{"product_id":"terayama-shuji-throw-away-your-books-rally-in-the-streets-yokoo-tadanori-haga-shoten-1972-2-vol-set","title":"Shuji Terayama  Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets  Yokoo Tadanori. Haga Shoten 1972. 2-vol. Set.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Terayama Shuji (寺山修司)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVol. 1 — 「書を捧てよ、町へ出よう」 (Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets):\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrations by Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVol. 2 — 「続 書を捧てよ町へ出よう」 (Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets — Continued):\u003c\/strong\u003e Design, layout \u0026amp; illustrations by Mishima Noritou (三嵪典東). Photography: Tatsuki Yoshihiro (立木義浩), Kanda Masayoshi (勘田正義). Cooperation: ATG (日本アートシアターギルド)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Haga Shoten (芳賀書店), Tokyo — Kanda Jinbocho 2-7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1972 (Showa 47). Vol. 2: Printed March 25; Published April 7, 1972. (First edition of Vol. 1: 1967)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2-volume complete set. Softcover. Full-colour covers. Fully illustrated throughout with photographs, collage, and original artwork.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[OVERVIEW]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original edition of \u003cem\u003eThrow Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Haga Shoten in 1967 — the year Terayama Shuji founded Tenjō Sajiki, his legendary underground theatre company. By 1972, when these volumes were issued, the book had become a generational manifesto: the text that told a postwar Japanese youth to abandon the passive consumption of culture and enter the street, the city, the body, the world. The 1972 Haga Shoten editions — Vol. 1 redesigned by Yokoo Tadanori, Vol. 2 newly issued with design by Mishima Noritou — represent what is likely the final standalone hardcover publication of these texts before they entered the paperback and collected-works editions that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 is a Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則) production. The cover — a black-and-white sunburst radiating from a giant painted mouth with a cigarette, the lips rendered in shocking pink — is one of the most recognizable images in the history of Japanese graphic design. Yokoo, by 1972, was already internationally recognized — his posters had been exhibited at MoMA — and his work for Terayama represents the fullest expression of their shared aesthetic: erotic, political, carnivalesque. Volume 2 is designed by Mishima Noritou, with the cooperation of ATG. The endpapers — a cyanotype-blue photomontage of a red sun over dark water facing a crowd of identical suited men — are among the most politically charged book design elements of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[IMPORTANT NOTE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: EASY AI TRANSLATION]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the text is printed in Japanese, you can easily read and study this historic book using modern smartphone AI tools. By taking a photo of any page with your smartphone and using free apps like Google Lens, ChatGPT, or Google Translate, the embedded AI will instantly scan and translate the text on your screen layout. Language is no longer a barrier to owning and enjoying this rare piece of cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[WHY THIS VOLUME IS A PRIZED COLLECTOR'S ITEM]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBoth Volumes Together — An Exceptionally Rare Complete Set:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 of the 1972 Haga Shoten edition are each difficult to find individually. Finding them together, in matching condition, is another matter entirely. Each volume was designed by a different artist — Yokoo Tadanori on Vol. 1, Mishima Noritou on Vol. 2 — and each circulated separately in the market. A complete 2-volume set in this condition is, quite simply, the thing collectors wait for.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYokoo Tadanori Cover Design:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yokoo Tadanori (横尾忠則, b. 1936) is Japan's most internationally celebrated graphic designer — the artist whose posters were acquired by MoMA. The Vol. 1 cover is a canonical Yokoo image, actively collected by design institutions and private collectors worldwide.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTerayama Shuji at the Peak:\u003c\/strong\u003e Published in the same year as his ATG film of the same title, these volumes document Terayama (寺山修司, 1935–1983) at the precise moment when his influence on Japanese culture — theatre, film, poetry, performance — was at its widest. His work commands serious collector attention across Japan, Europe, and North America.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLikely the Final Standalone Edition:\u003c\/strong\u003e After 1972, these texts moved into paperback and collected-works formats. This is in all likelihood the last time they were published as individually designed objects — the last version in which the book was treated as a work of art in its own right.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[CONDITION]\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery Good Vintage Condition — Complete 2-Volume Set\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVol. 1 Cover:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good. The Yokoo Tadanori sunburst-and-lips cover retains full graphic impact. Light age-toning to edges consistent with 54 years.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVol. 2 Cover:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good. The Mishima Noritou photomontage cover bright and clean. Light wear to spine ends.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBindings:\u003c\/strong\u003e Both tight and fully intact.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInteriors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Both Very Good. Clean throughout. No writing, no stamps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease carefully inspect all high-resolution listing photos to verify condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"shady2grove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65662026187101,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1082\/5888\/5981\/files\/IMG_8986_7808fcdc-07d4-4ca6-a4fc-5b3ad285b3a3.jpg?v=1787460136","url":"https:\/\/shady2grove.com\/products\/terayama-shuji-throw-away-your-books-rally-in-the-streets-yokoo-tadanori-haga-shoten-1972-2-vol-set","provider":"shady2grove","version":"1.0","type":"link"}