Shashin Tokkyubin Tokyo (Photomail from Tokyo)

First Edition, 1980. 156 pages.

Book measures 7.5 x 10.25 inches. Softcover in dust jacket. Fold-out poster is still attached inside back cover. Lacking the obi. Color and b&w plates throughout. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket showing only minimal wear at top spine, and a touch of sun-fading to spine. Binding is tight. A very well preserved copy of this sought after book by Kitajima. Cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume III.

In 1979, Japanese photographer Keizo Kitajima staged a series of twelve monthly exhibitions at Tokyo's CAMP Gallery. To coincide with the exhibitions he produced twelve monthly magazines. Shashin Tokkyubin Tokyo (Photo-mail from Tokyo) gathers together these images into one volume, interspersed with color work not included in the original series of magazines. The work captures Kitajima's nocturnal wanderings through the underbelly of Tokyo and conveys the frenetic energy of the happenings he organized at the time.