Visions of Japan: Tomatsu Shomei, First Publishing, 1998, HC, NF.

Toshiharu, Ito, and Tomatsu Shomei. Kyoto: Korinsha Press, 1998.

English, First Publishing, Near Fine, HC, 8vo, 8 1/2" x 8 1/2", Unpaginated. 

ISBN: 4771328315

Black cloth over board, stamped white lettering to front panel and spine, minor outward bend to front board, otherwise, superior copy inside and out, with only the most minimal, unobtrusive wear to bindings, text-block and endpapers. Very Good green pictorial dust jacket, featuring two color photographs by Japanese photographer, Shomei Tomatsu (1930-2012) to front and back panels, black lettering to front, back, and spine, minor wear to edges, tips, head, and tail, otherwise, clean and intact. Protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Unpaginated. Includes an essay by Ito Toshiharu, full-color Plates of Shomei's environmental photographic series "Plastics 1987-1989" taken on Kujikurihama (Kujūkuri Beach), Chronology, Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions, and list of artworks A-U. Published as a part of the book series "Visions of Japan." From the back panel: "Shomei's images look just like glaciers, forests, deserts, and coves, but are bits of plastic drifting in the sea that have mingled with the carcasses of sea turtles, driftwood, seaweed, and seashells and washed ashore, drawing mysterious patterns on a glittering canvas of golden sand."