“The Golden Age of Japanese Restrained & Tortured Artworks” collects the masters of Japanese kinbaku rope bondage and torture artworks by nine artists. This book shows many extreme artworks by Kou Minomura, Yoko Ozuma, Yoji Muku, Ran Akiyoshi, Hajime Sorayama, Hiroaki Samura, Shoji Oki, Gengoroh Tagame, and Miyabi Kyodo. Each artist has bilingual (JP/EN) introduction text. Includes three JP only essays by Akira Naka, Masakazu Tanaka, and Toshihi Soma.

An exhibition was held at Vanilla Gallery from March 16 to April 9, 2023.

First edition with obi
published in Japan, 2023
number of pages: 336

 

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