Masayuki Yoshinaga Nippon Expensive!

Masayuki Yoshinaga's photo book "Nippon Takaine" is a representative work that vividly captures the lives of Asian people living in Japan. Published in 1999, it had long been difficult to obtain, but has now been re-released as a much-anticipated reprint.

It consists of color photographs and collages depicting the daily lives of people who have come to Japan from various countries such as Thailand, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Mongolia. It portrays the realistic lives of people with different cultures and backgrounds living in the city of Japan. One of the unique features of this book is its distinctive editing, which includes the national anthems of each country in both their native languages and Japanese.

Yoshinaga, who has consistently photographed bosozoku (motorcycle gangs), youth culture, and minorities, maintains a sharp yet somewhat humorous and friendly perspective in this work. This book, which vividly captures the atmosphere of Tokyo in the late 20th century as it rapidly "Asianized," is a document that conveys a cross-section of the era and remains a powerful work.

[Title] Nippon Takaine Nippon Expensive!
[Publisher] Tokyo Kirara-sha
[Publication Date] August 30, 2010 (First Edition)
[Number of Pages] Unpaginated
[Size] Approx. 184*236*16mm / 418g
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese
[Title Reading] NIPPON TAKAINE
[Author/Editor, etc.] Masayuki Yoshinaga/Author, Ichikawa Office/Design, Akira Otera/Editorial Collage, Tomoya Furukawa/Editorial Collage
[Printing] -
[ISBN] 9784309008809
[Condition] Used 【6】Good to Fair (Spine of obi faded/slightly torn, top edge lightly tanned)
[Accessories] Obi
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Masayuki Yoshinaga (Yoshinaga Masayuki) 1964-

Born in Juso, Osaka in 1964. Photographer.
After experiencing various jobs such as newspaper delivery, plastering, and working in the entertainment industry, he pursued photography. After graduating from the evening program at Osaka School of Photography and working at a studio and as an assistant to several photographers, he became independent in 1995.

He consistently photographs people often marginalized in Japanese society, such as bosozoku, kogals, and foreign residents. His close proximity to his subjects and his frank, powerful gaze reveal the true face of contemporary Japan.

His representative works include "Nippon Takaine," "Zoku," "Moshiwake Gozaimasen," and "SENTO."
He has held numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Japan and abroad, earning high acclaim in places like London and New York. He is a photographer who records contemporary Japanese street and subculture.

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