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Araki: Tokyo Lucky Hole Paperback – Download: Adobe Reader, April 30, 2012
French Edition
by
Nobuyoshi Araki
(Photographer)
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Welcome to the era of the no-panties coffee shop: Tokyo "entertainment centers" in the early 1980s photographed by Araki It started in 1978 with an ordinary coffee shop near Kyoto whose waitresses famously wore no panties under their miniskirts and see-through pantyhose. As word began to spread, similar establishments popped up across the country. Men lined up outside these cafés waiting to pay three times the usual price for coffee served by a panty-free young woman, hoping to catch a fortuitous glimpse. Within a few years, a new craze took hold: the no-panties "massage" parlor. Competition for customers led these new types of businesses to offer an increasingly bizarre range of services: fondling clients through holes in coffins whilst they lie naked inside playing dead, interiors catering to commuter-train fetishists, young virgin role-playing, etc. Amongst these many destinations was a Tokyo club called Lucky Hole. Here, the premise was ridiculously simple: clients stood on one side of a plywood partition, a hostess on the other; in between them was simply a hole big enough for a certain part of the male anatomy to pass through. Nobuyoshi Araki was a frequent visitor to the sex clubs of Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood, and he photographed them profusely until the golden age of Japan’s sex industry came to a screeching halt in February 1985, with the enactment of the New Amusement Business Control and Improvement Act. In over 800 photos, Tokyo Lucky Hole documents the free-for-all spirit of those clubs via Araki’s lens. Text in English, French, and German
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.
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TASCHEN; Multilingual edition (April 30, 2012) Language
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German, English, French Paperback
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704 pages ISBN-10
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3836536722 ISBN-13
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978-3836536721 Item Weight
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2.71 pounds Dimensions
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5.57 x 1.82 x 7.79 inches
4.4 out of 5 stars
37 ratings
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Araki brings to you a strange and gritty look at Tokyo's red light district.A world that will make you blush,feel sorrow and lust with his stark B&W images.These are photos of real people in their real world jobs and professions and Araki captures it on film.The only reason for 4 stars and not 5 was the size of the book.If you have large hands this book is thick but small and can be akward to hold.
I love this book - my previous copy went astray (someone else may be loving it now), so I wanted another, and am happy now to have a copy to dip into it (ahem) whenever I feel the need for inspiration ;)
This book is very special because it deals with a specific time frame and culture. Very interesting veiw on the Tokyo night life during this time period. Quaily photos with a special eye on sex
Excellent book, fascinating black and white photos by a great photographer. Fun to look through and a THICK volume. Great looking coffee table book too!
5.0 out of 5 stars
The perfect gift
By Joyce Alvarez on March 9, 2021
Dissapointed both by quantity of picture and quality of the books presentation Stay clear of this volume..many better books on the subject readily available
4.0 out of 5 stars
Araki as Araki
Araki has become an international acclaimed photographer due mainly to his explicit and kinky work. Shot in black and white film with ambient and/or on-camera-flash lighting, the photographs in this book, like those of WeeGee's, have that right-into-your-face documentary attitude and honesty. They may offend some readers but they reveal lives in Tokyo's sex industry and define who the photographer is. Most established photographers would rather play the observer role and publish pictures of other people engaging in sexual activities while they themselves are actually part of the game. Araki isn't just behind the camera, he is also his own subject, he doesn't mind to tell you that he loves sex, kinky sex, commercialized sex. His work makes Helmut Newton, the "king of kink", look innocent. No matter how other people judge him, Araki at least is true to himself.
3.0 out of 5 stars
EROTIC PHOTOS MADE IN JAPAN!
LIBRO CONSIGLIATO AI VERI AMANTI DELLE FOTO AMATORIALI, E NELLO SPECIFICO A QUELLE MADE IN JAPAN! NON E' UNA RACCOLTA DI FOTO DI MODELLE E IL LIBRO HA UN FORMATO NON PROPRIO MANEGGEVOLE.........
Pas mal, mais beaucoup de photos approximatives et de nombreuses répétitions. Je m'attendais à des photos érotiques j'ai trouvé des photos pornos !!
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Photos courtesy of Taschen, spreads courtesy of Barry W. Hughes
Artist : Nobuyoshi Araki Title : Tokyo Lucky Hole Publisher : Taschen Year : 2005 BUY
When I first encountered Nobuyoshi Araki’s Tokyo Lucky Hole , my understanding of contemporary photography shifted. I use the word ‘encounter’ because one does not just read or view such a book; it is far more profound than that. If anything, it is the proverbial punch in the eye. Published by Taschen in 2005, this meaty block of a book, much like Araki himself, is a legend.
Until this point I was immersed in the colour photography of Fraser, Tillmans, Shore, Eggleston, Meyerowitz and those that mimicked or continued that aesthetic and philosophy. Their kaleidoscopic endeavours in uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary, their Joycean pondering in colour seemed revolutionary and breathed new life into the banality of modern living. But along came Araki, with all his characteristic charm and unwavering acceptance of the gutter-glory of the big city.
With what is the last word on Tokyo’s pleasure district, Araki pieces together hundreds of pornographic monochrome snapshots from the 1980s, infused with moments of humour, precise poeticism and interjections of questioning scenes. Prostitutes and their pleasure-seeking salary man clients pose for the photographer and his ejaculating flash. They lie or squat while surrounded by mirrored walls, bed sheets, shower water and alcoholic antics. On each visit eyes widen, the pulse fastens and arousal heightens; this is photography as an illicit indulgence and it feels good. With each page too, still more is at hand to provoke through the imagined din of laughter and screams, howls and groans.
The milk-skinned orgies and live sex shows that invade ones brain give way to peaceful pin-up style posturing from the prostitutes in private rooms, and deep within the book there are slow blow-jobs and cocaine fuelled parties as though the bacchanalia will never end and the heaving night is eternal. Tokyo Lucky Hole is a compendium of the grotesque in all it’s unfettered, unashamed and gloriously troublesome deviancy.
The bizarre little figure that Araki cuts, silent yet ever-present in and out of shot, is the ultimate guide with blacked-out eyes and satanic moustache. His Hades-like tour of the damned leads us past cages and bondage, sliding Nuru sirens and suspended sylphs. Karaoke singers with perfected quiffs look longingly into the lens, while outside the cars crawl by on cold unfeeling streets, overlooked by grey towers that belie the bleak servitude of respectability. Tokyo Lucky Hole may appear to be hell for many, but if one were to walk through such a place, there would be no better guide and no better map.
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Written by Aya Ito Thursday 24 May 2018
Embrace your inner 'drainspotter': To discover some of the most unique sights in Tokyo, all you have to do is look down
The Japanese have a knack for elevating even the most mundane things into a work of art. Case in point: the unique, intricately designed manhole covers scattered all over Tokyo and the rest of the country. While most countries make do with generic geometrics when designing lids for their underground drainage systems, Japan has turned the otherwise inconspicuous manhole cover into a form of public art fully deserving of your attention.
Initially conceived by construction ministry employee Yasutake Kameda to generate awareness and grow acceptance of costly upgrades to the central sewerage system in the 1980s, this long-running manhole art project has grown to become an iconic if underappreciated part of Japan’s urban aesthetic. Today, more than 90 percent of municipalities in Japan have their own distinctive manhole designs, usually rooted in local history and culture, and there are over 10,000 different patterns and images across the country.
A number of online communities of manhoru (Japanese for ‘manhole’) fans has grown alongside the project. As well as hunting and documenting manhole covers around the country, manholers, or ‘drainspotters’, often go to the extent of creating takuhon (rubbings) of the designs, either on paper or T-shirts. But you don’t have to embrace sewage-related clothing to gain an appreciation of these elaborate and unique handcrafted artworks. Next time you’re out and about in Tokyo, remember to keep one eye on the pavement – here are some of the best designs to help you lift the lid on one of the city’s most unlikely underground – not quite literally – art scenes…
How did a whale come to grace the manhole covers of a city located 50k from the ocean? The answer can be traced to 1958, when perfectly formed whale fossils dating back 1.6 million years were found in Akishima, and this cover design was created to honour that landmark discovery. From the train station walk towards the city centre to find the most colourful manhole covers.
Contrary to common belief, the man on this manhole cover is not a kabuki performer but a puppet of Hachioji Ningyo, a 160-year-old puppetry company known for its dynamic movements and detailed costumes, which was designated an intangible cultural asset of Tokyo in the 1980s. Since then Hachioji Ningyo has served not only as a traditional symbol but a cultural draw used to lure people to this attractive city in the western part of Tokyo Metropolis.
Tama, a city in the west of Tokyo Metropolis, is home to the Sanrio Puroland theme park, where people from around the world – and by no means exclusively preteen girls – line up for a meet ‘n’ greet with the world’s most iconic mouthless cat before joining her and her feline and non-feline friends for a colourful parade. So putting Hello Kitty on Tama’s manhole covers to turn them into a bonus attraction for visitors makes perfect sense. The city’s official website has a map detailing their locations.
It’s easy to walk over this manhole cover on Shibuya’s bustling Dogenzaka and think nothing of it. At first glance it looks like lots of people running, but it’s actually a puzzle with hidden meanings. The clue lies in the wordplay: Dogenzaka has become ‘Dog-en-saka’, a nod to the faithful dog Hachiko (a dog so loyal it continued waiting for its owner nine years after his death), whose statue is nearby. Look closer and you’ll notice the dogs in between the running men. Clever, eh?
Shin-Koiwa is home to the Sekiguchi Corporation, creators of Monchitchi, an adorable freckled toy monkey with a gingham dress. Although the loveable primate has faded from public life since its 1980s heyday, the town is still promoting itself as the home of the cuddly doll and you’ll find Monchitchi manhole covers across the city – there’s a park named after him and even a bus all decked out in his image.
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