Author Description

First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Photographically illustrated stiff wrappers with a 8-3/4-inch photographically illustrated obi (bellyband) around the front cover; no dust jacket as issued; contained in a cardboard slipcase with printed red and white label. Photographs by Miyako Ishiuchi. Text (in English and Japanese) by Miwa Nishikawa. (The book includes an errata slip noting the correct spelling of Nishikawa's name, which is misspelled in the printing.) Includes an index of plates keyed with thumbnail illustrations. Designed by Triboro, Andrew Roth. Unpaginated, with 202 beautifully printed tritone plates. 9-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at Andrew Roth Gallery, New York. This first edition was limited to 1000 copies.