Japan, a Photo Theater II
Daido Moriyama
€ 335
Published by Asahi Sonorama in 1978, 120 pages, 20.5×21.5 cm
First edition, first printing, hardcover with dust jacket
Condition: Very good+ – Light foxing to first/last pages, dust jacket with minor edge wear, fading, and small 1 cm fold at back inner side. Pages clean and bright.
Sequel to the landmark Japan: A Photo Theater, Moriyama captures actors, drifters, and anonymous figures in his signature grainy, high-contrast style.
Described by Shoji Yamagishi as photographs “with particles and tones, holding doubt, desire, despair, sentiment, and sometimes hope.”
Very scarce book in such a nice condition.