The Map (Signed Limited Edition)

Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2005. Fine in clothbound boards, and photo-illustrated slipcase.. Limited Edition. Tall octavo. Hand-numbered as 283 of 500 copies; SIGNED by Kawada in Kanji to final page. Reissue of this Japanese classic, published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the of Hiroshima bombing. Comprised of 190 pages of 2-page gatefolds, fully-illustrated with full-bleed black-and-white plates. Kawada explores—though iron scraps, Lucky Strike boxes, Coca-Cola bottles, and other indicators—the process of overall transformation and recovery in postwar Japan. Includes booklet with text by Kawada, in both Japanese and English. (First Ed in Parr / Badger, v1, 286-287 and Roth 174-177).