Toshio Saeki - Works - 1971

scarce first edition

Very Good, complete with the original publisher’s slipcase. The softcover book has been carefully preserved and remains in excellent condition. The slipcase displays some light wear from handling and storage, with slight creasing, a few minor knocks along the edges, and gentle discolouration attributable to age

Published in 1971 by Gakugeishorin in Tokyo, Works is the landmark first monograph by Toshio Saeki, presenting the artist’s distinctive visual universe at the outset of his emergence as a defining figure in Japan’s underground graphic culture. The volume brings together his early mature works, establishing the provocative visual language that would make him an icon of ero-guro—the uniquely Japanese aesthetic tradition blending eroticism, the grotesque, and the absurd.

Works remains one of Saeki’s most significant and sought-after publications. Issued before his international cult following took shape, this early monograph offers a compelling insight into the development of an artist whose distinctive imagery has resonated across contemporary illustration and underground publishing.