Published by Bijutsu Shuppansha - 122 pages - 25,5 x 26,8 cm
First edition. Signed. With many newspaper articles about the book and Cho Hyonchi (korean and japanese text). Hardcover photobook. In good condition.
Hyonchi Cho - Tokyo - 1966
Published by Bijutsu Shuppansha - 122 pages - 25,5 x 26,8 cm
First edition. Signed. With many newspaper articles about the book and Cho Hyonchi (korean and japanese text). Hardcover photobook. In good condition.
Published by Bijutsu Shuppansha - 122 pages - 25,5 x 26,8 cm
First edition. Signed. With many newspaper articles about the book and Cho Hyonchi (korean and japanese text). Hardcover photobook. In good condition.
Tokyo by Hyonchi Cho, self-published in 1966 by Bijutsu Shuppansha, is a rare 122-page hardcover photobook capturing the restless spirit of mid-1960s Tokyo. Through gritty, high-contrast black-and-white gravure images, Cho’s candid street photography portrays anxious youth and urban chaos in commercial districts, reflecting Japan’s post-war boom. Influenced by William Klein, its fragmented, mosaic-like layouts and poetic epigraph—“I participated”—evoke alienation and immersion. A cult classic, it’s celebrated for its raw, avant-garde vision of a city in flux.
Tokyo by Hyonchi Cho, self-published in 1966 by Bijutsu Shuppansha, is a rare 122-page hardcover photobook capturing the restless spirit of mid-1960s Tokyo. Through gritty, high-contrast black-and-white gravure images, Cho’s candid street photography portrays anxious youth and urban chaos in commercial districts, reflecting Japan’s post-war boom. Influenced by William Klein, its fragmented, mosaic-like layouts and poetic epigraph—“I participated”—evoke alienation and immersion. A cult classic, it’s celebrated for its raw, avant-garde vision of a city in flux.
- Artist:
- Hyonchi Cho
- Artist Nationality:
- Korean
- Publisher:
- Bijutsu Shuppansha
- Country:
- Japan
- Year:
- 1966
- Period:
- 1960s
- Product Type:
- Book
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Edition:
- First Edition
- Printing:
- First Printing
- Genre:
- Photography
- Theme:
- Portrait
- Theme:
- Street Photography
- Theme:
- Provoke style
- Condition:
- Good
- Signed:
- Yes
- Limited Edition:
- No
- Numbered Edition:
- No
- Cited in:
- The Japanese Photobook 1912-1990 by Kaneko Ryuichi and Manfred Heiting