This is a portrait both of an individual and of an organization. The individual is the Japanese admiral who, as architect of the Pearl Harbor raid and commander of the Combined Fleet throughout the first part of World War II, is one of the most widely known of Japanese wartime leaders. The organization is the Japanese Imperial Navy, whose "gentlemanly" traditions and outlook co...(展开全部)

Inspired by Japan's evocative Shunga woodblock prints, this young Japanese painter and illustrator has created a world of stunning erotica and seduction. Genderless bodies can be found intertwined in scenes cloaked in brilliant colors and executed to perfection. Yamamoto's first publication is filled with a troubling beauty that addresses not only Japan's historical pillow book...(展开全部)

Following his first show in Paris in 1981, Yamamoto became an instant success and has risen to the ranks of the world's top designers. This volume explores his pioneering approach to fashion - his loose, unstructured garments which have become a striking alternative to Western style.

Since the early ’80s, Yohji Yamamoto’s groundbreaking silhouettes and innovative design aesthetic have propelled him to the highest rank of the international avant-garde. Distinguished by his anti-fashion approach, Yamamoto changed the face of contemporary fashion, radically transforming it with asymmetrical and highly conceptual designs partly inspired by the techniques of tr...(展开全部)

Inspired by Japan's evocative Shunga woodblock prints, this young Japanese painter and illustrator has created a world of stunning erotica and seduction. Genderless bodies can be found intertwined in scenes cloaked in brilliant colors and executed to perfection. Yamamoto's first publication is filled with a troubling beauty that addresses not only Japan's historical pillow book...(展开全部)

Following his first show in Paris in 1981, Yamamoto became an instant success and has risen to the ranks of the world's top designers. This volume explores his pioneering approach to fashion - his loose, unstructured garments which have become a striking alternative to Western style.

Yohji Yamamoto: The fashion designer who redesigned fashion As one of the most mentally rigorous designers working in fashion, Yohji Yamamoto creates garments that can be intellectual—sometimes even difficult—yet always beautiful. Yohji’s free-spirited world is explored here via i-D magazine’s archives starting back in the 1980s, including his adoration for women and the female...(展开全部)

Yohji Yamamoto: The fashion designer who redesigned fashion As one of the most mentally rigorous designers working in fashion, Yohji Yamamoto creates garments that can be intellectual—sometimes even difficult—yet always beautiful. Yohji’s free-spirited world is explored here via i-D magazine’s archives starting back in the 1980s, including his adoration for women and the female...(展开全部)

At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised. In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of Ameri...(展开全部)