{"title":"Seven-sha","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"document-kouen-document-park-vol-4","title":"Document Kouen (Document Park)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of Document Kouen (Document Park) Vol. 4 by Kohei Yoshiyuki (1980)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMedium format softcover with photographic dust jacket in near fine condition. Light shelf wear around edges and corners of dust jacket and book cover. There are two short closed tears at the top and bottom of dust jacket cover, held together with archival tape. There is a crease across the right side of the front cover, near the spine (see picture 2), and a small crease to the bottom right corner of the back cover. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDue to the matte nature of the cover, some faint scuff marks and finger prints are present. Some age toning to the pages and page block. Otherwise, pages clean and binding firm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e90 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e74 images\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNobuyoshi Araki. Further text from Yoshiyuki, and discussions with Junnosuke Yoshiyuki and Nobuyoshi Araki. Please note these texts are in Japanese.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBhAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eDocument Kouen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e (Document Park)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a decade-long photographic study conducted by Japanese photographer \u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003eKohei Yoshiyuki during the 1970s. \u003c\/span\u003eFocusing on the intersection of public space, intimacy, and surveillance, Yoshiyuki \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003espent nights capturing Tokyo's subterranean park subculture; heterosexual and same-sex couples engaging in clandestine, intimate acts under the cover of darkness in Tokyo's public parks. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003eThe defining element of the project is its focus on the \u003cspan class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003epeeping Toms (\u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003enozoki\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e. The images capture crowds of onlookers creeping out of the bushes, standing inches away from the couples, and sometimes touching them without their awareness.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBhAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e In \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eThe Photobook: A History (Volume II)\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Martin Parr and Gerry Badger praise it as a \u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\"brilliant piece of social documentation, catching perfectly the loneliness, sadness and desperation that so often accompany sexual or human relationships in a big, hard metropolis like Tokyo.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kohei Yoshiyuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58177481015678,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/2593\/1985\/files\/kohei-yoshiyuki-document-kouen-_documentpark_-vol-4-cover.heic?v=1791475410"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.setantabooks.com\/collections\/seven-sha.oembed","provider":"Setanta Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}