Nobuyoshi Araki: Seikimatsu no Shashin is a limited-edition hardcover photography book published by Eyesencia in 2001. The title translates roughly as Photographs from the End of the Century, and the book acts as Araki’s visual response to 1999, the closing year of the 20th century. Produced in an edition of 2,000 copies, the volume contains 216 monochrome offset-printed pages and was issued with a hard case. 

Inside, the book presents Araki’s familiar and intimate photographic universe through images made around 1999–2000. It includes recurring subjects such as kinbaku, nudes, snack-bar customers, abandoned architecture, toys on balconies, his cat Chiro, skies, portraits, snapshots, erotic imagery, and photo-diary scenes. Quiet, direct, and personal, Seikimatsu no Shashin is a strong collector’s title for fans of Nobuyoshi Araki, Japanese photography, photo diaries, and late-20th-century artist books.

Author: Nobuyoshi Araki

Format: Hardcover

Language: Japanese

Pages: 216 pages

Size: 19.5 × 23.5 cm / 7.7 × 9.3 in

Published: 2001

Publisher: Eyesencia / AaT Room