1953 Book Editorial note
Beautifully Bound
Original title: 美しき縛しめ
Also known as Utsukushiki Imashime
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The first volume of a Japanese bondage photo-book series, published in July 1953. Its handmade album format alternates mounted photographs by Tsukamoto Tetsuzo with printed captions; Minomura Kou supplies the rope work and Kawabata Tanako models.
Editorial note
The album makes the collaboration between rope artist, photographer and model especially visible. Its mounted-photo format also differs from the magazine-style volumes that followed.
People & projects
- Kayama Shigeru 賀山茂 editor
- Minomura Kou rope artist
- Tsukamoto Tetsuzo 塚本鉄三 photographer
- Kawabata Tanako 川端多奈子 model and subject
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