Kamaitachi

Eikoh Hosoe
9781931788809 / 1931788804       
Kamaitachi

Kamaitachi

Eikoh Hosoe
9781931788809 / 1931788804       
Publisher Aperture 2005
Edition Hardcover , 132 pages
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Publisher's description

Fans of Japanese culture, for a little more than the cost of the prix-fixe sushi dinner at New York restaurant Masa, you can own one of the classics of Japanese photography. More than 35 years after it first appeared, Kamaitachi, a long out-of-print masterwork by Japanese photographer Eikoh Hosoe, gets its first publication outside Japan. Not just a reprint but a recreation in collaboration with the photographer and in homage to the innovative original, this limited edition holds 40 black-and-white tritone images, each of which receives the scope of a gatefold. Slipcased and protected by a clamshell box, the book is not just a publication but an objet d’art in itself. Hosoe was known for pushing the boundaries of traditional photography through his interactions with important Japanese artists such as Butoh dancer Tasumi Hijikata and novelist Yukio Mishima. In Kamaitachi, he sought to recapture, with choreographic style, some of the lost landscapes and images of his childhood experience in the closing years of World War II. Signed and numbered edition of 500 copies.

Specifications

Book title Kamaitachi
Photographer Eikoh Hosoe
ISBN 10 1931788804        / 1-931788-80-4       
ISBN 13 9781931788809 / 978-1-931788-80-9
Publisher Aperture
Publish date Aug 2005
Publish year 2005
Book format Hardcover
Pages 132 pages
Dimensions 31,75 x 38 cm / 12.9 x 9.8 x 0.8 inches

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