Minomura Kou: Beautifully Bound

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”美しき縛しめ / Beautifully Bound” (1953) Rope by Minomura Kou, photos by Tesuzo Tsukamoto. Editor Shigeru Kayama. Called ”the first artistic photo album of bondage published in Japan”. Printrun: 500 copies.

Zetsu has a post about this book, recommended reading:
https://fetlife.com/users/93955/posts/1213149

This book is ”number one” on Master K:s shortlist of ”The 10 Greatest Kinbaku Photography Books Ever Published”, check it out here:
http://www.thebeautyofkinbaku.com/kinbakuandartchap2.html

PS I have now added a full scan of all the images in the book, including a translation of all the text to English, and made a Powerpoint. You can access it here: https://kinbakubooks.wordpress.com/2015/01/21/beautifully-bound-1953-a-presentation/

Itoh Seiu: Sketches

seiu cover 4 seiu cover 3 seiu inlaga sketch seiu fold out seiu cover 1 seiu cover 2 伊藤晴雨画集 / Itoh Seiu Gashu Publisher: Shinchosha, 1997 ISBN-13: 978-4107200433

This is the most ambitious collection of Itoh Seiu’s work that I am aware of.

Large format, hardbound book with exclusive paper, in a cloth slipcase enclosed in a cardboard box. Very limited edition, copies numbered by hand (this is number 286)

Itoh Seiu: Seme e no onna (Photographic works)

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Hiroshi Kawaguchi:
責め絵の女
Itoh Seiu – Seme e no onna
ISBN 978-4106024238
Publisher: フォト・ミュゼ (Photo Museum), 1996

This book is included on Master K:s shortlist of ”The 10 Greatest Kinbaku Photography Books Ever Published”, check it out here:
http://www.thebeautyofkinbaku.com/kinbakuandartchap1.html