Toki seou [Bearing the Weight of Time].

KAMISAKI (Sunao).

TIME: IN FOURTEEN INFLUENTIAL THINKERS

First edition, 'extra copy', signed. Colour stencil-printed throughout. 233 by 163mm. Orihon binding, original stencil-printed paper covered boards, brown card chitsu folding case with manuscript title slip in ink, scuffing and very small mark to upper board, internally near fine. Unpaginated, [blank], [title page], [28], [blank], [colophon] pp. Osaka, Gohachi, Showa 62 [i.e, 1987.

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KAMISAKI (Sunao).

Toki seou [Bearing the Weight of Time].

Kamisaki's lamentations on time, as expressed through quotes from influential thinkers.

In this title, Kamisaki has selected quotations on the concept of time from fourteen famous people including Longfellow, Sandburg, Balzac, Beethoven, Gissing and Disraeli, among others. The first and last quote is accompanied by an illustration of a clockmaker doll – the first shows the doll from the front, and the last shows the same doll from behind. Between these two moments are twelve quotes next to twelve bookplate designs. This curious book is similar to a book Kamisaki published in the previous year, Toki to ningyo to [Time and Dolls].

In the colophon, the limitation is 42, but Kamisaki has numbered it 'bangai' ('extra copy'/outside limitation), which can be understood as an artist proof copy.

Rare. No copies in OCLC.

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253821

Toki seou [Bearing the Weight of Time].

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