• Front cover of 'Eikoh Hosoe (English edition)' featuring a black-and-white photograph of a dancer
  • Interior page with a photograph of Eikoh Hosoe holding a camera and introductory text about his career
  • Spread with English text and an image from Hosoe's series featuring dual portrait and flower symbolism
  • Double-page black-and-white photograph of birds flying in formation above a crowd
  • Open book showing black and white photographs of a person and a dog in a traditional setting.
  • Powerful black-and-white image of a man raising arms against a dramatic industrial skyline
  • Close-up of muscular arms cradling two small birds in a black-and-white photograph
  • Minimalist black-and-white photograph showing a folded arm and torso composition
  • Photograph of a figure in reeds, paired with an essay by Shuzo Takiguchi on Eikoh Hosoe’s Kamaitachi series.
  • Double-page spread showing a dramatic black-and-white photograph of Tatsumi Hijikata dancing in a field.
  • Close-up black-and-white portrait of Yukio Mishima holding a flower in his mouth, by Eikoh Hosoe.
  • Two surreal photo-collages blending human figures and classical imagery, reflecting Hosoe’s experimental style.
  • Wide-angle photograph of a performer with exaggerated makeup, smiling at the camera on a river.
  • Diptych featuring Butoh dancers in dramatic black-and-white composition with deep shadows and abstract poses.
  • Surreal composition of female figures layered within a stone wall pattern, evoking a dreamlike atmosphere.
  • Black-and-white landscape photograph with inserted cut-outs of dress forms and a seated figure in a meadow.
  • Monochrome image of a performer in traditional Japanese attire holding an umbrella in a dramatic pose.
  • Full-color photograph of the towers of La Sagrada Familia, shot from a low angle against a deep blue sky.
  • Black-and-white photo of Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà façade on the left; color image of sculptural rooftop chimneys from Casa Milà on the right, both captured by Eikoh Hosoe in Barcelona.
  • Back cover of 'Eikoh Hosoe (English edition)' with signature on textured red cloth
  • Spine detail of 'Eikoh Hosoe (English edition)' showing embossed title on red cloth cover
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Eikoh Hosoe Book - English Edition, edited by Yasufumi Nakamori

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A major 2021 MACK monograph on Eikoh Hosoe, this 400-page English edition edited by Yasufumi Nakamori surveys the photographer’s work, collaborations, and role in postwar Japanese photography.

  • Major 2021 monograph on Eikoh Hosoe
  • English edition edited by Yasufumi Nakamori
  • Published by MACK as an embossed hardback
  • 400 pages on postwar Japanese photography
  • Includes major series, collaborations, and critical texts
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About the Book

Eikoh Hosoe book: a major MACK monograph on Japanese photography

This Eikoh Hosoe book is a substantial English-language monograph on one of the defining figures of postwar Japanese photography. Published by MACK in 2021 and edited by Yasufumi Nakamori, it is designed as a primary reference work rather than a compact overview. The scale of the volume and its editorial framing give it the character of a long-term research book as much as a collectible photobook.

The publication brings together Hosoe’s major photographic series while also extending attention to lesser-known collaborative works with writers, critics, dancers, and artists. That broader structure is important. It places Eikoh Hosoe photography within a wider field shaped by literature, performance, film, and visual art, rather than isolating it as a purely photographic practice.

The book also helps position Hosoe historically. It reflects his role not only as an image-maker, but also as a curator, teacher, and organiser within Japanese photography. References to figures such as Daido Moriyama, Yayoi Kusama, Yukio Mishima, and Shuzo Takiguchi make the volume especially useful for readers interested in the networks around post-1945 Japanese art and photobook culture.

Editorial focus and historical context

  • Comprehensive survey of Eikoh Hosoe’s oeuvre
  • Edited in collaboration with Yasufumi Nakamori
  • Includes major series and lesser-known collaborations
  • Contains newly commissioned essays and reprinted key texts
  • Useful for collectors of Japanese photography, photobooks, and artist monographs

Edition details for the Eikoh Hosoe book

  • Artist: Eikoh Hosoe
  • Editor: Yasufumi Nakamori
  • Publisher: MACK
  • Edition: English edition
  • Format: embossed hardback
  • Size: 25 × 32.5 cm
  • Extent: 400 pages
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 978-1-913620-24-0
  • Publication date: September 2021

About the Author

Eikoh Hosoe

Eikoh Hosoe, born in 1933 in Yamagata, is one of the central figures in the history of Japanese photography. Since the mid-1950s, he has worked across image-making, curating, teaching, and institutional development. His practice helped move photography in Japan away from older documentary models and toward a more complex intersection of art, literature, performance, and film.

Hosoe was also deeply involved in the structures around photography. He co-founded Vivo, later helped establish the Photography Workshop, and influenced later generations of photographers, including Daido Moriyama. For that reason, this book is not only an artist monograph. It is also a compact entry point into the wider history of postwar Japanese photography.

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