HOSOE, Eikoh

Embrace

Tokyo: Shashin Hyoronsha Publishing House, 1971. First Edition. Tall quarto. Preface by Yukio Mishima. INSCRIBED by Hosoe in Japanese, dated 1972, and SIGNED in English. A triumph of design and artistic conception, printed in luscious charcoal gravure. Pages slightly wavy, but there is no water damage or even foxing; otherwise a fine copy in a fine jacket, near fine slipcase, lightly soiled with a small dent, complete with the publisher's orange obi, itself a bit soiled, with a few tears repaired by tape at the verso.