Kazuo Kitai

Which art books, prints and posters are available by and about this artist? Here is a sample of items of interest to a typical collector:

Teikoh / Resistance
Book images

The shape of an LP, this is the first book by Japanese photographer Kazuo Kitai, documenting Zengakuren student protests at the Yokosuka Naval Base in 1964. Interestingly, several blurred and grainy pictures would seem to presage the work of the Provoke photographers. According to Kitai, both Daido Moriyama and Takuma Nakahira - the founders of Provoke - were huge admirers of the book. Moriyama in fact instructed his students to buy this book.

Murai-sha
1965
with:
Edition:
1st
Edition size:
Signed by Kitai in Kanjis.
Out of Print
Other edition(s):
No items found.
No items found.
by
Takuma Nakahira

Takuma Nakahira

This reprint does not include texts by Takahiko Okada due to copyright reasons.

Nitesha
2018
with:
Daido Moriyama, Yutaka Takanashi, Koji Taki, Takahido Okada
Edition:
2nd facsimile reprint.
Edition size:
Out of Print
Prior edition(s):
Originally published in 1968. First facsimile produced by Steidl in 2001.
Condition: Fine
2018

Nitesha

Out of Print
Signed
Edition:
2nd facsimile reprint.
Prior edition(s):
Originally published in 1968. First facsimile produced by Steidl in 2001.
3 softcovers + translation leaflet in English and Japanese
Condition:
Condition: Fine
by
Collective

Collective

Steidl & Le Bal
2016
with:
Edition:
1st
Edition size:
Out of Print
Prior edition(s):
Condition: Near Fine

Kazuo Kitai, born in China in 1944, is best known for his protest photography of the 1960s and 1970s. His first book Teikoh/Resistance, published in 1964 was instrumental for other both Daido Moriyama and Takuma Nakahira - the founders of Provoke.
He earned the prestigious Ihei Kimura Memorial Award for Photography for his work “Mura-e”, a year-long documentation of Japan’s rural life. In the 1980s, he concerned himself with the citizens of Osaka and Tokyo (”Shinsekai Monogatari”, “Funabashi Monogatari”). Recent years have seen him publish a regular column in Nippon Camera magazine (”Walking with Leica”) as well as a rise of public interest in his work both in Japan and overseas.