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SHINOYAMA Kishin. Shinorama Nippon (1989)



SHINOYAMA Kishin. Shinorama Nippon (Shinorama : Japan / Japon). Tokyo : Sekaibunka-sha, 1989. E.O. / First edition.OUT OF STOCK

Description — In-folio (37,5 x 28 x 2,5 cm), 202 p., 2,1 kg.
Cloth binding, pict. dj, obi, full-page color pictures, 48 fold-outs. Preface by Arata ISOZAKI, Comments, "About Shinorama" by Kishin SHINOYAMA, Profile, in English & Japanese.
Reliure toile, jaquette ill., bandeau éditeur, photographies coul. à pleine page, 48 doubles p. dépliantes. Préface par ISOZAKI Arata, Commentaires, "About Shinorama" par SHINOYAMA Kishin, Profil, en anglais et japonais.

État / Condition — Excellent (light wear to slipcase).
Excellent (étui lég. frotté).

Remarques & avis / Review — One of the most impressive and thorough photobooks among Kishin SHINOYAMA's works dealing with Japan : 25 traditional themes, from Japan's representative natural beauties to its arts and crafts, with for each subject two full-page photos, one double-page picture — and one fantastic "shinorama" that unfold on four pages (double gate-fold, more than one meter wide !). The "Shinorama" is not only a tool to produce large panoramas : it is a subtle device of photographic composition (shots are not necessarily simultaneous) that gives a surreal dimension to the great photographs of Japan as seen by the famous photographer, superbly reproduced in a beautiful, oversized volume. A magnificent book.

L'un des SHINOYAMA les plus impressionnants et les plus aboutis concernant le Japon : 25 thèmes traditionnels, des beautés naturelles aux arts et artisanats japonais les plus représentatifs, avec pour chaque sujet deux photographies à pleine page, une photo en double page — et un fantastique "shinorama" qui s'étale sur quatre pages (double dépliant, plus d'un mètre de large !). Le "shinorama" n'est pas uniquement un outil pour produire de grands panoramas : c'est un outil subtil de construction et de montage photographique (le déclenchement des appareils n'étant pas forcément simultané) qui donne une dimension surréelle aux superbes clichés, magnifiquement reproduits dans un très beau volume grand format, du Japon vu par le célèbre photographe japonais. Un magnifique ouvrage.

Divers / Misc. — À la table / Table of contents :

Cherry Blossoms — Ikebana at Nishi Honganji Temple — Wedding Hall Gajo-en — NAKAGAWA Kazumasa : Painting at the Mountains of Hakone — Shinto Festival in Asakusa — Kyoto Teahouse Ichirikitei (Gion) — Japanese-style Restaurant Kitcho (Osaka) — Pleasure Boats (Sumida / Tokyo) — Sand Dunes of Tottori — Movie Actress YOSHINAGA Sayuri at Work — The Noh Theater — Sculptor ISAMU Noguchi — Kabuki Actor BANDO Tamasaburo — The Great Buddha at Todaiji (Nara) — The Bunraku Theater (YOSHIDA Minosuke) — Autumnal Glow (Saimyoji Temple, Kyoto) — Zen at Eiheiji (Zazen, Soto Zen School, Fukui) — Late Autumn Quartet (Shinjuku) — Country Home in Hida (Takayama, Gifu) — Tea Ceremony (Choseian tea pavillion of Kyoto's Horinouchi family / wabi, Omotesenke School) — Potter EIRAKU Zengoro at Work (Kyoto) — At a Hot-Spring Inn (Hoshi-onsen, Gunma / BAISHO Mitsuko) — Theatrics in Snow Country (Toga, Toyama / SCOT, SUZUKI Tadashi) — Ice Flowers (Shiga, Nagano / HIGUCHI Kanako) — Mt Fuji (cover)

























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