Published by Ushio Publishing in 1975, 300 pages, 39×32,5 cm – large format
First edition, hardcover in white slipcase and original cardboard box with title
Text by Koji Taki
Condition: Book in near-perfect condition. Slipcase with soiling and few bumps. Outer box in good used condition.

Well known as an eminent photographer of women such as gravure, idols and nudes, Kishin Shinoyama always had a strong curiosity for the “human smell” of architecture, space, food, etc.
Meaning of the house is a rare and early masterpiece alongside 28 girls, Olele Olala, and A fine day.

Over a period of years, Shinoyama traveled across Japan to photograph approximately 80 houses, from modern to traditional, inhabited to ruination — capturing the subtle traces of life and memory in architectural space. His aim was to evoke the “human smell” of the house: the lived, tactile, atmospheric qualities that transform mere structures into homes.

Shinoyama’s masterpiece