Rare first edition of Bibouchou (美貌帖) by celebrated Japanese painter and illustrator Kuniyoshi Kaneko. Unlike a conventional art book, this volume serves as a personal memoir and visual autobiography, exploring the origins of Kaneko’s unique aesthetic world through paintings, design work, stage productions, fashion, literature, cinema, music and ballet. Kaneko is internationally known for his distinctive decadent and theatrical imagery and for his long association with figures such as Tatsuhiko Shibusawa and the Japanese avant-garde art scene. This copy includes: First edition (2005) Original obi band Hand-signed by Kuniyoshi Kaneko on the portrait page Hardcover edition Richly illustrated throughout A desirable collector’s item for admirers of Japanese illustration, surrealism, decadence, stage design and postwar Japanese visual culture. Please see photographs for condition details.