• Toshio Saeki- Banshou Kaiki
  • Toshio Saeki- Banshou Kaiki
  • Toshio Saeki- Banshou Kaiki
  • Toshio Saeki- Banshou Kaiki

    Toshio Saeki- Banshou Kaiki

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    Toshio Saeki
    Banshou Kaiki

    Published & distributed by JIU XIANG JU BOOKS GALLERY, 2019
    Pages 114
    Book size 23.3 × 30.5 cm
    Hardcover with slipcase
    offset with pantone colors
    Limited to 1500 copies
    Numbered and with bookplate of Toshio Saeki's stamp


    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 first solo exhibition 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 at the end of 2019, at the age of 74. This coloring over half a century became the final touch-up of his life.

    Each Banshou Kaiki book is numbered and comes with a bookplate bearing Saeki's stamp.