Heartbreak Reincarnation by Daisuke Ichiba is a haunting and intimate visual journey that merges tenderness with grotesque fragmentation. Across 56 black-and-white offset-printed pages, Ichiba constructs a surreal psychological landscape of childhood, trauma, and unstable identity. The book features stitched binding, soft cover with dust jacket, and large A4 format. This English edition is limited to 750 copies and published by Hollow Press. Designed by Marco Cirillo Pedri, it stands as a significant work of contemporary underground art.
Daisuke Ichiba (b. 1963, Japan) is a Japanese artist known for his uncompromisingly surreal drawings, blending dreamlike logic, horror imagery, and underground aesthetics. Active since the 1990s, Ichiba has exhibited internationally and remains a vital figure in Japan’s alternative art and comics scene.