Tokyo Lucky Hole.
Stock Code 111927
Tokyo, Ohta Shuppan, 1990
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Tokyo Lucky Hole is of one of Araki's best-known books, photographed in and around the sex clubs of the Kabuki-cho area of Tokyo's Shinjuku district, an area which holds a central position in postwar Japanese counter-culture. Araki's images captured the full blooming of this industry just before its curtailment by the New Amusement Business Control Act which came into force on 13
February 1985.
First edition; 8vo (209 x 130 mm, 8¼ x 5 in); black-and-white photographs printed in offset, pages lightly toned due to chosen paper stock, short tear to foot of one page; textured pink endpapers, red printed wrappers with text in red and white, minor shelf wear, pink-toned photo-illustrated dust-jacket with text in white and black, minor shelf wear, spine lightly sunned, foxing on verso, publisher's off-white printed wraparound band, text in pink, lightly toned, nicked and creases, an excellent copy; [ii], 269, [3]pp.
The Photobook: A History I, p307; A Book of Araki Books! 1970-2005 pp.162-7; Self, Life, Death p698.
February 1985.
First edition; 8vo (209 x 130 mm, 8¼ x 5 in); black-and-white photographs printed in offset, pages lightly toned due to chosen paper stock, short tear to foot of one page; textured pink endpapers, red printed wrappers with text in red and white, minor shelf wear, pink-toned photo-illustrated dust-jacket with text in white and black, minor shelf wear, spine lightly sunned, foxing on verso, publisher's off-white printed wraparound band, text in pink, lightly toned, nicked and creases, an excellent copy; [ii], 269, [3]pp.
The Photobook: A History I, p307; A Book of Araki Books! 1970-2005 pp.162-7; Self, Life, Death p698.
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