A World of Eikoh Hosoe — 2025 New Edition by Seigensha
First published by Seigensha in 2006, A World of Eikoh Hosoe: Spherical Dualism of Photograph is a single-volume survey of eleven series made across four decades of practice. This 2025 new edition returns the book to print, with pages printed on four different paper stocks — a production decision that allows each body of work to be encountered on its own material terms.
The eleven series gathered here trace the full arc of Eikoh Hosoe's practice: Man and Woman (1961), Ordeal by Roses (1963), Kamaitachi (1969), Embrace (1971), Taka-chan and I (1997), Why, Mother, Why? (2004), Tatsumi Hijikata Butoh Compendium: Scab and Caramel (1989), The Butterfly Dream (2006), Gaudi's Universe (1984), Luna Rossa (2000), and Ukiyo-e Projections (2004). The sequence moves from the charged intimacy of his early collaborations with Tatsumi Hijikata and Yukio Mishima — work centred on the body, desire, and performance, well represented in the Body: Desire, Form & Performance collection — through his later meditations on architecture, myth, and landscape. The range is substantial; the sequencing within the volume holds it together.
The book is published in Japanese. Buyers seeking an English-language introduction to Hosoe's work may wish to consider the Eikoh Hosoe – English Edition published by MACK.
This title is part of the Japanese Photobooks collection. Further titles in Photography & Photobooks are available to browse across the catalogue.
