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Hokkaido

by Michael Kenna

Photographs: Michael Kenna

Publisher: Nazraeli Press

104 pages

Pictures: 84 black and white

Year: 2006

ISBN: 9781590051399

Price: 400 €

Comments: First Edition of 5000. Silk Over Boards in Slipcase, wood veneered covers. Large Square 4to., 84 tritone illustrations. Designed by Hideyuki Taguchi and Chris Pichler. Text in English and Japanese. Printed in Japan by Toppan Printing Co. Condition: very good, very slight smashed corner.

When Michael Kenna’s now-legendary book Japan was published in 2003, it was hailed as not only the most beautiful of the artist’s numerous publications, but also one of the most powerful and successful photographic works on place that has ever been published. In this monograph, Hokkaido, Kenna has refined his clarity of vision to a whole new level. The Northern Japanese island of Hokkaido has abundant natural forests, clear lakes, and magnificent mountains. It is perhaps best known for its intense and brutal winters. Snow and ice make many parts of the island inaccessible and the local Sea of Okhotsk routinely freezes over. Kenna has been photographing throughout Hokkaido, in these extreme conditions, for the past several years. The 84 photographs in this book are the result of his explorations. Beautifully printed on heavy, uncoated Japanese paper using special black inks, Hokkaido is bound in thin maple wooden boards and housed in a special slipcase. The book is designed by renowned Japanese designer Hideyuki Taguchi, and opens with an introduction by Daido Moriyama. Published to coincide with a major exhibition of Kenna’s work opening in Spring 2006 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

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Hokkaido

by Michael Kenna

Photographs: Michael Kenna

Publisher: Nazraeli Press

104 pages

Pictures: 84 black and white

Year: 2006

ISBN: 9781590051399

Price: 400 €

Comments: First Edition of 5000. Silk Over Boards in Slipcase, wood veneered covers. Large Square 4to., 84 tritone illustrations. Designed by Hideyuki Taguchi and Chris Pichler. Text in English and Japanese. Printed in Japan by Toppan Printing Co. Condition: very good, very slight smashed corner.

When Michael Kenna’s now-legendary book Japan was published in 2003, it was hailed as not only the most beautiful of the artist’s numerous publications, but also one of the most powerful and successful photographic works on place that has ever been published. In this monograph, Hokkaido, Kenna has refined his clarity of vision to a whole new level. The Northern Japanese island of Hokkaido has abundant natural forests, clear lakes, and magnificent mountains. It is perhaps best known for its intense and brutal winters. Snow and ice make many parts of the island inaccessible and the local Sea of Okhotsk routinely freezes over. Kenna has been photographing throughout Hokkaido, in these extreme conditions, for the past several years. The 84 photographs in this book are the result of his explorations. Beautifully printed on heavy, uncoated Japanese paper using special black inks, Hokkaido is bound in thin maple wooden boards and housed in a special slipcase. The book is designed by renowned Japanese designer Hideyuki Taguchi, and opens with an introduction by Daido Moriyama. Published to coincide with a major exhibition of Kenna’s work opening in Spring 2006 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

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