Nobuyoshi Araki is a unique and prolific Japanese photographer well known for a wide latitude of work ranging from a sentimental book of photos with his wife who died at an early age to fine art nudes to outright pornographic material. In this book he documented the Tokyo sex industry in the early 80's and absolutely nothing is held back or censored (unlike domestic Japanese releases of books which censor photos of genitalia.) This book is not fine-art models but rather black and white photographs of the places, people and acts happening inside of Tokyo's sex establishments. At the time it was done this book might have been interpreted as pornographic material, but now decades later it stands as an amazing documentary of time and place only known in detail to the natives of Tokyo from that era. This is especially true because the Japanese sex industry is to this day closed off to foreigners. The 80's was a boom time in Japan where the economy was growing dramatically and people had plenty of money to spend on lavish pleasures. Japan's high stress and rigid society infused with this newfound wealth drove the sex industry into creative overdrive and produced something unique documented here that might not ever be seen again. If you're interested in history, the 80's, social evolution, or just having your erotic senses tickled this book is a great choice. The paper and printing quality is of the book is good. Unlike Araki's contemporaries such as Moriyama Daido who had a very loose "wabisabi" style, Araki's photos are focused and well exposed. There are a few pages of text in English and German in the beginning with the vast majority of the book being solid pages of hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of photographs. This book is a great addition to any collector of Araki's works or a collector of important and unique Japanese photographer works.Read full review
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It’s FULL of fascinating photos of an era never repeated it’s like. Like Woodstock before it, Tokyo Lucky Hole was lightning in a bottle. It only happens once a few generations. And this book captures it.
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Lots of photos and a very well put together book all. Well worth the cost!
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very good photos, and the story behind the photos our great.
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The truth is I just found this book by pure accident while I was looking for another book from Robert Baer ( which is completely irrelevant to this one) Having said that , I googled the Author and found it very impressing. So based on what I learned of his biography I sure suggest this book and will order one myself. He published 350 books I hope this will give some explanation to the book lovers
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Well worth the purchase.
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Boring, don’t see any pretty girls.
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Great quality！
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AWESOME BOOK.
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