Tokyo, Shaken [self-published], 1969
Shinjuku is a major commercial and administrative centre and was the centre of Japanese avant-garde art and theatre. Oh! Shinjuku presents photographs taken during the large and violent student protests on International AntiWar Day (October 21 1969) with pictures depicting theatre performers, strippers, and pedestrians.
First edition; oblong 4to (187 x 259 mm, 7¼ x 10¼ in); black-and-white photographs printed in offset, light toning to edges, creasing to final leaf; photo-illustrated wrappers printed in grey and black, light wear to extremities, former owner's name to inside lower wrapper, close to near-fine; [102]pp.
The Photobook: A History I, p290; For a New World to Come 281; The Japanese Photobook 305.
First edition; oblong 4to (187 x 259 mm, 7¼ x 10¼ in); black-and-white photographs printed in offset, light toning to edges, creasing to final leaf; photo-illustrated wrappers printed in grey and black, light wear to extremities, former owner's name to inside lower wrapper, close to near-fine; [102]pp.
The Photobook: A History I, p290; For a New World to Come 281; The Japanese Photobook 305.
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