The Park

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Title

The Park
2169.ERO.YOSHIYUKI

Description

For his notorious Park photos, taken at night in Tokyo’s Shinjuku, Yoyogi and Aoyama parks during the 1970s, Kohei Yoshiyuki used a 35mm camera, infrared film and flash to capture a secret community of lovers and voyeurs. His pictures document the people who gathered in these parks at night for clandestine trysts, as well as the many spectators lurking in the bushes who watched—and sometimes participated in—these couplings. With their raw, snapshot-like quality, these images not only uncover the hidden sexual exploits of their subjects, both same-sex and heterosexual, but they also serve as a chronicle of a Japan we rarely see. This newly designed, comprehensive edition of Kohei Yoshiyuki: The Park brings this collectible classic back into print with eight never-before-seen images, as well as documentation of the Japanese zines that predated the 2007 Hatje Cantz/Yossi Milo edition.

Creator

Kohei Yoshiyuki

Publisher

Radius

Date

2019

Format

Hardback

Photobook Item Type Metadata

Dimensions

32 x 28 cm

Number of Pages

158

ISBN

9781942185482

Where to buy

https://bookshop.thephotographersgallery.org.uk/products/kohei-yoshiyuki-the-park-2019-edition

Collection

Citation

Super User, “The Park ,” Photobook Cafe Photobook Collection, accessed July 7, 2026, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/2169.

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