Publications
One Life
AHN Jun
2018
“One Life” is the latest publication by Seoul-based Korean artist Ahn Jun, consisting of 88 photographs taken between 2013 and 2018 in Seoul, Japan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Ireland and other regions of the world. In the photographs, Ahn ...
250 x 326 mm
/ 128 pages
/ Hardcover
/ 2018
/ English
/ ISBN: 978-4-908526-22-0
¥7,700
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Containers in Tokyo Special Edition
Yusuke INOUE
2018
Original Print + Original Frame + Photobook The special edition of Yusuke Inoue’s “Containers in Tokyo” was created and hand-made by the artist himself. It consists of a painted wooden frame and a print from the series. The photobook itself, also ...
265 × 177 mm
/ 285 × 198 × 50 mm
/ 167 x 245 mm
/ 80 pages
/ Softcover, soft case
/ 2018
/ English and Japanese
/ 300 × 220 × 53 mm
¥33,000
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Containers in Tokyo
Yusuke INOUE
2018
Rectangular shapes on each and every page. The main characters of this book are shipping containers. These large, metal boxes are indispensable for the modern logistics system to function. Thanks to them, it became possible to move large quantitie...
167 x 245 mm
/ 80 pages
/ Softcover, soft case
/ 2018
/ English and Japanese
/ ISBN: 978-4-908526-21-3
¥3,740
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Chihei 11
Shunji DODO, Jun ABE, Shogo YAMADA, Yasuko NOGUCHI, Kosato MATSUOKA, Maya AKASHIKA, Masashi URASHIBA
2018
Chihei is a photography dojinshi (a type of Japanese zine) first published in April 1972 that saw a total number of ten issues published in its initial five year lifespan. The magazine was edited and published by Shunji Dodo, then a teacher at the...
182 x 262 mm
/ 64 pages
/ Softcover
/ 2018
/ English and Japanese
/ ISBN: 978-4-908526-20-6
¥3,080
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Roadside Lights Special Edition Box
Eiji OHASHI
2018
A special box set of Eiji Ohashi’s series of vending machines all over Japan, which has won him the Special Photographer Award at the 34th Higashikawa Awards. This limited edition box features 22 loose high-quality offset prints from Ohashi’s 2017...
300 x 255 mm
/ 322×246×H22mm
/ 22 pages
/ Special Box
/ 2018
/ English
/ Limited Edition: 100
¥22,000
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SURVEILLANCE
Tsutomu YAMAGATA
2018
After his previous work “Thirteen Orphans” and “Ten Disciples”, Yamagata continues to focus on the marginalized population. In his new work “SURVEILLANCE”, objectified young women in their rooms are automatically taken by an infrared camera design...
256 × 181 x 31 mm
/ 64 sheets, with a supplement
/ Slipcase
/ 2018
/ English, Japanese
¥6,600
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Overflow
Takuma NAKAHIRA
2018
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. Taku...
364 x 257 mm
/ 64 pages
/ Softcover
/ 2018
/ English, Japanese
/ ISBN: 978-4-908526-19-0
¥3,520
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Being there
Eiji OHASHI
2017
After “Roadside Lights”, Eiji Ohashi’s next photographic exploration of the ubiquitous vending machines and the role they play in Japanese society. “After snowfall, especially when driving in the north during snowstorms, sometimes the light from t...
225 x 297 mm
/ 88 pages, 60 images
/ Hardcover
/ 2017
/ English, Japanese
/ ISBN: 978-4-908526-18-3
¥5,060
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A gradual thaw
Toshiya MURAKOSHI
2017
The quiet, powerful landscape photography comprising Toshiya Murakoshi’s series “A Gradual Thaw” were taken in his home prefecture of Fukushima between the years 2011 and 2015. With the project, Murakoshi looks for traces of his own memories. “If ...
260 x 368 mm
/ 34 pages, 14 images
/ Hardcover, lining board binding
/ 2017
/ English, Japanese
/ ISBN: 978-4-908526-15-2
¥9,790
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What is the Distance to the Moon?
Toshiya MURAKOSHI
2017
“When the sun went down, the rain that had been falling since early evening stopped. Apart from my camera in the little plastic bag, my entire body was soaked. I don’t know if it was for this reason but every lodging that night had denied my reque...
243 x 308 mm
/ 64 pages, 34 images
/ Softcover
/ 2017
/ English, Japanese
/ ISBN: 978-4-908526-17-6
¥5,500
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Thirteen Orphans
Tsutomu YAMAGATA
2017
A beautiful re-release of Tsutomu Yamagata’s portrait series of the unique individuals he met around Ueno Park’s Shinobazu Pond. “There is something about the people I met at the park that peculiarly attracts me, something more than just how they ...
200 x 190 mm
/ 56 pages, 43 images
/ Softcover
/ 2017
/ Japanese, English
/ Limited Edition: 380
/ ISBN: 978-4-908526-16-9
¥3,080
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Water Mirror
Risaku SUZUKI
2017
“Water Mirror”, published on occasion of the 4th Daikanyama Photo Fair, is the latest photobook by Risaku Suzuki. After Suzuki’s previous works were devoted to studies of Southern France’s Mt. St. Victoire or the atelier of Paul Cezanne, to images...
260 x 330 mm
/ 112 pages, 46 images
/ Hardcover
/ 2017
/ English, Japanese
/ ISBN: 978-4-908526-13-8
¥8,580
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Theater of Love
Nobuyoshi ARAKI
2017
The series consists of around 100 photographs taken around the year 1965, when Araki was working at advertising giant Dentsu. The photos, first shown at an exhibition at Taka Ishii Gallery in February 2011, are presented as a postcard-sized book, ...
180 x 133 mm
/ 242 pages, 119 images
/ Case
/ 2017
/ Japanese
/ Limited Edition: 1000
¥7,040
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Chai Wan Fire Station
CHAN Dick
2017
“One day, working in my office, I discovered that the window in my bathroom was overlooking the Chai Wan firestation. The view had much more to offer than I had originally imagined.” These humble words describe the beginning of a critically acclai...
255 x 255 mm
/ 82 pages, 39 images
/ Softcover
/ 2017
/ English, Chinese
¥6,820
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Luigi Ghirri
Luigi GHIRRI
2017
This catalogue accompanies Luigi Ghirri’s solo exhibition “Works from the 1970s” at Taka Ishii Gallery and is centered around photographs created during the 1970s, arguably Ghirri’s most important creative period. By redefining photography as a co...
272 x 225 mm
/ 62 pages, 29 images
/ Softcover
/ 2017
/ Japanese, English
¥6,380
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88
Yuri OZAKI
2017
Shikoku, an island off Japan’s center. A 1200 year old journey over 1400 kilometers, connecting 88 sacred buddhist grounds. In Japan, it is know as Henro: the pilgrimage. 88 is also the number of earthly desires that can be eliminated through asce...
295 x 210 mm
/ 90 pages
/ Softcover
/ 2017
/ English, Japanese
/ Limited Edition: 1000
¥3,960
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Till Dawn
Takamoto YAMAUCHI
2016
Everybody carries some psychological pain in their mind or heart, some more of it, some less. There are many who cannot escape from it. For me, there is nothing I can do but take their photos. I cannot save them, and I cannot be saved. This is a s...
297 x 210 mm
/ 112 pages, 60 images
/ Softcover
/ 2016
/ Japanese
/ Limited Edition: 700
¥4,620
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Remote Past a Memoir: 1951－1966
Kikuji KAWADA
2016
Remote Past a Memoir: 1951 - 1966 has been published in conjunction with the third Daikanyama Photo Fair, for which his works have served as the main visuals. The photobook focuses on the years 1951 - 1966, an early period during which Kawada esta...
230 x 180 mm
/ 304 pages, 192 images
/ Softcover
/ 2016
/ English, Japanese
/ Limited Edition: 1000
¥11,000
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Thomas Ruff Special Edition Catalog
Thomas RUFF
2016
This photobook collection was printed in commemoration of the Thomas Ruff exhibitions at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and the 21st Century Museum for Modern Art, Kanazawa. Thomas Ruff Special Edition Catalog is the first collection wo...
291 x 229 mm
/ 296 pages
/ 5 Hardcover books with slipcase
/ 2016
/ German, English, Japanese
/ 1100
¥44,000
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Tenko
Hanayo, Hajime SAWATARI
2016
Hanayo found the Alice book on her way home from school. She was 15. Tenko moved to Tokyo and met Hajime Sawatari. She was 15. In London, when Alice was photographed, Hanayo was 3. Alice was Tenko’s favourite book when she was 3. When Hanayo move...
210 x 150 mm
/ 368 pages, 308 images
/ Hardcover
/ 2016
/ English, Japanese
¥6,380
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