TOSHIO SAEKI - BANSHOU KAIKI

TOSHIO SAEKI
BANSHOU KAIKI

Published & distributed by JIU XIANG JU BOOKS GALLERY, 2019
Pages 114
Book size 23.3 × 30.5 cm
Hard cover with slip case
offset with pantone colors
Limited 1500 copies
Numbered and with ex-libris of Toshio Saeki's stamp

Jiu Xiang Ju Books is a prestigious antiquarian bookshop in Taipei since late 1970s. They have been friends with Mr Toshio Saeki in his later years, and have organized Saeki's solo exhibition first time in Taiwan in 2016.

In 2019, Saeki did another solo exhibition in JXJ Books Gallery, and published this major book Banshou Kaiki. This time, he returned to his very first book Toshio Saeki Gashu, self-published in 1970 in limited 500 copies, and colored the whole series for the first time - Taking the name “Banshou Kaiki”, meaning all majestic and myriad things return. Mr Saeki passed away in late 2019, aged 74. This coloring over half a century, has become the final re-touch of his life.

Each book of Banshou Kaiki is numbered, and comes with an ex-libris with Saeki's stamp.

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Jiu Xiang Ju Books has been a prestigious antiquarian bookstore in Taipei since the late 1970s. They were friends with Mr. Toshio Saeki in his later years, and organized Saeki's solo exhibition for the first time in Taiwan in 2016. .

In 2019, Saeki held another solo exhibition at JXJ Books Gallery and published this major book, Banshou Kaiki. This time, he returned to his very first book Toshio Saeki Gashu, self-published in 1970 in a limited edition of 500 copies, and colored the entire series for the first time - Taking the name "Banshou Kaiki", meaning all majestic and myriad things return. Mr. Saeki passed away in late 2019, at the age of 74. This coloring over half a century has become the final touch of his life.

Each Banshou Kaiki book is numbered and accompanied by a bookplate bearing Saeki's stamp.