1930].<br />
In Japan advertising photography turned out to be the prime medium where modernist<br />
tendencies were successfully explored. The present catalogue documents the enormous<br />
range of visual language as well as the innovative force that swept through the country.<br />
Asahi Newspaper presented the first International Advertising exhibition in Tokyo in April<br />
1930. The newspaper had a natural interest in promoting photography in general and<br />
advertising in particular. Although it was called international most contributions actually<br />
came from Japan. The first prize went to Nakayama Iwata for his famous work ‘Fukusuke<br />
Tabi’, a beautifully clean and modern composition advertising one of the most traditional<br />
pieces of clothing, namely Japanese-style socks. Includes essays by Narusawa Reisen and<br />
Koishi Kiyoshi. Very rare. No copy in OCLC.
85 TOKYO ASAHI SHINBUN-SHA. Kokoku Shashinten Sakuhinshu<br />
- Photo Publicite 1933. First edition. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Japanese and French text. Large 8vo. Original spiral-bound flexible boards<br />
(slightly spotted), but overall still a very good copy. 111pp. Tokyo, Seibundo,<br />
dated Showa 8, [i.e. 1933].<br />
Catalogue of a prize-winning exhibition of advertising photography held by Asahi Newspapers<br />
in 1933, the 4th in a series of international advertising exhibitions. The catalogue is divided<br />
into four sections, namely cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food & drink, and various (mostly<br />
electronics and socks) and prizes were awarded for each section. Modernist trends are<br />
clearly visible with photographers employing the latest techniques in photo-montages and<br />
vying with each other for sharp angles and high contrasts. The appendix gives a list of<br />
photographers in the whole of Japan together with their addresses. No copy in OCLC.
86 TOKYO NICHINICHI SHIMBUNSHA. OSAKA MAINICHI<br />
SHIMBUNSHA. Teikoku Kaigun no Iyo [The dignified appearance of<br />
the Imperial Navy]. First edition. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese<br />
text. Large oblong folio. Original decorated cloth in slipcase, a very good<br />
copy. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbunsha/Osaka Mainichi<br />
Shimbunsha, dated Showa 17 [i.e. 1942].<br />
An unusually large-format publication for domestic consumption. The work is divided into<br />
two chapters, namely ‘the basics’ which is chiefly concerned with naval training, while the<br />
second chapter deals with the unfolding course of the war, being a record of Japanese<br />
successes from Pearl Harbour, Malaya, New Guinea, and other parts of South East Asia.<br />
The use of a bold typeface combined with the heavy use of black ink give a menacing<br />
aspect to the publication which (at least in hindsight) somehow undermines the dignity<br />
referred to in the title. None of the images are credited to a particular photographer but it<br />
includes work by Matsugi Fujio and (possibly) Kimura Ihei. Rare. No copy in OCLC.
87 TOKYO SHASHIN KENKYUKAI - [TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC<br />
RESEARCH SOCIETY]. Kenten Gashu. [Research Exhibition<br />
Catalogue]. No. 20. Numerous photographic plates (one in colour). Japanese<br />
text. Large 8vo. Original flexible boards in cardboard case (with ownership<br />
inscriptions by Matsui Eiichi), a very good copy. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Tokyo<br />
Shashin Kenkyukai, dated: Showa 4 [i.e. 1929].<br />
The Tokyo Photographic Research Society grew out of the art photography group called<br />
Yutsuzusha which had been founded in 1904 and was at the forefront of pictorialist<br />
photography. In March 1910 they organized the first Tokyo Photographic Research Society<br />
Exhibition that subsequently became dubbed ‘Kenten’ (a short form of Kenkyu Tenran-kai).<br />
This exhibition has been regarded as the first art-photography exhibition in Japan. It was<br />
only on the 20th anniversary of the society’s foundation that they decided to publish an<br />
official annual catalogue. The present issue includes works by Matsuura Koyo, Kanemaki<br />
Akira, Tanaka Kikusui, Nagata Niryu, Suzuki Rokusanro, Tano Yasuhiro, Nishikawa Sentaro,<br />
Nishiyama Kiyoshi, Very rare. No copy in OCLC.
88 TOKYO SHASHIN KENKYUKAI - [TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC<br />
RESEARCH SOCIETY]. Kenten Gashu. [Research Exhibition<br />
Catalogue]. No. 29. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. Large<br />
8vo. Original flexible boards (minor staining, staples broken, lacking folding<br />
case), but overall a good copy. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Tokyo Shashin Kenkyukai,<br />
dated: Showa 13 [i.e. 1938].<br />
By the late 1930s the Pictorialist movement with its strong emphasis on the beauty of<br />
nature and light was beginning to find it difficult to reinvent itself. However the present<br />
issue includes strong works by Shimada Itsuzan, Ito Rokuro, Matsuura Koyo, Kobayashi<br />
Hidejiro, Matsubara Seiichi, and Imai Yasumichi. Very rare. No copy in OCLC.
89 TOKYO SHASHIN KENKYUKAI - [TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC<br />
RESEARCH SOCIETY]. Kenten Gashu. [Research Exhibition<br />
Catalogue]. No. 23. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. Large<br />
8vo. Original decorated flexible boards (minor dust-staining), lacking slipcase,<br />
but overall still a very good copy. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Tokyo Shashin<br />
Kenkyukai, dated: Showa 7 [i.e. 1932].<br />
Kenten Gashu became famous for the quality of its reproductions. The present issue<br />
includes work by Matsuura Koyo, Nagata Niryu, Kawano Ryutaro, Iketani Keitaro, Kaifu<br />
Masaya, Teraoka Tukiji, Matsudaira Tadaaki and many others. No copy in OCLC.
90 TOKYO SHASHIN KENKYUKAI. AKIYAMA (Tetsuzuke). Misuzu<br />
Shashin Gashu [Misuzu Album of Photographs]. Dai 1-kan. Numerous<br />
photographic plates with Japanese captions on facing tissue guards. Large<br />
oblong 8vo. Original decorated flexible wrappers, minor damage to spine,<br />
but overall a very good copy. Matsumoto, Misuzu Shokai Shashinbu, dated:<br />
Taisho 11, [i.e. 1922].<br />
Misuzu Shokai was a photo supply store in Matsumoto City (Nagano Pref.) who sponsored<br />
an exhibition as well as the present publication. It is a rare tribute to the enthusiasm and<br />
skills of Nagano amateur photographers with a wide range of interesting contributions.<br />
Works were selected by Akiyama Tetsuzuke (1880-1944) of the Tokyo Shashin Kenkyukai<br />
which dominated art photography during the Taisho period with their emphasis on the<br />
pigment-printing process. Unrecorded. No copy in OCLC. No copy in ALC.
91 TOKYO SHASHIN SENMON GAKUIN. TOKYO COLLEGE OF<br />
PHOTOGRAPHY. Kamitsu [Congestion]. First edition. Diagrams, maps,<br />
and numerous photographic plates. Japanese text. 8vo. Original decorated<br />
boards, minor staining, light damage to 8ff. of lower margin, still a very good<br />
copy. 76pp. Tokyo, Privately Printed, dated: Showa 49, [i.e. 1974].<br />
A fascinating and rare record of a student assignment to photograph problems of congestion<br />
and overcrowding on Tokyo’s streets, trains, and in housing. The results are a tribute to<br />
the maturity of the students at the Tokyo College of Photography. This is no. 6 of the News<br />
Photography Campaign Series, and part two on the Capital. We have not been able to find<br />
records of any previous or subsequent publications of the school. Unrecorded. No copy in<br />
OCLC. Not in NACSIS.
92 TOMATSU (Shomei) Juichi-ji ni-fun Nagasaki [Two Minutes past<br />
11 - Nagasaki]. First edition, second issue. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Japanese text. Small 4to. Original boards, a very good copy preserved in<br />
custom-made cloth slipcase. Unpaginated. Tokyo, Shaken, 1968.<br />
About the present book Tomatsu said that Nagasaki has two times: Aug. 9, 1945, 11:02<br />
(when the bomb exploded) and the time since then during which the suffering continued.<br />
“Both times must not be forgotten.” His pictures document the double aspect of misery<br />
intertwined with the city’s post-war prosperity. The book includes facts about the bombing,<br />
diary excerpts, as well as essays by a few of the survivors. All of the images were taken<br />
some twenty years after the event: The wristwatch that stopped exactly at 11:02, broken<br />
statues of angels from Urakami Cathedral, a helmet with skull fragments fused to it’s<br />
inside, a brazier whose surface was blistered by the heat of the blast, the blotched arm<br />
of Fukuda Sumako as she combs her hair, and the keloid face of Kataoka Tsuyo (keloid is<br />
abnormal growth of scar tissue). There is a surprising solemnity about the book, yet at the<br />
same time it is less optimistic than Domon’s Hiroshima published eight years previously.<br />
This book is a re-issue of a work printed by Shashin Tojinsha in 1966. Tomatsu acquired<br />
the remaining stock, reprinted the title and the final page with the imprint, and pasted<br />
a label on the back of the spine, i.e. this book is the remainder of and in all other ways<br />
identical to the 1966 issue. No copy in OCLC.
SIGNED COPY<br />
93 UEDA (Shoji). Oto no nai kioku. [Memories without Sound] -<br />
Shoji Ueda Sketch Album. First edition. Numerous photographic plates.<br />
Japanese text. Oblong folio. Original flexible boards in dustwrapper and<br />
slipcase, a very good copy, signed by the photographer on the first page.<br />
180pp. Tokyo, Nihon Camera-sha, dated: Showa 49 [i.e. 1974].<br />
A record of travels throughout Europe between 1972 and ‘73. London, Rome, Madrid,<br />
Paris, Toledo, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Florence, Pisa, and Milan, it became a classic route<br />
for many Japanese tourists, but ‘Memories without a Sound’ is an intensely personal record<br />
that stays away from all touristic clichés. An air of melancholy and solitude pervades these<br />
often high-contrast black-an-white images. The book contains a short essay by the graphic<br />
designer Horiuchi Seiichi (1932-87) concerning his impressions of Europe in the ‘60s. Ueda’s<br />
own introduction is printed in the smallest possible type on the cover of the book where<br />
he states that he could not recall any sounds during the travels in these ‘strange countries’<br />
(fushigina kuni). He was awarded the 25th Prize of the Japan Professional Photographers<br />
Society for this book. Rare. No copy in OCLC.
94 VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS. Sankai Juku Shashinshu 1&2.<br />
First edition. 2 vols. Numerous photographic plates. Japanese and English<br />
text. Small 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards in dustwrapper (minor damage<br />
to dustwrapper of vol. 2). Overall a very good set. 46, [vi]; 56, [iv]pp. Tokyo,<br />
Shinya Sosho-sha, 1982- 1983.<br />
Sankai Juku was founded in 1975 by Ushio Amagatsu. It is one of the most famous Butoh<br />
theatrical troupes and in fact the only one still performing. The name “Sankai Juku” literally<br />
means “Mountain and Sea Studio” a name full of classical allusions. The present is one of<br />
the first photographic publications of the troupe taken mostly during a European tour. Very<br />
rare. Only two copies of vol. 1 in OCLC.
95 VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS. Fukei Satsuei no Jissai. [Facts<br />
about Landscape Photography]. First edition. 2 volumes. Numerous<br />
photographic illustrations. Japanese text. 8vo. Original decorated cloth in<br />
slipcase, a very good set. 265, [viii](ads.); 258 [vi](ads.)pp. Tokyo, Genkosha,<br />
dated: Showa 12-13 [i.e. 1937- 1938].<br />
This is vol. 5 & 6 of the Shashin Jitsugi Dai Koza [Big Course in Practical Photography],<br />
published by Genkosha. With contributions by Yasui Nakaji, Watanabe Yoshio, Koishi<br />
Kiyoshi, Sakai Masajiro, and Tsukamoto Koji. Book-design by Onchi Koshiro. No copy in<br />
OCLC.
96 YAMAZAWA (Eikoh). Enkin - Far and Near. First edition. Numerous<br />
photographic plates, several in colour. Japanese and English text. 4to. Original<br />
cloth in dustwrapper and slipcase, a very good copy. 120pp. Tokyo, Muraisha,<br />
1962.<br />
Superb photogravures by Yamazawa Eikoh (1899-1995), one of the pioneering and<br />
formidable women photographers in Japan. Yamazawa was born in Osaka. Having<br />
graduated from the Tokyo Women’s School of Art she went to America in 1926 to pursue<br />
further studies in Fine Arts as well as an apprenticeship in photography. She returned<br />
to Japan in 1929 and two years later set up her own studio in Osaka. After the war she<br />
continued to work in the visual arts set up her own research institute in Osaka. She returned<br />
to America several times to hold various exhibitions. Her present first book includes images<br />
of New York, portraits of children, still-lives, as well as some abstract compositions. Very<br />
rare, no copy in OCLC.
97 YASUI (Nakaji). Yasui Nakaji Shashinshu, Photographer 1903-<br />
1942. First edition. Numerous photographic plates and illustrations. Japanese<br />
text with English abstract. Small folio. Original cloth in dustwrapper and obi, a<br />
fine copy. 321pp. Nagoya, Kyodo News, 2004.<br />
Yasui Nakaji (1903-1942) was an amateur photographer who is regarded as one of the<br />
important innovators during the 30s and early 40s. He was active in the Naniwa Club as<br />
well as the Tampei photography club - both as a contributor as well as a judge at their<br />
exhibitions. In 1927 he was a founding member of the Ginrei-sha, a club that sought to<br />
explore new techniques of art photography. His death due to kidney failure on March 15th,<br />
1942 marked the end of Kansai photography during the war. Yasui exerted a profound<br />
influence on the post-war generation on such disparate figures as Domon Ken and<br />
Moriyama Daido, who hailed him as the father of Japanese photography. The catalogue<br />
was based on an exhibition at the Shoto Museum of Art in Nagoya.
98 YATO (Tamotsu). MISHIMA (Yukio) introduction. Naked Festival. First<br />
edition. Numerous photographic plates. Folio. Original cloth in dustwrapper<br />
(minor marginal tear), still a very good copy. Decorated endpapers. 177pp.<br />
New York/Tokyo, Walker-Weatherhill, 1969.<br />
This book is remarkable for the quality of the photogravures. Naked festivals (hadaka<br />
matsuri) are a genre of Japanese festival where participants wear a minimum amount<br />
of clothing, usually nothing more than a loincloth. These festivals are usually part of<br />
Shintoist purification rites and they are held throughout Japan every year, usually in the<br />
summer or winter. While being on the surface a book of anthropological interest, Mishima’s<br />
involvement indicates that it is also about the cult of the body that he was so intimately<br />
involved with.
99 ZEN-KANSAI SHASHIN REMMEI - [ALL-KANSAI ASSOCIATION<br />
OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETIES]. Dai 1-kai Shashin Dai Salon<br />
1926 [First Japan Photography Grand Salon 1926]. First edition. 249<br />
photographic plates, several tipped in. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Flexible<br />
boards with embossed vignette, a very good copy. 29(text)pp. Osaka, Asahi<br />
Shimbun-sha, dated: Showa 2 [i.e. 1927].<br />
The First Japan Photography Grand Salon was held in the Asahi Kaikan in Osaka from<br />
November 26th until the December 2nd, 1926, shortly before the death of the Taisho<br />
Emperor. It was the organised by the All-Kansai Association of Photographic Societies,<br />
that would merge a few weeks later with the All-Kanto Association to form the All-Japan<br />
Association of Photographic Societies (Zen Nihon Shashin Renmei). Umesaka Ori won the<br />
first prize of the competition with a shot of ‘Reeds’ on a shore. Other prizes went to Atsumi<br />
U’ichiro, Yasui Nakaji, Takao Jiro, Yokoi Tokutaro, Kadotani Mataichiro and Ogawa Gesshu.<br />
Very rare. No copy in OCLC.
100 ZEN-KANSAI SHASHIN REMMEI - [ALL-KANSAI ASSOCIATION<br />
OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETIES]. Nihon Shashin Dai Salon 1927<br />
[Japan Photography Grand Salon 1927]. First edition. 209 photographic<br />
plates. Japanese text. Large 8vo. Flexible boards, some light browning and<br />
minor foxing, overall still a very good copy. [vi], 8(text)pp. Osaka, Asahi<br />
Shimbun-sha, dated: Showa 3 [i.e. 1928].<br />
This Second Japan Photography Grand Salon was held on November 6th 1927 at Asahi<br />
Newspaper’s Office in Osaka. Nagami Shun’ichi won the first prize of the competition<br />
with a portrait entitled ‘A Family’. Further prizes went to Morimoto Keiho, Narita Shunyo,<br />
Umesaka Ori, Tsunenari Shigeyasu, Kobayashi Meison, and Kato Tokutaro. Very rare. No<br />
copy in OCLC.