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Goda Sawako: A Retrospective

Beyond the Lines

Daisuke Tajima

design, crafts, architecture

100 Years of Samiro Yunoki

Joshibi University of Art and Design Samiro Yunoki Exhibition Organization Committee

Picture Books of Kawanabe Kyosai

Kenji Hinohara with editorial supervision by the Ota Memorial Museum of Art

Cats at Every Turn

Machida Naoko

Pitter-Patter

Rikako Yagi and Masumi Ishida (photography)

Crash/Phases

Yukiko Sugiyama

hobby, practical use, guide

Russian Chocolate Wrappers

Akiko Kogano and Igor Smirennyi

News

2022.10.19

2023 catalog

2022.10.12

FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE 2022 – Frankfurt Book Fair

2022.07.20

To Be Bewitched by a Fox <special edition>

2022.01.27

AB / Augmented Books 3.0

2021.10.21

2021 catalog

2021.10.20

FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE 2021 – Frankfurt Book Fair

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📖From our Book Catalog: 'Schoolgirl Complex:

📖From our Book Catalog:

'Schoolgirl Complex: A to Z'
Artist: Yuki Aoyama

Witness the fifteen-year evolution of ‘Schoolgirl Complex,’ a bestselling photo series embodying Aoyama’s reflections on his teenage sensibilities as well as on the symbolism—and traces of individuality—behind schoolgirls with their identical uniforms.
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Photographer Yuki Aoyama first began shooting 'Schoolgirl Complex' in 2006. As an adolescent, he found it difficult to interact with his female classmates or even make eye contact with them—so much so, he says, that today their faces are a blur.

The series was inspired by Aoyama’s reflections on this inferiority complex that defined his youth, and the photos represented Aoyama’s attempt to express these complicated teenage emotions in a refined and symbolic form.
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Size: 172 × 172 × 40 mm
Pages: 512
Binding: hardcover
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#yukiaoyama #SchoolgirlComplexAtoZ #青山裕企 #photograph #japanesephotographer #teenagedays
#seigensha #seigenshaglobal #seigenshaartpublishing #青幻舎

📖From our Book Catalog: 'Asada Studio: Mannen

📖From our Book Catalog:

'Asada Studio: Mannen'
Artist: Masashi Asada

Mannen means “ten thousand years”—a reference to the prayer for perennial happiness expressed in these engaging family portraits, including works inspired by Asada’s baby son on the one
hand, and memorial photos of his aged father on the other.
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In this book, Asada pretends to be the second-generation director of a mom-and-pop photography studio, once again engaging his own family as subject matter.

First up is a series of works inspired by the birth of Asada’s son, Asahi, in which he begins by photographing the infant on a hand-woven tatami mat with good-luck charms from around Japan. Asada next seeks out people he perceives to be bringers of good fortune, and asks them to hold his son while posing; for other photographs, he brings his son to auspicious-seeming places.

The book also includes a throwback to 'Asadake' (The Asadas) with snapshots of Asada’s family pretending to go about daily life in the “Asada Studio,” while another series centering on Asada’s father pushes the boundaries of traditional Japanese memorial portraiture.
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Asada received the prestigious Kimura Ihei Award for his highly acclaimed photobook ‘Asadake’ (The Asadas), which showcases portraits of his family role-playing in staged and often whimsical scenarios.
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Size: 182 × 252 × 9 mm
Pages: 72 + 20-page booklet insert
Binding: softcover
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#masashiasada #mannen #浅田政志 #浅田家 #まんねん #photography #familyphotography #japanesephotographer
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East-West Ukiyoe Snow Scenes of Japan 🗾❄️

East-West Ukiyoe Snow Scenes of Japan 🗾❄️

1. Nijo Horikawa bridge
by Gyokuen Kawabe
from 'Miyako Meisho Hyakkei' [100 Views of Famous Places in Kyoto]

2. Asakusa Kinryūzan (Sensoji temple)
by Hiroshige Utagawa
from 'Meisho-Edo-Hyakkei' [100 Views of Famous Places in Edo (the former name of Tokyo.)]

from our "Le Petit Musée Postcard Books series"

Size: 148 × 105 × 11 mm
Pages: 32 cards
Binding: postcard

#snowscene #snowscape #kyoto #tokyo #edo #ukiyoe #川部玉園 #歌川広重 #雪
#asakusa #sensoji #浅草 #浅草寺 #postcardbook #seigensha #seigenshaglobal #seigenshaartpublishing #青幻舎 #京都

Kyoto Snow Scenes in Ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock p

Kyoto Snow Scenes in Ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock prints from the late Edo period (19th century.) ❄️❄️❄️

1. Nijo Horikawa bridge
by Gyokuen Kawabe

2. Snow dawn at Ginkaku temple
by Hokusui Utagawa

from our 'Miyako Meisho Hyakkei - Le Petit Musée Postcard Books series'

Size: 148 × 105 × 11 mm
Pages: 32 cards
Binding: postcard

#snowscape #snowscene #kyoto #ukiyoe #川部玉園 #歌川北水 #雪景色 #ginkakuji #銀閣寺 #都名所百景
#seigensha #seigenshaglobal #seigenshaartpublishing #青幻舎 #京都

Happy Lunar New Year! 🐇🧧🏮 The traditiona

Happy Lunar New Year! 🐇🧧🏮

The traditional line drawings of 🐰 pattern
from 'Traditional Japanese Patterns 1'

Hand embroidery techniques introduced to Japan from China and Korea were developed into a tradition of elegance. Every time we look at these wonderful embroidered designs, we marvel anew at the richly intuitive awareness for form and compositional beauty depicted by artists with a sensitive eye for the subtle changes of the seasons and an aesthetic feeling for nature.

The line drawings for embroidery designs collected in this book are categorized by motifs such as seasonal birds and flowers, distinctive circular designs, scrolling flowers and plants, and geometrical patterns. It is an excellent source for designs that can be applied in a variety of art and craft genres!

#LunarNewYear #rabbit #rabbityear #卯年 #chinesezodiac #春節
#traditionalpattern #japanesepattern #文様
#seigensha #seigenshaglobal #seigenshaartpublishing #青幻舎

📖A flip through of 'Boundary' Artist: Uruma Ta

📖A flip through of 'Boundary'

Artist: Uruma Takezawa

"Explore a new frontier with an artist who has crossed the globe."

Throughout his extensive travels, photographer Uruma Takezawa has been a keen observer of boundaries, from international borders to the intangible forces that divide us—racism, religious conflict, political and territorial disputes.
This much-anticipated collection juxtaposes striking images of Icelandic nature with portraits of human life around the globe.

For more information, visit our website at the on IG stories.

#Boundary #UrumaTakezawa
#seigensha #seigenshaglobal #seigenshaartpublishing #青幻舎

📖Quick flip through of 'if-then' Artist: Yukik

📖Quick flip through of 'if-then'

Artist: Yukikazu Ito

"Photographs that document the pursuit of scientific truth and confront us with the question of what we really see when we view photographic images."

Yukikazu Ito first became acquainted with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in May 2019, when the scientific community officially revised the definition of the kilogram for the first time in 130 years, and he was commissioned to do a photo shoot for the historic occasion.

For more information, visit our website at the on IG stories.

#if-then #YukikazuIto
#seigensha #seigenshaglobal #seigenshaartpublishing #青幻舎

🎞Short clip of 'Encyclopedia of Flowers V' Art

🎞Short clip of 'Encyclopedia of Flowers V'

Artists: Azuma Makoto and Shiinoki Shunsuke

"They set out to immortalize the pure beauty of flowers, faithfully and without thought for the self—and found themselves returning to the roots of their series."

This fifth volume in Encyclopedia of Flowers, the series that has been Azuma Makoto and Shiinoki Shunsuke’s consuming passion for more than a decade was produced over a two-year period coinciding with the onset and devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic.

For more information, visit our website at the on IG stories.

#EncyclopediaOfFlowers #ShiinokiShunsuke #AzumaMakoto
#seigensha #seigenshaglobal #seigenshaartpublishing #青幻舎

📖From our Book Catalog: Looking for some new ar

📖From our Book Catalog: Looking for some new art books to add to your 2023 reading list? Visit us at seigensha.com/en to explore the amazing lineup.
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‘Boundary’
Uruma Takezawa
With text by Shuntaro Tanikawa

Explore a new frontier with an artist who has crossed the globe.
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Throughout his extensive travels, photographer Uruma Takezawa has been a keen observer of boundaries, from international borders to the intangible forces that divide us—racism, religious conflict, political and territorial disputes.

This much-anticipated collection, Takezawa’s first in nearly five years, juxtaposes striking images of Icelandic nature with portraits of human life around the globe, and in the process probes our conceptions of the “boundaries” in our world.

304 × 222 × 27 mm 176 pp
hardcover
Japanese / English
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#Boundary #UrumaTakezawa #ShuntaroTanikawa #JapanesePhotographer
#seigensha #seigenshaglobal #seigenshaartpublishing #青幻舎

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