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Yoko

Masahisa FUKASE

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Masahisa Fukase's timeless masterpiece "Yoko" is now being newly reprinted. Originally published in 1978, Masahisa Fukase's "Yoko" stands as a defining series in his body of work, yet it had long been out of print. Now, nearly half a century later, thi...

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Nakahira Takuma: Burn-Overflow

Takuma NAKAHIRA

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This catalog accompanies the Takuma Nakahira exhibition “Burn—Overflow” held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, from February 6 – April 7, 2024. The exhibition was the first major retrospective of Takuma Nakahira’s work in close to twenty years. Like the exhibition, the c...

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Homo Ludens

Masahisa FUKASE

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Masahisa Fukase's "Homo Ludens" revived after half a century Masahisa Fukase's first photobook, "Homo Ludens" (Yugi) (Chuo-koron-sha, Contemporary Images 4), was published in 1971. This anthology of photographs, taken over more than ten years and edite...

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High Fashion

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“HIGH FASHION” is a series of work taken by Pawel Jaszczuk between 2008 and 2010 of drunk salarymen sleeping in the streets of Tokyo. Pawel, residing in Japan at the time, would head out on his bicycle after midnight to photograph different people and places, saying that the best h...

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M/E

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Upon visiting Iceland in 2019, Kawauchi encountered geysers like the breadths of Earth, glaciers surpassing human time, and the inner space of a dormant volcano that was reminiscent of the inside of a womb. She had thus experienced the connection to this planet she had never felt b...

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PROVOKE Complete Reprint of 3 Volumes

Koji TAKI, Takuma NAKAHIRA , Yutaka TAKANASHI, Takahiko OKADA, Daido MORIYAMA

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The Provoke magazine, created and published by art critic Koji Taki, photographer Takuma Nakahira, poet Takahiko Okada, photographer Yutaka Takanashi and (for issues 2 & 3) photographer Daido Moriyama, has had an immeasurable influence on photography world-wide. The individual ...

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Daido Slide

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In 1999, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art organised the exhibition "Daido Moriyama: Stray Dog", curated by Sandra S. Phillips. The show, which later toured the US and Europe, marked the beginning of Daido Moriyama's international reputation. In 2024, a quarter ...

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Land of Fusion

Toshiki NAKANISHI

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In "Land of Fusion," Japanese photographer Toshiki Nakanishi explores Hokkaido's deep past. After spending years researching, visiting, and photographing the remaining ruins and sites of the Okhotsk culture, which settled on Hokkaido's northern coast from the 5t...

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ASAKUSA

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“Asakusa” by Dutch photographer Ronin de Goede is a photographic diary of the days he spent photographing the work of Japanese master tattoo artist Horikazu and the clients who hire him. As Japan has historically been and continues to be a country where tattoos remain closely assoc...

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Smoke and Steam

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Kentaro Kumon's photobook "Smoke and Steam" brings together more than 300 snapshots - mostly ordinary moments, but some extraordinary - taken over the course of a year with an old Olympus Pen FT camera, the first camera Kumon ever used, given to him by his father. Sl...

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SWITCH: COMME des GARÇONS 50th Anniversary Issue

Various Artists

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The Japanese magazine SWITCH honors the 50th anniversary of Comme des Garcons with a special issue. The magazine celebrates CdG’s vision, achievements, heritage and lasting impact with a deep dive into its archives, including a long interview with founder Rei Kawakubo, features on ...

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Shinjuku 1999–2008

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In the early 2000s, Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward underwent several major changes: new, more accessible shopping complexes and entertainment centers were built, and Kabukicho was made less lawless. As a result, the area became friendlier and more attractive to new visitors. But, says ...

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Overflow

Takuma NAKAHIRA

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Takuma Nakahira, one of the most legendary photographers of post-war Japan and a life-long rival of Daido Moriyama. Overflow is the first photobook in which his installation work comes alive in entirety and detail since its unveiling in 1974. Takuma Nakahira’s series ‘Overflow’ was...

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Record No. 59

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This is the 59th issue of Daido Moriyama's long-running photography magazine "Record". Originally launched in 1972, the project was revived in 2006 in collaboration with Akio Nagasawa. Daido Moriyama, now 86 years old, fills the pages of "Record No. 59" wit...

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Vacuum 13

Takuya SUZUKI, Nagisa GOTO, Kotone TANIGUCHI, Jun ABE, Ryosuke KOSHINO, Mei HIRANO, LIN Hsuan-Lang, Yuko HIRANO, Shogo YAMADA, Ryoji TSUCHIYA

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This is the 13th volume of Vacuum, an Osaka-based street photography zine. As usual, ten photographers (Mei Hirano, Takuya Suzuki, Yuko Hirano, Ryohji Tsuchiya, Shogo Yamada, Nagisa Goto, Kotone Taniguchi, Ryosuke Koshino, Jun Abe, and Hsuan Lang Lin) have each contributed a series...

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Uptown Bound

Masayo NISHIMURA

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Born in Osaka, Japan, Masayo Nishimura moved to the United States in 1986 and to New York in 1993 to study photography at Hunter College. She was immediately fascinated by the underground interiors of the New York City subway system: the wide, open spaces, the metal columns between...

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Blue Persimmons

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Life in perpetual emergency After the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011, photographer Yuki Iwanami began visiting Fukushima, despite having no knowledge of the area. Three years later, he moved there permanently. Since the accident, Iwanami has pho...

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Snack Sakura

$91.65

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Snack Sakura. A journey through Japan's unique "snack" culture. If you've spent time in Japan you might know of a certain kind of drinking place called a "snack". Found all over the country, in large cities and small towns, snacks typically consist of ...

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New Land - Pre-Hokkaido Landscapes

Toshiki NAKANISHI

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The mountains of Hokkaido, photographed like a distant planet. Landscapes beyond recognition. Unearthly scenes from a primordial world. In his photobook “New Land: Pre-Hokkaido Landscapes,” the Japanese photographer Toshiki Nakanishi engages the Daisetsuzan mountain range in search...

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Domestic Scandals

Takashi YASUMURA

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The first monograph of this artist, a 1999 grand prize winner of Canon's "New Cosmos of Photography." With texts in Japanese and English: "The Calm Surfaces of Scandal," by Martin Jaeggi; "Friendship with the World of Things," by Akihito Yasumi; a...