Yomei 10 Nen Photobook

On 23/03/202224/03/2022 By Nill NewtIn PhotobooksLeave a comment

The Yomei 10 Nen photobook was published on March 2, 2022. 96 pages, quality paper, over 200 pics, this nice collectable item is available from several online stores for 2200 yens (about $18): Amazon Japan.

Trabzon Selection

On 20/08/202110/10/2021 By Nill NewtIn 2014-2018, PhotobooksLeave a comment

Shot in Turkey and marketed as ‘Nana Komatsu First Photo Collection‘ the Trabzon photobook was released on March 1, 2016. The 92 pages book offered 43 pictures of the young actress and model as well as shots of various places with locals.

Copies are still available for about $20 from several online stores like Amazon Japan or CD Japan. Just below is a limited selection of scans from ‘Trabzon’. Photographs by Keita Goto.

Wonderland 2011

On 25/05/202108/10/2021 By Nill NewtIn Before Kanako, PhotobooksLeave a comment

In 2011, 15-year-old Komatsu Nana had been working as a teen model since she was 12. She often appeared in girl magazines such as Jill, Haco or Spoon. She also shot a couple of music videos for J-pop bands Radwimps and Plenty as well as the short musical film called Shabondama. That year she became a brand model for Samansa Mos (SM2-Can Shop)

Details: ‘Wonderland’ by SM2 – Winter Collection 2011 – 50 pages – Dimensions: 21.5 cm x 15.2 cm – Photograph: Takashi Sagisaka. This small catalog is now a rather hard-to-find item but from time to time used copies surface on Amazon Japan, Mercari or Yahoo Japan ! Auctions

Phaeton-Leto Photobook

On 13/04/2020 By Nill NewtIn Fashion, PhotobooksLeave a comment

In April 2019, Phaeton/Leto shop, based in Kanazawa, published Photobook Volume #4, available for customers who bought at least ¥10,000 worth of merchandise. The luxury booklet included two photoshoots, one indoor session and one outdoors. All photographs by Kazuki Nagayama, the male model was Kojiro Ito.

See more: pics without captions, Stone Island series

Yuki no Kuni Photobook

On 03/08/201928/05/2022 By Nill NewtIn PhotobooksLeave a comment

Released in October 2014 by Parco Publishing, this photobook offered texts by famous Japanese poet Tanigawa Shuntaro illustrated by photographs taken by Tsukao back in winter 2012 (more detailed info in Japanese on Tsukaoblog). It includes over 50 shots of the young model, who was 16 at the time of the session, many of them are full page shots. Below is a selection of scans.