NUDE PHOTOGRAPHY; The Complete History of Japanese Photography, Vol. 6.
Tokyo: Shogakukan, 1986. Illustrated laminated boards in dust jacket, with wrap-around paper-title band anc clear plastic protective sleeve. Very good.
Item #68652
ISBN: 4095820063
4to. 180 pp. Introduction, photos, notes. Illustrated from 140 photographs in black-and-white, sepiatone and color, plus 53 small detail and contextual photos. Introduction in English, text and notes in Japanese. Timeline. A photographic collection covering the history of Japanese nude photography from 1914 to 1980, with sections on the pioneer Nojima Yasuko; pictorial and Modernist trends from the pictorialist and Shinko Shashin movements; fantasy and abstraction in avant-garde photographs; the work of Nakayama Iwata and Harry K. Shigeta; the postwar period in retrospect; object and eros (the 1960s); and from mass media to 'my own photo's - the progress made in the 70s and 80s as many taboos were lifted and photography entered the world of mainstream culture. The book concludes with Nobuyoshi Araki. Please note: Oversized volume: this book will require additional shipping for destinations outside the US. Please write for details; we will ship at cost.
Price: $300.00