With unique, signed Polaroid. Nobuyoshi Araki: Hana Jinsei: The Kahitsukan is a rare limited-edition hardcover photography book published by The Museum of Contemporary Art in Kyoto in 2002. Presented with a slipcase, the book includes an original and unique signed Polaroid photograph by Araki embedded into the front cover, making each copy a distinct collector’s object. 

Inside, the book presents Araki’s flower photographs, a recurring subject in his work and a powerful symbol of beauty, eroticism, transience, life, and death. Published in connection with exhibitions at the Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art and the Tokyo Museum of Photography, the volume contains full-page photographs with text in Japanese and English. Produced in a limited edition of around 1,500 copies, Hana Jinsei is an important collector’s title for fans of Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photography, flower imagery, and rare artist books with original signed Polaroids.

Author: Nobuyoshi Araki

Format: Hardcover with Slipcase

Language: Japanese

Pages: 165 pages

Size: 27.3 × 35 cm / 10.7 × 13.8 in

Published: 2002

Publisher: Kahitsukan Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyoto

Bundle Includes

• Book: Hana Jinsei: The Kahitsukan hardcover artist book
• Unique Polaroid: Original signed Polaroid photograph embedded in the front cover
• Slipcase: Original publisher slipcase

Limited edition of 1500 copies.