{"product_id":"the-banquet-books-on-books-no-15","title":"The Banquet - Books on Books No. 15","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst Edition, 2012. 136 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook measures 7.25 x 9.75 inches. Black cloth with color photograph of cover of the original publication affixed to front cover. This is the limited edition version from the Errata Editions Books on Books series. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Japan in 1993, Nobuyoshi Araki’s \u003cem\u003eThe Banquet\u003c\/em\u003e (Shokuji) offers a moving tribute to the photographer’s late wife, Yoko, through a photo-diary of the food they shared together in the last months of her life. The book is composed of three related sections: commercial color photographs of meals shot by Araki from 1985 onwards, using a ring flash and a macro lens; a (written) food diary; and black-and-white photographs taken at home, using only available light, a series Araki began after doctors told his wife she had only a month to live. This deeply personal diary of loss is here reprinted in its entirety along with an essay by Ivan Vartanian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNear Fine. A clean copy in tight binding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bendowa Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48000116162734,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/0149\/3166\/files\/Nobuyoshi-Araki-The-Banquet.jpg?v=1781830099","url":"https:\/\/bendowabooks.com\/products\/the-banquet-books-on-books-no-15","provider":"Bendowa Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}