tamotsu yato (19 résultats)

hardcover. Etat : Fair. Some wear on the corners and edges including a small part of the dust jacket that is torn. Clean pages with no markings. The image in this listing is stock photo for reference. Actual item may differ. Any queries, just ask for photos. Your satisfaction matters!Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.Ships same day in most cases!

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First US edition, first printing. A fine oversized clean tight unmarked copy, full of beautifully produced full page matte photographs throughout. Original dust jacket is not price clipped, showing the original price of $12.50 but is clipped to bottom flap corner, it has light edgewear and a couple short closed tears, the longest being approximately an inch in length. The photographer Yato also produced the classic Young Samurai. Naked Festival is a translation of Hadaka matsuri. Uncommon especially in this condition.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. Photographs by Sterling Smith, Malcolm Bullock, Tamotsu Yato, Doug Kirkland, Designed by Robert Geissmann (illustrateur). 1st Edition. 8x11 softcover book is companion to the 20th Century Fox 1970 movie. 36-page book filled with informative text of historical information concerning the attack on Pearl Harbor. Amazing illustrations as well as photographs of the historical event and the actual filming. Also includes two pages of photographs of the cast of the film with their roles notes as well as their professional names. This is a great item for the film buff or history buff.

Hardcover. First US Edition. Quarto, x, 75 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine brick red with white and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Exterior shows slight wear including mild age toning, light soiling and minor chips to the head/tail edges. Slight age toning to the interior dust jacket. Boards have very slight wear including light wear to the edges and mild tilt to the spine. Text block has mild wear including age toning to the edges. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated. First US edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Office on the Back Shelf. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire about rates. 1396617. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine in a Good jacket with small chips at top spine and top back. 1st Printing.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book is in very good\fine condition, but is missing dust cover.

Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. Yato's Young Samurai features 140 captivating black-and-white gravure photos "of over 50 of Japan's most perfectly developed young men", showcasing their rigorous training routines and various bodybuilding poses. A self-taught photographer, Yato is considered the pioneer of Japanese homoerotic photography and he has left an indelible mark in the field of contemporary photography. 4to, bound in original black and brown cloth with a large debossed Japanese character on front board and gilt lettered title on spine. In original dust jacket preserved in a clear sleeve. Slight lean to spine and minor fading to top of boards. Pages are clean and crisp. Binding is tight. Dust jacket has minor chipping at tail of spine and at corners. A beautiful copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. .

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First American Edition. This is a fine hardcover first edition copy in a mylar protected DJ that has a small closed nip at the spine top, 7.50 flap price, brown spine. Photos on request.

Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. Yato's Naked Festival is a 175-page photo-essay containing 145 vivid photographs of the traditional Japanese festival known as Hadaka Matsuri. Yato showcases their participants, typically only wearing loincloths, taking part in various rituals aimed at bringing good fortune and purification. The festival includes physical contests and activities that foster a spirit of camaraderie. Yato's photography captures the ancestral significance of "agricultural and fertility rites as old as the remote ancestors of this ancient race" giving readers an up-close look at this beautifully meaningful and culturally rich celebration. In addition to the stunning photographs, Naked Festival includes an introduction entitled "On Nakedness and Shame" by one of Japan's most renowned authors and poets, Yukio Mishima, one of Yato's closest friends. The book also includes three essays written by Tatsuo Hagiwara, Mutsuro Takahashi and Kozo Yamaji, each of which provide more detail on the significance and evolution of naked festivals. 4to, bound in original bright red cloth spine with silver-lettered title and author, with photographic boards. In original dust jacket. Slight bumping to corners. Small dent at top edge of front board and small stain on top of text block. Faint soil mark at bottom of half-title page. Binding is tight and textblock is clean and crisp. Dust jacket has some closed tears and chipping at head and tail of spine, chipping to all corners with some rubbing and shelf/edgewear on both panels. Small closed tear on back flap. Overall, a Very Good+ copy in a Very Good+ dust jacket. .

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. A sharp copy of the First Edition in a bright and attractive jacket missing a 1" triangular chip from the front panel. ; 75 pages.

Hard Cover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First American Edition. This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear to the top of the spine, which is also a bit sunned. Completely clean. Introduction by Yukio Mishima. Black & white photogravure photographs by Tamotsu Yato. Commentaries on the photographs by Yato. Short Guide to the Naked Festivals of Japan from January through December. 12" high X 9" wide, 177 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($12.50 price intact). Published by Walker/Weatherhill, 1969. Folio. Red cloth boards stamped in silver with photographic endpapers. Book is very good; with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Toning and light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear, edge wear, and small tears. A very good, very scarce copy of this photo essay by Tamotsu Yato with an introduction by Yukio Mishima. 175 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. An expressive photo-essay by Tamotsu Yato about Hadaka Matsuri, a very old festival that is held all over Japan in summer. It is called naked because the participants are wearing almost nothing. Tamotsu Yato (1928-1973) was a Japanese photographer who is famous for being a pioneer of the homoerotic photography in Japan. The text is written by his friend, the legendary Japanese writer Yukio Mishima (1925-1970). Rare. Text in Japanese. In 4to. 30,5x22,7cm. 10+165 pp. 1370 grams. Monochrome photobook. Hard cover. Edges scratched. Cloth spine. Original slip case in near fine condition. Lacking dust jacket. Extra shipping charges may be applied due to weight and size of the item.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. G/G. Jacket in mylar. Jacket edge worn, front endpaper removed.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Published by John Wetherhill, Inc. , Tokyo, Japan. 1966. X, 75 pgs. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Signed and inscribed by Yukio Mishima on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (chip present to the crown of the spine). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 140 photographic studies of over 50 of Japan's most perfectly developed young men - Young men who in their single-minded devotion to a rigorous training regimen might even be called Japan's new breed of samurai. To quote from the accompanying essays, these studies do indeed "raise physique photography to the level of photographic art" and, for the first time, show the Japanese male physique "in all its strength and beauty of symmetry, in all its splendor and melancholy and, yes, its poetry"; they are studies which, like the explosive appearance of Toshiro MIfune upon the cinema screens of the world, will lead to a drastic revision of the popular view of the Japanese male as a "drooping, speckled figure of a small man with a frail body wrapped in Western dress. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 75 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. First US edition, first printing. A fine clean tight unmarked copy in original price clipped dust jacket with a few short closed tears and tiny chips to spine. A gorgeous production in publisher's two tone embossed cloth with bright gilt titled spine. Dozens of beautiful photographs in gravure. Now uncommon.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First English edition; preceding the much more common Grove Press edition. Photographs by Tamotsu Yato; Introduction by Yukio Mishima; Essay by Hitoshi Tamari; Edited by Keizo Aizawa. 4to. Frontispiece photograph. x, 75 pp. Bound in black and in brown cloths with Japanese character boldly stamped in black front cover. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. Translated from the original Japanese, with slight adaptations to make them clear to the Western reader, by M. Weatherby and Paul T. Konya. INSCRIBED in English by Mishima: "To Yutaka (Kosaihira) with the best wishes of Yukio Mishima April 69." Kosaihira is one of the bodybuilders photographed in the volume. This is a fine book in a price clipped very good plus DJ with several small edge chips/tears top. Mishima's signature has become very scarce on the market in recent years. Inscribed by Author(s).

Cloth. Etat : Very Good with no dust jacket. first American edition. B/w photos; Square 8vo ; Introduction by Yukio Mishima. Photographs by Tamotsu Yato. Illustrated with handsome gravures of bodybuilders, including Mishima. Dust jacket water stains most prominent on backside. Raises physique photography to the level of photographic art. Unmarked, no writing .

Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good+. Tamotsu Yato (illustrateur). First U.S. Edition. Black and brown buckram boards with debossed Japanese characters to front board; gilt particulars to spine. Pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. Photogravure plates throughout. Also published in Japanese under the title Taido (Way of the Body). Essay by Hitoshi Tamari; edited by Keizo Aizawa. Translated by M. Weatherby and Paul T. Konya. Dust jacket states: "140 photographic studies in gravure of over 50 of Japan's most perfectly developed young men--young men who in their single-minded devotion to a rigorous training regimen might even be called Japan's new breed of samurai." No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Small closed tears and minor losses to dust jacket (see image). 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.