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ASAI Shimpei. Winds (1981)



ASAI Shimpei. WINDS. Kaze no e-hagaki (Wind Postcards / Cartes postales du vent). Tokyo : Sanrio, 1981. E.O., premier tirage / First edition & printing.OUT OF STOCK

Description — In-4° (30 x 23 x 3 cm), (270) p., 1,7 kg.
Reliure toile, jaquette ill., emboitage, photographies couleurs. Légendes en anglais. Inséré : livret in-8° (18 x 13 cm) de 16 p. en japonais, textes de KAWAMOTO Saburo, TANIKAWA Koichi, HIRAOKA Masaaki, TOKIWA Shimpei.
Cloth binding, pict. dj, slipcase, color pictures. Captions in English.
Laid in : 16-page in-8° booklet (18 x 13 cm) in Japanese, texts by KAWAMOTO Saburo, TANIKAWA Koichi, HIRAOKA Masaaki, TOKIWA Shimpei.

État / Condition — Good (slipcase: partly sunned, rubbing; otherwise VG).
Bon (étui : insolé en partie, épidermures ; sinon TB).

Remarques & avis / ReviewWinds is the spiritual predecessor of the splendid Shadow (1986) — here too, Shinpei ASAI as a world traveller, with a magical sense of details and colors. A beautiful photobook.

Winds est le prédécesseur spirituel du splendide Shadow (1986) : ici aussi, ASAI Shimpei en grand voyageur, avec un sens magique du détail et de la couleur. Très beau livre-photo.

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