Tokyo: Self-published (1971). First Edition. Square quarto. 1000 copies printed. Araki is now a major celebrity, but when this book was self-published in 1971, he was a total unknown. A photo diary of Araki's honeymoon, including an image of a gravestone that eerily foreshadows a later book chronicling his wife's death. All the elements that make Araki a world class photographer are on full display here: the juxtaposition of the erotic and the banal, the expressionless beauty of modern Japanese life, the unadorned image, reduced to its bare necessity. Sentimental Journey is one of the most important Japanese photobooks ever published. After hundreds of books and significant fame, it remains most Araki's best and most influential work. (Parr / Badger 295, Roth 206-207, Open Book 268-269; Auer 527). A little foxing to the covers and some page edges; light overall wear; a thoroughly very good to almost near fine copy in illustrated wrappers, but lacking the green sheet of text that was tipped-in after publication. (When this sheet is present it is often included in facsimile, but not described as such.)