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Toshiya WATANABE
$112.09
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Hotshoe Issue 209: An Emotional Landscape
Trent PARKE, Stephen GILL, Mimi PLUMB, Rinko KAWAUCHI, Takashi HOMMA, Masahisa FUKASE, Jack DAVISON, Robbie LAWRENCE, Gregory CREWDSON
$32.13
Highlighted Artist
Araki was born in Shitaya-ku (now Taito-ku), Tokyo. Araki graduated from photography faculty at Chiba University and worked at advertising agency Dentsu as an commercial photographer. Here, Araki met his future wife, an essayist Yōko Araki. After they were married in 1971, Araki published a book of pictures of his wife taken during their honeymoon titled Sentimental Journey ( Yōko died in 1990). In 1972, Araki resigned from Dentsu and became a freelance photographer. His works are held in numerous museum collections including the Tate and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Highlighted Item
The third volume in Japanese publisher Heibonsha’s series “The Works of Nobuyoshi Araki” is dedicated to Yoko, Araki’s wife. Ever since “Sentimental Journey”, the photobook about their honeymoon, Yoko was Araki’s favorite model.
Arranged in chronological order, the book covers their time together in photographs – from their first meeting at marketing giant Dentsu to Araki holding her hand on her deathbed. From the time they were young lovers to their honeymoon, their daily life together, the ups and downs, and the illness at the end. Including many previously unreleased photographs, the reader feels as if they are allowed to share their lives.
The book also includes several texts and essays by Nobuyoshi and Yoko Araki (only available in Japanese).
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Restock/Best of PROVOKE Complete Reprint of 3 Volumes
Koji TAKI, Takuma NAKAHIRA , Yutaka TAKANASHI, Takahiko OKADA, Daido MORIYAMA
$59.15
Photography & art in books
shashasha is an online bookshop based in Tokyo, Japan.
Since shashasha’s launch in 2012, we have specialized in photobooks and artbooks by a wide range of artists from all over the world. Our lineup includes new publications and self-published works as well as second-hand, rare or out-of-print books by newcomers, established artists and legendary masters.
Each book available on shashasha has been hand-selected and carefully considered. Based in Japan, we make use of our unique perspective and expertise to offer a diverse and enriching catalogue featuring works by interesting publishers and artists from Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and the Americas.