Japanese Photography

My native language is German, as most of my books. But You can find books in English and other languages as well.

Photography is (yet another) hobby of mine...

When I came first to Japan between 1990-91, there was no idea about digital cameras :)

In those times, many photo books of famous photo artists were sold widely, of any genre. One of the most beautiful genres is landscapes :)

The godfather of all Japanese landscape photo artists was Shinzo Maeda, from whom I even have one book he autographed :)

He used extremely long exposure times (sereval minutes!), and made pictures that a human eye never could see ...

Today, all these kind of photo books are hard to find.

Japanese only!	JCII Photo Salon 100 Years of Tokyo 1999 no ISBN	Tokyo was totally destroyed in WW2 air raids. These pictures show how Tokyo looked like before ...
English - Japanese	Kyoto Shoin Edo Zoshi Images of Ukiyoe now Kanemoto, Nobuo 1987 ISBN 4763630636	After the vorbild of classic Ukiyoe woodcarvings, these are erotic pictures of geishas
Japanese only!	Shogakukan Tokyo Desire Simmons, Ben 2000 ISBN 4096814016	Today, Tokyo is the biggest city in the world, where 30 million people live ...
Japanese only!	Media Factory Novelette Araki Nobuyoshi 1999 ISBN 4889918604	Araki [surname] Nobuyoshi [first name] is one of the most famous photographers of Japan - and one of the most notorious :) In the West he became notorious for his bondage porns ... Say what You want, he depicts any aspect of Japanese life. Here he shows the city of Kyoto, with all the up and down sides.
Japanese only!	Kodansha Dai Nikko 1991 ISBN 4062048884	200 excellent pictures from Nikko. Until 1871, Nikko was the old residence of the Tokugawa shoguns. They were officially worshipped like gods, and thus, the shrines of Nikkos are the most beautiful in whole Japan.
Japanese only!	Kyoto Shoin Kyo Maiko 1987 ISBN 4763630571	Before a woman becomes a geisha, she is a "maiko", a "dancing girl". Very rare now, but geishas and maikos are still there and the tradition is held up in Kyoto. This book shows their education - and it has nothing to do with sex; at all :) Forget about rubbish clichés! Geishas are not prostitutes; the sheer idea is an insult! Geishas perform traditional songs and theatre. They keep up a tradition that would be lost else.
Japanese only!	Taiyou - The Sun Kyo no Hyakusai 1993 no ISBN	Kyoto celebrates many traditional festivals ... I wished I could have seen it by myself. So, again I am a "couch traveller".
Japanese only!	Kyoto Shoin Kyoto Panorama Yamamoto, Kenzou 1989 ISBN 4763631063	Panorama pictures of Kyoto.
Japanese only!	Kodansha Kyoto no Sekai Isan 2001 ISBN 4062115328	"The World Inheritance of Kyoto" from the "A Dream of World Heritage" series.
Japanese only!	Nihon Kamera Sha Nara Yamato-Ji Irie Taikichi 1985 ISBN 4817930098	Before Tokyo, Kyoto was the capital city, and before her, it was Nara, very near to Kyoto. Nara has saved a rich inheritance, that was not destroyed in WW2, luckily. The fire in the background is no blaze nor a vulcano, it is a festival, with giant torches beared down the hills.
Japanese only!	Kumamoto Nichinichi Shinbunsha Kumamoto Jo 1985 no ISBN	The Kumamoto castle in Kyushu is not as beautiful as the famous Himeji, which is due to the fact that it had been destroyed in 1877 at the Satsuma rebellion, against the opening of Japan to foreigners. And then it was rebuilt - in concrete :/ Just the fassade is historized.
German	Könemann Ryokan Fahr-Becker, Gabriele 2005 ISBN 3833112220	Ryokan sind die klassichen Herbergen in Japan. Es gibt immer weniger von ihnen in klassischer Architektur. Aber es geht um mehr als um alte Herbergen ... Ryokan sind ein kleiner Kosmos about sich, wo die klassische Japanese Kultur extrem verdichtet weiter existiert: Architektur, Gartenbau, Gastronomie, traditionelle Feste und das Flair eines antiken Tourismus.
Japanese only!	Boutique Sha Fuukei Shashin 1990 1990 no ISBN	A monthly magazine. "Fuukei Shashin" = "Landscape Photography".
Japanese only!	Yomiuri Shimbunsha Tazunetemitai 2001 ISBN 4643010053	"There is where I want to be". The best pictures from a competition in 2001.
Japanese only!	Erute Shuppan Ko Kai On Jo Iwase, Hidekazu 1990 ISBN 4871990184	"The Spirit of The Sea".
Japanese only!	Joho Senta Shuppan Haha no Kihai Miyajima, Yasuhiko 1990 ISBN 4795804435	"The Atmosphere of Mother [Nature, A.d.Ü]".
Japanese only!	Shogakukan Moonlight Blue Ichikawa, Kenji 1990 ISBN 4096805718	Landscapes at moonlight!!!
Japanese only!	Shogakukan Mori no Tabi Autor 1995 ISBN 4091035132	"A Trip through The Woods"
Japanese only!	Nihon Kamera Sha Nihon no Shiki Midorikawa 1986 ISBN 4817930128	"The Four Seasons of Japan"
Japanese only!	Nihon Kamera Sha Shinshu Azumino Yamamoto, Kenzou 1992 ISBN -	Landscapes around Shinshu, 200 km to the West of Tokyo.
Japanese only!	Graphic Sha Ichi Moku Ichi Hana Maeda, Shinzou 1983 ISBN 47661027789	"Bäume und Gräser" = "A Tree, a Blade of Grass"
Japanese only!	Graphic Sha Yama Kawa Kusa Moku Maeda, Shinzou 1987 ISBN 476610420X	"Mountains, Rivers, Grass and Trees". Original first print, authographed by Shinzo Maeda :)
Japanese only!	Kanna Shobo Inaka Maeda, Shinzou 1997 ISBN 487358079X	"Inaka" = "Rural Japan"
Japanese only!	Nihon Kamera Sha Shiki Sanzui Maeda, Shinzou 1987/95 ISBN 4817930020	"Mountain Rivers through The Seasons".
German	Taschen Oku Mikawa Maeda, Shinzou 1987 ISBN 3822800570	Deutsche Ausgabe des Japanischen Originals.
Japanese only!	Nihon Kamera Sha Shiki Hyakukei Maeda, Shinzou 1985 ISBN 481793008X	"Hundred Landscapes in The Four Seasons".
Japanese only!	Nihon Kamera Sha Shiki Saisai Maeda, Shinzou 1991 ISBN 4817930195	And another "Hundred Landscapes in The Four Seasons".
Japanese only!	Graphic Sha When the Snowgoose Are Gone Burrell, Galen 1989 ISBN 4766105427	When the Snowgoose Are Gone ... then, other animals are still there :) Pictures from California, but in Japanese style, printed in Japan.
Japanese only!	Nihon Shashin Kikaku Subarashii Shizen 1995 no ISBN	"Wunderful Nature", a weekly(!) photo magazine.
Japanese only!	Yama to Keikoku Sha Nihon Rettou Sakura Kikou 2000 no ISBN	"Travel with The Cherry Blossom der Kirschblüte on the Japanese Chain of Islands".
Japanese only!	Jiji Tsushinsha Himalaya Uchida, Ryouhei 1990 ISBN 4788790130	The Himalaya, as seen by a Japanese Photographer.
Japanese only!	Nihon Kamera Sha Fuji San Iijima Shizuo 1985 ISBN 4817930101	The "holy" mount Fuji
Japanese only!	Touhou Shuppan Ka no Kuni Kikou Kinoshita, Yoichi 1995 ISBN 4885914612	"Travel through The Land of Fire". Pictures from Kyushu
Japanese only!	Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbunsha Shin Aso Gen´ei Autor 19xx ISBN -	"New Visions of Mount Aso", from Kyushu.
Japanese only!	Nishinihon Shimbunsha Aso Manzai - A Salute to Aso Uchino Nozomi 1988 ISBN 4816700137	Another reminder of Mount Aso. I was there in 1991.
Japanese only!	Mount Unzen, Fugen and Pinatubo Office 90 1994 phne ISBN	The most dangerous vulcanos of Japan
Japanese only!	PARCO Asa no Hon 1995 ISBN 4891944110	"The Morning Book"
Japanese only!	PARCO Gogo no Hon 1995 ISBN 4891944129	"The Afternoon Book"
Japanese only!	PARCO Yuugure no Hon 1995 ISBN 4891944137	"The Book of Sunsets"
Japanese only!	Korinsha Cloudland Takahashi Kenji 1992 ISBN 4771301247	Clouds and nothing but clouds :)