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10x10 Japanese Photobooks: September 28-30

2 venues for Japanese Photobooks: A Reading Room and An Online Space
Sponsored by:International Center of Photography Library
Photobook Facebook Group
http://photolia.tumblr.com
E-mail: NY10x10@gmail.com

10x10 Japanese Photobook Reading Room
Dates:September 28-30  2012, from 3 pm to 9 pm
Opening reception: Friday, September 28, from 7 pm to 9 pm
Location: ICP - Bard MFA Studio Space, 24-20 Jackson Avenue, 3rd Floor, LIC
10 specialists select 10 books each for a pop-up reading room of 100 Japanese photobooks that coincides with the New York Art Book Fair.

10x10 Japanese Photobook online space
Online launches September 18, 2012
In addition to  the physical reading room, 10x10 Japanese Photobooks has also organized a virtual space where 10 online Japanese photobook specialists and bloggers recommend 10 books each for an additional 100 books of interest.


See the details of both venues on photolia's tumblr page.
http://photolia.tumblr.com/

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After the pics, it's the text. Or the art of reformulation.

As seen here and apparently sold on Ebay on 05/09/2011:

"SHUJI TERAYAMA / DAIDO MORIYAMA / ISSEI SUDA / SHIRO TATSUMI , SAA SAA OTACHIAI. TENJO SAJIKI KOEN (PERFORMANCE ON PAPER BY TENJO SAJIKI). TOKYO: TOKUMA SHOTEN, SHOWA 43, 1968.

Oblong 8vo.; 226 pp; profusion of monochrome and color illustrations throughout; 2 fold-outs; pictorial paper-covered boards & matching vertical slipcase; binding & design by Kiyoshi AWAZU. Very Fine.
First edition. This early collaboration between avant-garde theatre impresario, filmmaker and writer Shuji TERAYAMA, illustrator Shiro TATSUMI and photographers Daido MORIYAMA and Issei SUDA, is a truly “under the radar” Japanese book, that is a must-have for any serious collector.

Presenting a collection of plays performed in 1967 by Shuji TERAYAMA's theater troupe Tenjo Sajiki (collaborators include Tadanori YOKOO, Yutaka HIGASHI, Makoto WADA, Masao YAGI, Eiko KUJO, etc.) the book opens with TERAYAMA’s famous play Oyama Debuko no Hanzai . Designed by Kiyoshi AWAZU, the book layouts highlight a complex and refined graphic design aesthetic, which interweaves typography, illustration and photography on green, purple, black, pink and red monochrome printed pages. Photographic images by Daido MORIYAMA and Issei SUDA are interspersed with fantastic illustrations by Shiro TATSUMI. An important and lavishly illustrated underground book that is rarely available. This is Moriyama's first photobook contribution and predates his Japan, A Photo Theater."



Oh, here's the original on AJB:

"TERAYAMA Shuji / MORIYAMA Daido / SUDA Issei / TATSUMI Shiro. Saa Saa Otachiai. Tenjo Sajiki Shijo Koen (Performance on paper by Tenjosajiki). Tokyo : Tokuma Shoten, Showa 43 (1968). First edition.

Description — Oblong in-8° (13,5 x 19,5 x 2 cm), 226 p., 450 g.
Pict. hardcover & matching vertical slipcase, profusion of monochrome pictures & illustrations, 2 fold-outs. Printed in green, purple, black, pink, red on white and blue paper. Binding & design by Kiyoshi AWAZU.

Remarques & avis / Review — A collection of plays performed in 1967 by Shuji TERAYAMA's avant-garde theater troupe Tenjo Sajiki (Tadanori YOKOO, Yutaka HIGASHI, Makoto WADA, Masao YAGI, Eiko KUJO, etc.) that opens on the famous Oyama Debuko no Hanzai. A remarkable piece of work in all respects, of complex and refined graphic and typographical design, where are interwoven the text, Daido MORIYAMA and Issei SUDA (stage)'s impressive pictures and Shiro TATSUMI's crazy illustrations. A important, flamboyant and extravagant underground book, and a personal favorite. Moriyama's first book, before Japan, A Photo Theater. Quite uncommon."



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