Map by Kawada Kikuji (10 results)

Condition: Wie neu. Mack Books, London. Co-published with The New York Public Library. 2021. Signed by Kikuji Kawada! Brilliant new edition of the legendary 1965 original. New, mint, unread; still originally shrink-wrapped in the publisher`s plastic foil. This deeply moving memorial work is one of the most avant-garde photobooks ever published, mentioned in all important books about photobooks: Andrew Roth, 101 Books of Books, pages 174-77; Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, The Photobook, volume 1, pages 286-87; The Open Book, pages 212-13; Kaneko and Vartanian, Japanese Photobooks, pages 86-93; 801 books of the M.+M. Auer collection, page 445; Ehon Keyes: The Artist and the Book in Japan, page 66. The famous photobook title originally came out in in a small edition of 700 copies only, designed by Kohei Sugiura, published on the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Two hardback books, each with a jacket, plus one paperback booklet with leporello fold. Housed in a buckram bound hardback slipcase, protected in a printed cardboard mailer. 299 x 197 mm. 272 pages. Text: english, japanese. Perfect condition! Signed by the artist! Collector`s copy! The signed edition includes a unique slip stamped and signed by the artist in a range of colours and bound into the inside front cover of the booklet. "The most brilliantly designed Japanese book of its century" (Keyes), it is "an extraordinarily refined, avant-garde book object" (101 Books). The Map is the defining photobook of post-war Japan, and "the ultimate photobook-as-object" -- "no photobook has been more successful in combining graphic design with complex photographic narrative"; "Kawada`s photographs are a masterly amalgam of abstraction and realism. [he] has conjured up a brilliant simile for the photograph itself -- scientific record, memory trace, cultural repository, puzzle and guide" (The Photobook). "This new edition by Mack is.a thing of dark beauty in itself." (The Best Art and Architecture of Autumn 2021, The Guardian) "(One) of Japan`s most affecting postwar works in any medium?" (New York Review of Books) "Kawada`s The Map/Chizu is the most famous and sought after book in the history of Japanese photography. Designed with the noted graphic designer Kohei Sugiura, Chizu has seen numerous editions since its original publication in August 1965. In November 2001, New York Public Library acquired the rarest version of the book, Kikuji Kawada`s unique, handmade maquette. The maquette presents a notably different physicality than that of the published edition - many of the pictures are the same but with variant croppings, tonalities, orientations, and a markedly dissimilar configuration with a pair of jacketed volumes - each nearly twice as large in format as the published version - separated by a black-and-white divider. With its pages made of thin, silvery darkroom prints, folded in half and pasted back-to-back, there are no folios to unfurl, only a progression of intense, full-bleed images. This MACK version is an exquisite facsimile of the two-volume maquette, and includes an accompanying bilingual booklet featuring new scholarship by Joshua Chuang and Miyuki Hinton, together with an extended interview with the artist, detailing the evolution of one of the greatest photobooks ever made." (from the publisher)***************Mack Books, London. 2021. Herausgegeben zusammen mit "The New York Public Library". Signiert von Kikuji Chizu! Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; nur einmal geöffnet für die Signatur. Brilliante neue Edition des legendären Originals von 1965. Neu, ungelesen, verlagsfrisch; noch original-verschweisst in der Plastikfolie des Verlags. Dieses tief berührende Publikation ist eines der avantgardistischsten Fotobücher, das je veröffentlicht wurde und ist in allen wichtigen und wesentlichen Büchern über Fotobücher erwähnt und gewürdigt: Andrew Roth, 101 Books of Books, Seiten 174-77; Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, The Photobook, volume 1, Seiten 286-87; The Open Book, Seiten 212-13; Kaneko and Vartanian, Japanese Photobooks, Seiten 86-93; 801 books of the M.+M. Auer collection, Seite 445; Ehon Keyes: The Artist and the Book in Japan, page 66. Der berühmte Fotobuch-Titel, designed von Kohei Sugiura, kam ursprünglich in einer Auflage von nur 700 Exemplare anlässlich des 20. Jahrestages des Bombenangriffs auf Hiroshima raus. Zwei Bücher in Hardcover, jeweils mit einem Umschlag versehen, plus ein Booklet mit Leporello, das alles in einem Schuber und das ganze dann in dem Original-Karton des Verlags. 299 x 197 mm. 272 Seiten. Text in englischer und in japanischer Sprache. Perfekter Zustand! Signiert vom Künstler! Sammler-Exemplar! Grossartiges Buch-Projekt! Die signierte Ausgabe enthält einen einzigartigen, vom Künstler in verschiedenen Farben gestempelten und signierten Zettel, der in die vordere Umschlaginnenseite des Heftes eingebunden ist. ja Gewicht in Gramm: 1600.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Facsimile reprint. Signed by Kikuji Kawada on verso of marbled endpaper and hand-numbered. 290/500. Octavo. Unpaginated, (16)pp. text in English and Japanese. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, with text in black wraps pamphlet, housed in black cloth slipcase with photo-illustrated jacket laid to slipcase covers, white lettering on spine. Includes pamphlet with text by Kikuji Kawada in English and Japanese with chronology with captions. Parr & Badger pages 212-13; Keneko & Vartanian pages 86-93; Heiting & Kaneko page 282. An extraordinary publication, designed by Naomichi Kawahata, featuring Kikuji Kawada's masterful photography. The book is considered one of the true icons in the history of photography. Originally published on August 6, 1965, the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, the book explores Japanese history, recent and from it's imperial past, as well as its western-influenced popular culture. Many of the photographs are presented as double-page gatefolds.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Nazraeli Press facsimile reprint of the 1965 first edition - Signed by Kikuji. This book portrays a collection of photographs contemplating the recovery and war memories of postwar Japan. It was originally published on August 6, 1965 to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima. The guiding idea of this memorial is archaeological layering. He uses multi panel foldouts, so the "various layers inside peel away like archaeological strata. The whole process then becomes one of uncovering the aftermath of recent Japanese history. Also, Kawada's photographs are a masterly mix of abstraction and realism. Especially of the specific and the ineffable, woven into a tapestry. This then makes the act of reading them a process of re-creation in itself. The central metaphor of the map is the idea of the map as a series of interlocking trace marks. Here, Kawada has conjured a brilliant simile for the photograph itself: Scientific record, memory trace, cultural repository, puzzle, and guide" Nazraeli Press- - - - - - - - - The book and its slip case are in Fine condition, with no noticeable marks or wear. It is signed by Kawada in kanji (Chinese characters) to back end page. It is accompanied by Fine paper back booklet containing an essay by Kawada and a list of the photographs. It is hand-numbered 333/500 (Limited edition of 500 numbered copies) - - - - - - - - - PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs may be required for insured shipping to your destination beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the amount at time of purchase. This book is being sold by Nonpareil Books, Liverpool, England only through AbeBooks. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New in publisher's shrink wrap. Facimile edition. Signed by Kikuji Kawada on verso of marbled endpaper and hand-numbered. 1/500. Octavo. Unpaginated, (16)pp. text in English and Japanese. Original black cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, with text in black wraps pamphlet, housed in black cloth slipcase with photo-illustrated jacket laid to slipcase covers, white lettering on spine. The pamphlet with text by Kikuji Kawada in English and Japanese and chronology with captions. Parr & Badger pages 212-13; Keneko & Vartanian pages 86-93; Heiting & Kaneko page 282. An extraordinary publication, designed by Naomichi Kawahata, featuring Kikuji Kawada's masterful photography. The book is considered one of the true icons in the history of photography. Originally published on August 6, 1965, the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, the book explores Japanese history, recent and from it's imperial past, as well as its western-influenced popular culture. Many of the photographs are presented as double-page gatefolds.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. [Nazraeli Press facsimile reprint of the 1965 first edition - Signed by Kikuji Kawada on verso of the rear endpaper. Accompanied by the original English/ Japanese booklet which prints a new Essay by Kawada and gives a list of the photographs, hand-numbered, unpaginated, 461/500] The slipcase remains bright, sturdy and clean, bound in black cloth with bevelled edges and a photo-illustrated jacket laid to the covers, no tears, scuffs or discernible wear; The pamphlet remains stiff and clean, staples tight and free from oxidation; The book itself is bound in black cloth with embossed black titles, corners sharp, cloth clean and free from blemishes; Internally clean, no ownership marks or annotations, pages crisp, illustrated copiously with high-quality fold-out reproductions of Kawada's photographs; Binding tight. Overall an exemplary copy of this handsomely produced edition. Scarce. Additional photographs upon request. ; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.0 inches; Signed by Author.

Kawada, Kikuji (illustrator). 8vo., [3], [46] gatefold leaves, [3] pp., all illustrated from photographs. Bound in black cloth, titled in red ink on the upper cover and spine. Signed in Kanji by the photographer on the final leaf. [with] Paper wrapper booklet of [16] pp., which includes a five page introduction by Kawada, and captions for all 190 images in both English and Japanese; numbered 411 of 500 copies. All housed in an illustrated slipcase; all fine, as new. This newly designed edition by Naomichi Kawahata, which is limited to 500 numbered and signed copies, closely follows the original presentation of the exceedingly rare 1965 first edition of CHIZU [THE MAP]. Parr and Badger, Volume 1, p.286 -287.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First impression of this Nazraeli edition (2005). Medium format slipcased hardback in new condition. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Signed by Kikuji Kawada in kanji (Chinese characters)to back end page. Includes a text booklet. No markings. This is a new book. Please see pictures. PatPal accepted, any questions please get on touch. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 1 Size: 23cm Number of books: 1.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 1 Size: 23cm Number of books: 1.