Naohiro Harada
Tokyo Fishgraphs | 2020

Book

Editor, designer and publisher of Japanese artist and photographer Naohiro Harada’s limited edition photo-book Tokyo Fishgraphs | 2020.

Naohiro Harada is the recipient of the 2022 Libraryman Award.

Naohiro Harada’s series is an attempt to explore the origin of the eccentricity of Japanese visual culture through the usage of traditional methods by composing a fictional documentary for the audienceless 2020 Olympics, which was postponed due to the restrictions of the pandemic.

During this phantasmal time, Harada decided to convert the strange experience into a series of contemporary Mitate-e, i.e. a genre term within Japanese art that witfully plays with allusions, puns, and gaps in what we understand, by depicting and parodying historical and traditional events.

The book contains 32 ukiyo-e prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (b. 1797, d. 1858, Japanese) and a preface written by the author.

22,8 cm x 26,1 cm (9” x 10.3”). 80 pages. 70 color plates. Offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Blind embossing on spine and back cover, with authentic tip-in image on front cover. Dustcover in offset, with typography on spine, back cover and flaps in black foil. Blue headband. Special edition of 30 copies, numbered, with signed original print. Choice of 3 prints — 10 copies of each print.

Published by Libraryman, 2022.