- “Through striking color‚ emotive gazes and a delicate balance of beauty and violence‚ Araki seduces his viewers’ eyes in order to betray their morals.”
- “Why not knot its cotton strings extra tight‚ invite someone you fancy round for a brew, and watch as they struggle to force it open for a browse of its beautifully printed series of striking geisha portraits.”
- “There is no denying the photographs’ demonstration of Araki’s much-applauded mastery of composition, colour and tone:
at times washed-out and delicate‚ at others bold and striking.” - “Araki defies the strict censorship laws in his native country rather than compromise his vision.”
Araki. Bondage
Edition of 845Japanese binding, three vols. in wooden box, 11.4 x 13.0 in., 19.75 lb, 600 pages2000Edition: English, French, GermanThis edition is sold out. However, occasionally, copies do become available again. Please register on our waiting list so we can inform you if this edition, or anything similar comes up.
Limited Collector’s Edition of 845 copies, each numbered and signed by Nobuyoshi Araki, packaged in a wooden box and hand-bound in the Japanese tradition

Nobuyoshi Araki. Bondage
2000Pleasure principle
Kinbaku-bi, anyone?
This Collector’s Edition is limited to 845 copies, each numbered and signed by Nobuyoshi Araki. It consists of three volumes, enticingly hand-bound in the Japanese tradition and packaged in a wooden box, featuring Araki’s selection of his favorite bondage photos from over his entire career.
Also available in 3 Art Editions, each limited to 50 copies and accompanied by a color photograph
The artist
Nobuyoshi Araki was born in Tokyo in 1940. Given a camera by his father at the ripe age of twelve, Araki has been taking pictures ever since. He studied photography and film at Chiba University and went into commercial photography soon after graduating. In 1970 he created his famous Xeroxed Photo Albums, which he produced in limited editions and sent to friends, art critics, and people selected randomly from the telephone book. Over the years, his bold, unabashed photographs of his private life have been the object of a great deal of controversy and censorship (especially in his native Japan), a fact that has not fazed the artist nor diminished his influence. To date, Araki has published over 400 books of his work.
Araki. Bondage
Edition of 845Japanese binding, three vols. in wooden box, 29 x 33 cm, 8.96 kg, 600 pagesISBN 978-3-8365-1789-8
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