{"title":"Signed Copies","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"pigeons-stephen-gill-signed","title":"Pigeons (Signed) – Stephen Gill","description":"\u003ch2\u003ePigeons – Stephen Gill\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/nobody-books\" title=\"View all titles published by Nobody Books in our catalogue\"\u003eNobody Books\u003c\/a\u003e in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict, \u003cem\u003ePigeons\u003c\/em\u003e is a photobook by British photographer \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stephen-gill\" title=\"Browse all Stephen Gill titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eStephen Gill\u003c\/a\u003e that turns its lens not on pigeons as we see them, but on the city as they inhabit it. The book contains 29 colour photographs made from within the birds' own environment — beneath bridges, inside rusted structures, through the gaps and crannies of post-industrial urban space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGill's approach inverts the anthropocentric perspective. Rather than placing the pigeon within a human frame, the images enter a parallel urban world where our architecture reads as natural landscape — bridges as beaver dams, buildings as termite mounds. The presence of juvenile birds, rarely documented and almost mythological in the popular imagination, runs through the series as a quiet revelation. Text by Will Self accompanies the photographs, extending the conceptual inversion into language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is clothbound in rough linen with a silk-screened cover — a physical object whose materiality echoes its subject. This copy is signed. It was printed at EBS in Verona on Mohawk Superfine white eggshell stock and first published in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther titles in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Explore our curated selection of photography books and photobooks\"\u003ePhotography \u0026amp; Photobooks\u003c\/a\u003e collection are available to browse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nobody Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51314301305178,"sku":"9780957536975","price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/pigeons-stephen-gill-cover.jpg?v=1785791547"},{"product_id":"the-pillar-stephen-gill","title":"The Pillar (signed) - Stephen Gill","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"969\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"457\"\u003eThe Pillar\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditative and mesmerizing photobook by Stephen Gill, created over four years in the quiet, open landscapes of Skåne, southern Sweden. In the middle of a seemingly empty field, the artist installed a slender wooden post—just six centimetres wide and one and a half metres tall—and mounted a motion-sensor camera to face it. The result is a sublime and almost mystical series of photographs that capture birds visiting this unexpected stage: perching, feeding, resting, flying, or simply pausing mid-motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1464\"\u003eFar from being merely observational, these images open a portal into a hidden world—one that exists all around us but often escapes our notice. Each photo reveals a unique, ephemeral moment: a bird caught in flight with wings spread like calligraphic lines, a beak caught in the wind, feathers soaking in rain or glistening in snowlight. Gill’s fixed frame becomes a theatre for endless variation, proving that even within the most minimal setup, nature’s choreography is never the same twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1762\"\u003eThe work resonates with deep existential overtones—echoed and explored in a poetic essay by acclaimed writer Karl Ove Knausgård, included in a separate 12-page booklet. He reflects on how these fleeting encounters transform a repetitive, seasonal landscape into a space of singularity and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1764\" data-end=\"2080\"\u003eWinner of multiple international photobook prizes—including Les Rencontres d’Arles, PHotoESPAÑA, and Svensk bokkonst—\u003cem data-start=\"1881\" data-end=\"1893\"\u003eThe Pillar\u003c\/em\u003e is a luminous example of conceptual nature photography. Signed by the artist and crafted with exceptional attention to bookmaking materials, it is a rare and thoughtful collector’s item.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nobody Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51322101498202,"sku":"9789198523300","price":80.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/the-pillar-stephen-gill-front-cover.jpg?v=1785771424"},{"product_id":"please-notify-the-sun-stephen-gill","title":"Please Notify the Sun (signed) - Stephen Gill","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"2083\" data-end=\"2420\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2083\" data-end=\"2106\"\u003ePlease Notify the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary photobook by British artist Stephen Gill, created during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. As the world fell into a suspended state and external movement became severely restricted, Gill embarked on a radical inward journey—into the microscopic universe of a single fish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2422\" data-end=\"2841\"\u003eAfter nine attempts and thirty hours of fishing, he finally caught the subject of his exploration in April 2020. Using a microscope, a specially rigged camera, lights, and tremendous patience, Gill photographed what lay within. The result is not a scientific record, but a surreal and almost cosmic world: caves, oceans, rocks, suns, clouds of blood, imagined landscapes—like something between dreams and alien planets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2843\" data-end=\"3070\"\u003eThis visual journey is accompanied by an essay by renowned Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård, who reflects on the wonder, strangeness, and perceptual mystery of what lies beneath the surface—both literally and metaphorically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3072\" data-end=\"3350\"\u003ePublished by Nobody Books, this meticulously crafted edition features a foil-embossed three-part clothbound hardcover, printed by Narayana Press in Denmark and bound in Germany. It includes a separately printed 12-page booklet with Knausgård’s essay and is signed by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nobody Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51335868612954,"sku":"9789198523324","price":65.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/stephen-gill-please-notify-the-sun-signed-copy-843854.jpg?v=1748859954"},{"product_id":"night-procession-stephen-gill","title":"Night Procession – Stephen Gill (Signed)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNight Procession — Infrared Wildlife Photography by Stephen Gill\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 2014 and 2017, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stephen-gill\" title=\"Browse all Stephen Gill titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eStephen Gill\u003c\/a\u003e set motion-triggered infrared cameras at low positions against trees in the forests of southern Sweden, then withdrew. What returned were 86 colour plates recording the nocturnal movements of foxes, wild boars, deer, hares, mice, owls, snails, birds of prey, and fledglings — each animal unaware, each caught mid-passage through a world that ordinarily remains beyond the range of human observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe method was a systematic relinquishment of authorial control. Gill determined the placement of each camera — near a water source, along a likely path — but the shutter was triggered by the animals themselves. The infrared flash operates outside the visible spectrum of its subjects, producing images that carry the quality of apparition rather than document: figures emerging from total darkness, suspended in the moment of their own unknowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Ove Knausgård contributes a 16-page essay, issued as a separate saddle-stitched booklet (132 × 210 mm), printed on Takeo Satogami Pink (81 gsm) with a cover on Takeo Tant Select TS-3 (116 gsm). In Knausgård's words: \u003cem\u003e\"The photographs in this book have a ceremonial quality about them, as if the animals and the birds present themselves to us one by one… we see them the way they are in themselves, in their own world, normally so out of reach from our own. The world we see in these images is a secret world… the mystery seems only to thicken.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe main volume is a foil-embossed three-part clothbound hardcover, 216 × 270 mm, printed on Mohawk Superfine at Göteborgs Tryckeriet in Sweden and bound at S.R. Buege in Germany. It runs to 160 pages across 86 colour plates, with endpapers carrying paintings by Gill. Design is by Greger Ulf Nilson. The book received the \u003cstrong\u003eBenrido HARIBAN Award\u003c\/strong\u003e in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/nobody-books\" title=\"Explore the full Nobody Books catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003eNobody Books\u003c\/a\u003e, Gill's own imprint. Each copy in this edition is signed by Stephen Gill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther titles in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Browse our curated selection of photobooks at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotography \u0026amp; Photobooks\u003c\/a\u003e collection, and in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animals-plants-other-lives\" title=\"Explore photobooks on nature, animals, and nonhuman life\"\u003eAnimals, Plants \u0026amp; Other Lives\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAbout Stephen Gill\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/stephen-gill\" title=\"Browse all Stephen Gill titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eStephen Gill\u003c\/a\u003e (b. 1971, Bristol) is a British conceptual photographer whose practice is built around the systematic relinquishment of authorial control. Rather than directing his subjects, he has buried colour prints to let the land mark them, placed insects and seeds inside film chambers to create in-camera photograms, and used energy drinks to partially process film. In \u003cem\u003eNight Procession\u003c\/em\u003e, the animals themselves became the authors — triggering the camera while Gill slept. He is the founder of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/nobody-books\" title=\"Explore the full Nobody Books catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003eNobody Books\u003c\/a\u003e, through which he publishes his own work with close attention to materials and physical form. Other signed titles available include \u003ca href=\"\/products\/please-notify-the-sun-stephen-gill\" title=\"View Please Notify the Sun – signed edition by Stephen Gill\"\u003ePlease Notify the Sun\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/the-pillar-stephen-gill\" title=\"View The Pillar – signed edition by Stephen Gill\"\u003eThe Pillar\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pigeons-stephen-gill-signed\" title=\"View Pigeons – signed edition by Stephen Gill\"\u003ePigeons\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nobody Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51339367154010,"sku":"9780957536937","price":200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/night-procession-stephen-gill-signed-front-cover.jpg?v=1789368618"},{"product_id":"huts-temples-castles-ursula-schulz-dornburg","title":"Huts, Temples, Castles – Ursula Schulz-Dornburg (Signed Edition)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHuts, Temples, Castles\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the years following the Second World War, the City of Amsterdam founded Jongensland Oost as a response to children occupying streets and parks with nowhere structured to play. Reachable only by rowboat, the site grew into a settlement built by its young inhabitants from salvaged materials — huts, towers, shelters, and compounds constructed, used, and dismantled without adult supervision. Children cooked, raised animals, lit fires, and traded among themselves, relying on shared resourcefulness rather than institutional planning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1969, after moving to Düsseldorf with her two children, the architectural photographer \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/ursula-schulz-dornburg\"\u003eUrsula Schulz-Dornburg\u003c\/a\u003e encountered Jongensland on the other side of the border from Germany's more strictly regulated playgrounds. She photographed the improvised structures extensively as they were built, inhabited, demolished, and reshaped, registering an intuitive architectural intelligence rather than treating the scenes as incidental or picturesque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting series occupies a position between photobook, architectural record, and artist publication. It documents a genre of vernacular construction with its own conventions, pointing to the role of imagination in defining a building's identity and purpose before institutions impose their own logic. An extended essay by architectural historian Tom Wilkinson accompanies the images, reflecting on the architectural themes Jongensland continues to raise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mack-books\"\u003eMACK Books\u003c\/a\u003e in September 2022 as an embossed hardcover of 80 pages, the book is largely unseen material from Schulz-Dornburg's archive, presented in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSigned edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis copy is the signed edition of \u003cem\u003eHuts, Temples, Castles\u003c\/em\u003e. It includes a slip signed by the artist, bound into the inside back cover, with the label wording \"Signed by the artist, July 2022, Düsseldorf.\" The underlying book is the standard 2022 MACK edition; the signed slip is the distinguishing element of this copy, discreet but verifiable. For readers of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\"\u003ePhotography Books \u0026amp; Photobooks\u003c\/a\u003e interested in documentary approaches to architecture and the built environment, the volume sits alongside related material in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/land-ruins-isolation\"\u003eLand, Ruins \u0026amp; Isolation\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrsula Schulz-Dornburg (born 1938, Berlin) works in Düsseldorf and is associated with the documentary, typological approach of the Düsseldorf School. Her photography follows a minimalist, conceptual method, most often applied to historical and vernacular architecture across Europe, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mack Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51681665909082,"sku":"9781913620820","price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/huts-temples-castles-ursula-schulz-dornburg-signed-edition-cover-view.jpg?v=1792069312"},{"product_id":"tokyo-on-the-brink-of-sanity-yoshio-mizoguchi","title":"Tokyo on the Brink of Sanity - Yoshio Mizoguchi","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTokyo and Shinjuku across the post-bubble years\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTokyo on the Brink of Sanity\u003c\/em\u003e moves through Tokyo at a moment when the bubble's fantasy had already begun to dissolve, but its emotional residue still shaped the city. Working across portraiture, snapshot, and street photography, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/yoshio-mizoguchi\" title=\"Browse all Yoshio Mizoguchi titles at Lokator100\"\u003eYoshio Mizoguchi\u003c\/a\u003e stays close to the surface of daily life while allowing anxiety, erotic tension, drift, and urban fatigue to accumulate across the sequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book's particular strength is its refusal to turn Tokyo into spectacle. Rather than grand summary, Mizoguchi works through fragments: street encounters, women in transit, bodies under pressure, moments of waiting, the unstable rhythm of Shinjuku at night. That approach produces a tone that is neither nostalgic nor journalistic — suspended, instead, between immediacy and disorientation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe photographs move between eroticism and ordinariness, and that tension is central to the work. The city appears restless, overstimulated, and emotionally porous. What accumulates across the 188 images is not a document of Tokyo but a visual atmosphere specific to the years after the collapse of certainty — a condition Mizoguchi renders without explanation or resolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 2022 by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sokyusha\" title=\"Browse all Sokyusha publications at Lokator100\"\u003eSokyusha\u003c\/a\u003e as a signed limited edition of 500 copies, this hardcover \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Browse the photobook catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotobooks\u003c\/a\u003e title is a considered contribution to the literature of Japanese street photography and post-bubble urban imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sokyusha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52686499447130,"sku":"SOKY-MIZOGUCHI-TOKYO-BRINK-2022","price":80.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/tokyo-on-the-brink-of-sanity-cover-portrait.jpg?v=1785786048"},{"product_id":"obi-and-sand-kyoto-enoshima-yoshio-mizoguchi","title":"Obi and Sand: Kyoto\/Enoshima - Yoshio Mizoguchi","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eObi and Sand: Kyoto\/Enoshima\u003c\/em\u003e — Two Locations, One Sustained Gaze\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eObi and Sand: Kyoto\/Enoshima\u003c\/em\u003e (帯と砂) is a signed 2024 hardcover photobook by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/yoshio-mizoguchi\" title=\"Browse all Yoshio Mizoguchi titles at Lokator100\"\u003eYoshio Mizoguchi\u003c\/a\u003e, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sokyusha\" title=\"Browse all Sokyusha publications at Lokator100\"\u003eSokyusha\u003c\/a\u003e in Tokyo as a first edition, first printing, limited to 400 signed copies. Across 176 pages and 172 black-and-white images, the book moves between two settings photographed by Mizoguchi in the 1990s and 2000s — Kyoto and Enoshima — held together less by a shared subject than by a consistent method of looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Kyoto section is built from women and passersby set against the city's historical weight: a face turned mid-motion, cloth against skin, the particular density of light in older streets. Mizoguchi does not decorate the setting. The Enoshima section that follows shifts register entirely — bathing suits, black sand, sweat, and the looser time of a coastal summer replace the city's stillness. The two halves do not resolve into a single theme; instead, contrast itself becomes the organizing principle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat connects the sections is Mizoguchi's particular combination of documentary directness and proximate, unguarded attention. As he writes in the book's afterword, describing his return visits to Enoshima: bodies \"covered in black sand,\" heat, and the sense that \"the summer sea sadly fades away with memories of the hot sand.\" The erotic charge running through the work is observational rather than staged, arising from timing and closeness rather than composition for effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book was produced by Michitaka Ota and designed by Katsuya Kato, with English translation by Bonnie Pong-Wai Ma and printing and binding by SunM Color Co., Ltd. in Japan. It is presented in English and Japanese, and forms part of a small group of recent Mizoguchi publications that includes \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tokyo-on-the-brink-of-sanity-yoshio-mizoguchi\" title=\"Tokyo on the Brink of Sanity – another photobook by Yoshio Mizoguchi\"\u003eTokyo on the Brink of Sanity\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Yoshio Mizoguchi\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoshio Mizoguchi began photography as a self-taught practitioner in 1970. His published books include \u003cem\u003eHOTARU(FIREFLY)\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDays of Smelling Like Grass\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tokyo-on-the-brink-of-sanity-yoshio-mizoguchi\" title=\"Tokyo on the Brink of Sanity – another photobook by Yoshio Mizoguchi\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTokyo on the Brink of Sanity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eObi and Sand: Kyoto\/Enoshima\u003c\/em\u003e. Across these works, he returns consistently to women, urban and semi-urban drift, and a tension between ordinariness and charged presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat sensibility is especially clear here. Mizoguchi photographs bodies and passersby with unusual lightness, but the images never become casual. Even the most ordinary moments seem touched by heat, memory, and a slightly unstable emotional weather — which is what makes this book feel both immediate and lingering.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sokyusha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53895374635354,"sku":"YM-OBIANDSAND-SOK","price":60.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/obi-and-sand-kyoto-enoshima-yoshio-mizoguchi-cover-2.jpg?v=1789402167"},{"product_id":"naked-city-varanasi-takeshi-ishikawa","title":"Naked City Varanasi - Takeshi Ishikawa","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNaked City Varanasi — Takeshi Ishikawa's four-decade record of a city in contradiction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNaked City Varanasi\u003c\/em\u003e is a 2020 photobook by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takeshi-ishikawa\" title=\"Browse all Takeshi Ishikawa titles at Lokator100\"\u003eTakeshi Ishikawa\u003c\/a\u003e, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sokyusha\" title=\"Explore the Sokyusha catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003eSokyusha\u003c\/a\u003e as a signed edition. It documents Varanasi through 95 photographs made across nearly four decades of return visits, beginning in 1980 — a body of work built from sustained presence rather than a single encounter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book holds together subjects that resist easy categorization: pilgrims and ascetics, burning ghats and crowded alleys, the naked and the adorned, the living and the dead. Ishikawa does not reduce Varanasi to a single symbolic register. The photographs remain faithful to the city's internal contradictions — sacred and profane, rich and poor, devotion and its physical cost — without resolving them into a coherent thesis. That refusal of reduction is consistent throughout the sequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe authority of the work comes in part from duration. Ishikawa's first visit was in 1980, and he returned almost every year for roughly four decades. The accumulation of that attention produces a visual record that is dense and specific rather than impressionistic. Contextual texts by Kenin Ito accompany the photographs, providing written grounding for the visual material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition is relevant to collectors of Japanese \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Browse the photobook collection at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotobooks\u003c\/a\u003e, readers engaged with documentary photography and long-form photographic projects, and those with a specific interest in India, Varanasi, or the visual treatment of sacred and mortuary space. The signed status and the scope of the underlying project make it a considered acquisition for any of those contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sokyusha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53897359163738,"sku":"NAKED-CITY-VARANASI-ISHIKAWA","price":80.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/naked-city-varanasi-front-cover.jpg?v=1788628928"},{"product_id":"grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto","title":"Grass Labyrinth — Takato Yamamoto","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGrass Labyrinth (草迷宮) — Kyoka Izumi, illustrated by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e — Regular Edition, Signed\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a combined illustrated literary volume and art book: the complete Japanese text of Kyoka Izumi's \u003cem\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e, accompanied by 29 monochrome underdrawings and 28 full-colour finished works by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e. The copy offered is the first edition (first issue, 4 November 2014), signed by the artist inside the front cover. It is part of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue at Lokator100.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is structured in two distinct registers. The literary text of Kyoka Izumi's \u003cem\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e runs throughout and is accompanied by 29 detailed black-and-white underdrawings by Takato Yamamoto, integrated as illustrations within the narrative. Separately, 28 full-colour finished paintings are presented as a standalone pictorial sequence. The two sets of images are not interchangeable and should not be conflated: the monochrome underdrawings serve the text; the colour works constitute an independent body of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional contributors: critical commentary by Tamaki Anakura, curator at the Izumi Kyoka Memorial Museum; afterword by Takato Yamamoto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Text: Kyoka Izumi\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKyoka Izumi (1873–1939) is regarded as one of the foremost authors of modern Japanese fantasy literature, known for prose that draws on classical theatrical forms, supernatural folklore, and a distinctive aesthetic of sensuous dread. \u003cem\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e is among his most celebrated works, a text in which the boundary between the real and the spectral is held in sustained, deliberate suspension. The story was adapted into a short film by Shuji Terayama, a reference point for those approaching the text through its wider cultural reception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Artist: Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1960, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e developed the \"Heisei Decadence\" style from his earlier \"Ukiyo-e Pop\" practice — a mode of illustration that fuses the compositional vocabulary of classical Japanese woodblock printmaking with imagery drawn from decadent literature, eroticism, and the grotesque. He has produced illustration work for aesthetic, fantasy, erotic, and historical novels, as well as book cover art and advertising. He is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher and Series\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e as part of the Pan-Exotica series. Printed in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOther Works by Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAltar of Narcissus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eDivertimento for a Martyr\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAllure of Pharmakon\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003eTale of a Castle Keep\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDispatch\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDispatched from Germany the next business day after order confirmation. All orders are sent tracked and carefully packed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54652582592858,"sku":"YAMAMOTO-GRASS-LABYRINTH-1ED","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto-front-cover.jpg?v=1788626470"},{"product_id":"tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno","title":"Tale of a Castle Keep — Takato Yamamoto \u0026 Aquirax Uno","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTale of a Castle Keep (天守物語 \/ Tenshu Monogatari) — Bilingual Illustrated Art Book\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTale of a Castle Keep\u003c\/em\u003e is a bilingual illustrated edition of Kyoka Izumi's fantasy play \u003cem\u003eTenshu Monogatari\u003c\/em\u003e, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e as part of the Pan-Exotica series to mark the play's centenary. The Japanese section is illustrated by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e; the English section, in a translation by Don Kenny, is illustrated by Aquirax Uno (Akira Uno). This copy is signed inside the cover by Takato Yamamoto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume presents the complete text of Kyoka Izumi's play in two independent halves: the Japanese original occupies one orientation of the book, the English translation the other. Each half carries its own distinct illustration cycle, produced by a separate artist. The two readings share the same narrative — the strange love story between Tomihime, a beautiful youkai who rules a castle keep, and Nosuke, a young falconer — but diverge entirely in visual language and mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKyoka Izumi (1873–1939) was a novelist and playwright active from the late Meiji through the early Showa period. His fantasy and supernatural writing influenced a subsequent generation of major Japanese authors. The 2016 publication was produced on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the play, with critical commentary by Tamaki Anakura (穴倉玉日) and the Izumi Kyoka Memorial Museum. Translation supervision is credited to Megumi Kato (加藤めぐみ).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIllustration Content\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book contains more than 80 illustrations in total. Takato Yamamoto contributed 19 monochrome underdrawings and 19 full-colour paintings for the Japanese section. Aquirax Uno contributed 22 sketches and 18 completed paintings for the English section. The volume also includes one full-colour collage featuring both artists, close-up detail excerpts, and smaller sketches integrated within the text. Total illustration count: 37 colour and 46 black-and-white.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Artists\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/strong\u003e (born 1960) developed the \"Heisei Decadence\" style from the earlier \"Ukiyo-e Pop\" tradition. His work spans illustrations for aesthetic, fantasy, erotic, and historical fiction, as well as book cover art and advertising. He is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society and his work has an established international readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAquirax Uno\u003c\/strong\u003e (Akira Uno, born 1934) is a graphic designer and illustrator. At the time of this publication he was described as a leading Japanese graphic designer continuing to work as a front-line illustrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOther Works by Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther titles by Takato Yamamoto available at Lokator100:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAltar of Narcissus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eDivertimento for a Martyr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAllure of Pharmakon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue and our selection of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54652597731674,"sku":"TALE-CASTLE-KEEP-YAM-UNO-1ED","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno-cover-front.jpg?v=1788626441"},{"product_id":"coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition","title":"Coffin of a Chimera — Takato Yamamoto (New Black Edition)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCoffin of a Chimera (キマイラの柩) — Takato Yamamoto, New Black Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/em\u003e is the sixth monograph by Takato Yamamoto, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e in 2024 as part of the Pan-Exotica series. This New Black Edition — a newly designed reissue — marks the 25th anniversary of Yamamoto's debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEdition \u0026amp; Publication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2024 New Black Edition carries a colophon date of 29 February 2024 and an official retail release date of 19 February 2024. Earlier editions of the title appeared in 2010, 2014, and 2018. This reissue updates the book's design and presentation; the content of the 52 works remains unchanged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePhysical Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: 190 × 253 mm. Binding: hardcover bound in blue-silver cloth with charcoal grey endpapers. 80 pages comprising 52 works. Housed in a black patterned sleeve case. Approximate weight: 450 g. Series: Pan-Exotica. ISBN: 978-4-309-92276-8. Manufactured in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYamamoto developed the Ukiyo-e Pop style before refining it into what he terms Heisei Decadence — a practice that draws on the formal vocabulary of classical Japanese printmaking and directs it toward baroque bodily imagery, grotesque and arabesque structures, and an atmosphere of sustained aesthetic excess. \u003cem\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/em\u003e represents a culmination of his Heisei Aestheticism: the 52 works gathered here extend the subjects and visual logics of his earlier collections, pressing further into the territory of decadence that defines his mature output. Yamamoto is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society. His illustration work spans aesthetic, fantasy, erotic, and historical novel publishing, as well as book cover design and advertising.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCopy Note\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned and autographed by the artist. Housed in the original black patterned sleeve case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eProduction Credits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook design: Milky Isobe, Studio Parabolica. Layout: Kanon Myokoin, Danuta Łącka, and Harumi Abe, Studio Parabolica. Editing: Kenichi Kawai. Translation: Don Kenny. Publication coordination: Mayumi Kubota and Azusa Nakai, Upright. Production supervision: Kenichi Takagi. Manufactured in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTakato Yamamoto was born in 1960. Working across illustration, book cover art, and advertising, he developed and refined a visual mode he termed Ukiyo-e Pop, later extending it into what he calls the Heisei Decadence style — a synthesis of traditional Japanese woodblock print aesthetics with arabesque-grotesque ornament, decadent figuration, and dreamlike horror. 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Publisher: Kenichi Kawai \/ Editions Treville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePhysical Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe New Black Edition is presented in a \u003cstrong\u003eblack patterned sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e (slipcase) enclosing a \u003cstrong\u003eblue-silver cloth hardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e with charcoal-grey endpapers. The object has a quiet material weight — approximately 450 g — consistent with its position in the Pan-Exotica series. Format: hardcover with slipcase, approximately 190 × 253 mm, 80 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBibliographic Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist \/ Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e Takato Yamamoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBook design:\u003c\/strong\u003e Milky Isobe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLayout:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harumi Abe and Kanon Myokoin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTranslation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Don Kenny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduction coordination:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mayumi Kubota\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kenichi Kawai \/ Editions Treville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pan-Exotica\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-4-309-92268-3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eC-code:\u003c\/strong\u003e C0071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with slipcase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e approx. 190 × 253 mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese, with English translation by Don Kenny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial release:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24 October 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023 New Black Edition — 25th anniversary reissue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e was born in 1960. He developed the \u003cstrong\u003eUkiyo-e Pop\u003c\/strong\u003e style and refined it into what he terms \u003cstrong\u003eHeisei Decadence\u003c\/strong\u003e — a mode of illustration that draws on the formal vocabulary of classical Japanese woodblock printing and redirects it toward aesthetic, erotic, and fantastical subject matter. His work spans illustration for literary fiction, book cover art, and advertising. He is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOther Works by Takato Yamamoto at Lokator100\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAltar of Narcissus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAllure of Pharmakon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003eTale of a Castle Keep\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther titles published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e and a wider selection of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e are available in the catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54652708782426,"sku":"YAMAMOTO-DIVERTIMENTO-NBE","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition-cover.jpg?v=1787907132"},{"product_id":"rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition","title":"Rib of a Hermaphrodite — Takato Yamamoto (New Black Edition)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite — ヘルマフロディトゥスの肋骨\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 2023 New Black Edition of \u003cem\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/em\u003e (ヘルマフロディトゥスの肋骨) by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e. This copy is signed by the artist inside the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Copy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe New Black Edition is distinguished by a black cardboard slipcase and a shimmery gray cover, differentiating it visually from earlier printings. The signature appears inside the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally compiled and published in 2008, the book was reissued in 2021 and again in 2023 as the New Black Edition — issued in the context of the 25th anniversary of Yamamoto's publishing relationship with Editions Treville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContent\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/em\u003e is Yamamoto's fifth collection of visual works. The book gathers vampire imagery, bondage figures, and androgynous subjects. The publisher notes the inclusion of a plate involving a collaborative figure. The content is presented without narrative framing — the images stand as autonomous works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Editions Treville\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023 (colophon: 31 December 2023; retail release: 25 December 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-4-309-92274-4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e B5 \/ 189 × 253 mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover with cardboard slipcase\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese (translation: Don Kenny)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 450 g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook design:\u003c\/strong\u003e Milky Isobe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLayout:\u003c\/strong\u003e Harumi Abe and Kanon Myokoin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kenichi Kawai\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication coordination:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mayumi Kubota\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManufactured in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1960, Takato Yamamoto developed the Ukiyo-e Pop style into what he terms Heisei Decadence — a mode of illustration applied to aesthetic, fantasy, erotic, and historical novels, as well as cover art and advertising. He is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society. His work is held across a range of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eartist publications\u003c\/a\u003e in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOther Works by Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAltar of Narcissus — New Black Edition\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eDivertimento for a Martyr — New Black Edition\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAllure of Pharmakon — New Black Edition\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eCoffin of a Chimera — New Black Edition\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003eTale of a Castle Keep\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54652722381146,"sku":"YAMAMOTO-RIB-NBE-2023","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition-cover.jpg?v=1788626346"},{"product_id":"altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition","title":"Altar of Narcissus — Takato Yamamoto (New Black Edition)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAltar of Narcissus — Takato Yamamoto, New Black Edition (2023)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAltar of Narcissus\u003c\/em\u003e (ナルシスの祭壇) is the second collection of works by Japanese artist \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e, originally published in 2002. This copy is the 2023 New Black Edition, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e as part of the Pan-Exotica series. The copy is signed by the artist inside the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout This Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2023 New Black Edition is a genuine expanded and redesigned reissue. Eight additional plates were added, bringing the page count to 80 from 72 in the 2007 and 2019 editions. The physical presentation was redesigned: the book is enclosed in a black patterned sleeve and bound in a blue-silver cloth hardcover with charcoal-grey endpapers. This edition marks the 25th anniversary of the work. The official retail release date was 16 August 2023; the colophon date reads 31 August 2023. ISBN: 978-4-309-92265-2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContent and Artistic Context\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection draws on Japanese aesthetic traditions, fin-de-siècle symbolism, and decadent eroticism, combining grotesque and arabesque imagery with idealised male and female figures. The works are principally reproduced artworks presented with titles, captions, and publication material in both Japanese and English. Yamamoto's characteristic mode — the Heisei Decadence style — positions the body as a site of desire, mortality, and ornamental excess, indebted to Ukiyo-e conventions while departing from them toward a more overtly symbolist and erotic register.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePhysical Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: hardcover with black patterned sleeve. Size: 189 × 253 mm. Pages: 80. Weight: approximately 450 g. Series: Pan-Exotica. Language: Japanese \/ English. Publisher: Editions Treville. Year: 2023. ISBN: 978-4-309-92265-2. Book design: Milky Isobe. Manufactured in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEdition History\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe copyright page records four editions: 2002 (first), 2007, 2019, and 2023 (current New Black Edition).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTakato Yamamoto was born in 1960. He developed the Ukiyo-e Pop approach into a distinctive mode he terms Heisei Decadence, producing illustrations for aesthetic, fantasy, erotic, and historical novels, as well as book cover art and advertising work. He is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society. Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue in the shop, or explore the broader \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOther Works by Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eDivertimento for a Martyr\u003c\/a\u003e — New Black Edition\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/a\u003e — New Black Edition\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAllure of Pharmakon\u003c\/a\u003e — New Black Edition\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/a\u003e — New Black Edition\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003eTale of a Castle Keep\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54652726477146,"sku":"ALTAR-NARCISSUS-NBE-2023","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition-front-cover.jpg?v=1788626240"},{"product_id":"necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto","title":"Necrophantasmagoria Vanitas — Takato Yamamoto","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas — Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eネクロファンタスマゴリア ヴァニタス\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the third printing, dated 30 June 2024, of the expanded and newly designed edition first issued on 31 July 2015 by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e. The 2024 date refers solely to the print run; the expanded edition itself dates from 2015. This copy is \u003cstrong\u003esigned inside the front cover\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout this edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original \u003cem\u003eNecrophantasmagoria\u003c\/em\u003e appeared in 2012 as a 96-page volume. The 2015 expanded edition increased the page count to 104 and added material that had not appeared in the standard trade release: the rediscovered underdrawing for \"The Magician,\" previously thought lost; the newly completed painting \"DEATH II\" and its underdrawing; and thirty \"Vanitas\" works originally created for the special limited edition. The book was also given a new dust jacket, a sleek black satin hardcover with silver foil-printed endpapers, and new high-definition printing throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe full contents comprise 17 underdrawings of new paintings, 22 full-colour new paintings, 6 underdrawings of earlier paintings, 6 full-colour earlier paintings, and 32 monochrome new drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1960, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e developed the \"Ukiyo-e Pop\" style into what he later termed \"Heisei Decadence\" — a mode of illustration drawing on Edo-period woodblock aesthetics and recasting them through a sensibility attuned to decay, eroticism, and ornamental violence. He has produced illustrations for aesthetic, fantasy, erotic, and historical novels, as well as book cover art and commercial commissions. He is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOther works by Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003eTale of a Castle Keep\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAllure of Pharmakon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eDivertimento for a Martyr\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAltar of Narcissus\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther titles are available in our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54652741026138,"sku":"YAMAMOTO-NECROPHANTASMAGORIA-VANITAS","price":52.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto-cover.jpg?v=1788626005"},{"product_id":"nosferatu-takato-yamamoto","title":"NOSFERATU — Takato Yamamoto","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNOSFERATU — Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e's \u003cem\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/em\u003e (ノスフェラトゥ) is a vampire-themed art monograph published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e in 2018. The copy offered here is the regular edition, signed by the artist inside the front cover, and belongs to the second printing dated 30 April 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume gathers 49 full colour paintings, 9 underdrawings, and 3 earlier works, all centred on Yamamoto's characteristic male and female figures rendered as nocturnal vampires — figures seeking one another's blood, eroticism, and life force. An 8-page black-and-white manga is also included. Two essays accompany the paintings: one by manga artist Moto Hagio, one by Yamamoto himself. Book design is credited to Mayumi Kubota and Azusa Nakai (Upright); translation by Don Kenny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/em\u003e was released six years after \u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas\u003c\/a\u003e and twenty years after Yamamoto's debut book \u003cem\u003eScarlet Maniera\u003c\/em\u003e. It represents a sustained engagement with the Dracula mythology, filtered through Yamamoto's Ukiyo-e Pop and Heisei Decadence style — a mode of illustration developed across aesthetic, fantasy, and erotic fiction commissions, and recognised by the International Ukiyo-e Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEdition and printing\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition issued 30 November 2018; second printing issued 30 April 2024. This copy is the second printing of the first edition. Three versions of \u003cem\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/em\u003e were produced: the regular edition (dark red embossed cover, this copy) and a special numbered limited edition of 500 copies (bright red satin embossed cover). This copy is the regular edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSigned copy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA handwritten signature by Takato Yamamoto is present inside the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBibliographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Takato Yamamoto\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e NOSFERATU (ノスフェラトゥ)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Editions Treville\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 30 November 2018\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThis printing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Second printing, 30 April 2024\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-4-309-92159-4\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e A4 (approx. 213 × 300 mm)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover, hollow-back\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e approx. 700 g\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCopy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Signed by the artist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOther works by Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther titles by Takato Yamamoto available in the shop:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAllure of Pharmakon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eDivertimento for a Martyr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAltar of Narcissus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003eTale of a Castle Keep\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the full selection of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e available in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54652941500762,"sku":"NOSFERATU-TY-2024-SIGNED","price":52.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto-cover.jpg?v=1788625916"},{"product_id":"japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto","title":"Japonesthétique — Takato Yamamoto","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJaponesthétique — Takato Yamamoto (ジャポネステティーク)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/em\u003e is an art monograph by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e, collecting over 100 works drawn from his Japanese historical, literary, and theatrical imagery. This is the first printing of the redesigned 2025 edition, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e. Each copy is signed by the artist inside the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title fuses \"Japonisme\" with \"aesthetic\" — a precise description of the book's scope. The works gathered here are all previously unpublished in Yamamoto's earlier monographs. They encompass samurai, oiran, ghosts, oni, geisha, shunga, and imagery drawn from classic Japanese film and literature. The volume also contains a text written by Yamamoto himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThemes and Sources\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe imagery in \u003cem\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/em\u003e derives from illustration and cover work created in connection with novels, plays, and films. Literary sources include the work of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Kyoka Izumi, Kido Okamoto, Seishi Yokomizo, and Fūtarō Yamada. The book also includes homage works connected with illustrator Hikozo Ito and artist Kashō Takabatake, as well as works reflecting the influence of Ukiyo-e master Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. The volume collects Yamamoto's illustrations inspired by or commissioned for these sources; it does not reproduce the complete novels or plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTakato Yamamoto was born in 1960. Working from a foundation in Ukiyo-e, he developed the \"Ukiyo-e Pop\" approach and refined it further into what he terms \"Heisei Decadence\" — a style applied across aesthetic novels, fantasy and erotic fiction, historical literature, book cover design, and advertising illustration. He is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEdition Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first printing of the 2025 (newly designed edition). This edition should be understood as a redesigned reissue, not an augmented one. Page count remains 120. This is the regular edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOther Works by Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther titles by Takato Yamamoto available in the shop:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003eTale of a Castle Keep\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAllure of Pharmakon\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eDivertimento for a Martyr\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAltar of Narcissus\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e selection, or explore the broader \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54653028991322,"sku":"JAPONESTHETIQUE-TY-2025","price":52.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/japonesth-tique-takato-yamamoto-cover.jpg?v=1788625898"},{"product_id":"allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition","title":"Allure of Pharmakon — Takato Yamamoto (New Black Edition)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAllure of Pharmakon — ファルマコンの蠱惑\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllure of Pharmakon\u003c\/em\u003e (ファルマコンの蠱惑) is Takato Yamamoto's third collection of illustrations, first published in 2004 by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e and reissued in 2023 as the New Black Edition to mark the 25th anniversary of the Pan-Exotica series. This copy is signed by the artist inside the front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book gathers work from a period that represents the consolidation of Yamamoto's mature visual language — the arabesque-grotesque imagery, androgynous and ambiguous figures, dreamlike horror, and densely layered decadent ornament that define his Heisei Decadence style, itself an evolution of the Ukiyo-e Pop lineage he developed through the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKey works include \u003cem\u003eVanilla\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWith Hesitation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNight Ditch\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMakeup of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e, which move between fantasy and an atmosphere of unresolved dread. \u003cem\u003eThe Magus\u003c\/em\u003e is devoted to symbolist imagery. The centrepiece is \u003cem\u003eDoll's Mound\u003c\/em\u003e, a composition built around ball-jointed dolls that stands as one of the most cited works of this period in Yamamoto's output.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eEdition Notes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2023 New Black Edition is a redesigned reissue of the 2004 original. Physical changes include a black patterned sleeve, a blue-silver cloth cover, and charcoal grey endpapers. The content is unchanged — this is not an expanded edition. The colophon date is 31 August 2023; the official retail release date was 16 August 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTakato Yamamoto was born in 1960. Working across illustration, book cover art, and advertising, he developed and refined a visual mode he termed Ukiyo-e Pop, later extending it into what he calls the Heisei Decadence style — a synthesis of traditional Japanese woodblock print aesthetics with arabesque-grotesque ornament, decadent figuration, and dreamlike horror. He has produced illustrations for aesthetic, fantasy, erotic, and historical novels, and is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOther Works by Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFurther titles by Takato Yamamoto available at Lokator100, including other volumes in the New Black Edition series:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/altar-of-narcissus-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eAltar of Narcissus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/divertimento-for-a-martyr-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eDivertimento for a Martyr\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/rib-of-a-hermaphrodite-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eRib of a Hermaphrodite\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/coffin-of-a-chimera-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition\"\u003eCoffin of a Chimera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/tale-of-a-castle-keep-takato-yamamoto-aquirax-uno\"\u003eTale of a Castle Keep\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/japonesthetique-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eJaponesthétique\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nosferatu-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNOSFERATU\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/necrophantasmagoria-vanitas-takato-yamamoto\"\u003eNecrophantasmagoria Vanitas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eDispatch\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDispatched from Germany, next business day, tracked shipping, carefully packed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Éditions Treville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54653251551578,"sku":"YAMAMOTO-PHARMAKON-NBE","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/allure-of-pharmakon-takato-yamamoto-new-black-edition-front-cover.jpg?v=1788626223"},{"product_id":"vanitas-toru-kamei","title":"VANITAS — Toru Kamei","description":"\u003ch2\u003eVANITAS — Toru Kamei\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToru Kamei's first monograph, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e in 2009. First edition, first printing. This copy is signed by the artist. Priced at 80 EUR.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume reproduces Kamei's paintings and drawings across 108 pages in B4 format, bound in hardcover with a paper dust jacket and printed by Toppan Printing Company. The work operates within a vanitas and symbolist framework — paintings of still life charged with mortality, self-nudes, and portraits that draw on the iconographic tradition of transience. The reproductions are accompanied by an artist portrait and short biographies in both Japanese and English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour critical essays form a substantial part of the book. Hisako Koike contributes \"Mnemosyne — The Kingdom of Memory\"; Midori Matsui, Philippe Codognet, and Yasuhide Shimbata each contribute additional texts. All essays appear in bilingual Japanese–English format. Translations are by Brian Amstutz and Hajime Fukuda. The volume was edited by Kenichi Kawai and designed by Chutte.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a bilingual art monograph with critical apparatus — not a text-free or primarily visual publication. As part of the broader \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue, it sits within a tradition of Japanese fine-art publishing that takes both image and critical text seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Toru Kamei\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToru Kamei (b. 1976) is a Tokyo-based oil painter. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Nihon University College of Art. Solo exhibitions include presentations at Gallery Naruyama (Tokyo, 2006–2010), AISHONANZUKA (Hong Kong, 2013), and Roentgenwerke (Tokyo, 2017). Group exhibition credits include Busan Biennale 2010 and Art Basel Hong Kong 2014. 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