Yoshitomo Nara Book

Authoritative monograph on Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara, covering more than three decades of his work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics.

Written by art historian Yeewan Koon with texts by Yoshitomo Nara; 330 pages; published by Phaidon; includes recent works across multiple media; dimensions 29 cm x 25 cm.

Material

Hardcover

Gender

male

Age Group

adult

Condition

new

Category

Media > Books > Print Books

01

Product

Hardcover book shown front-facing with a full-bleed illustrated portrait of a stylized child on a yellow cloth cover. Lower-left front shows an embossed publisher name.

• Overall formatSquare hardcover book shown face-on with visible spine at left and top/bottom cover edges; cover image fills nearly the entire front face.
  1 region

  x 0.06 · y 0.06 · w 0.88 · h 0.88 (high)
• Cover materialCloth-textured hardcover surface visible across cover and spine, with a fine woven texture and slight surface grain.
  2 regions

  x 0.06 · y 0.06 · w 0.08 · h 0.88 (medium); x 0.06 · y 0.06 · w 0.88 · h 0.88 (medium)
• Front artwork - faceLarge stylized child face centered on cover with pale peach-pink skin, minimal nose and small horizontal mouth, occupying the central upper two-thirds of the cover.
  1 region

  x 0.20 · y 0.18 · w 0.60 · h 0.50 (high)
• Front artwork - hairStraight shoulder-length hair framing the face, rendered in muted reddish-brown tones with subtle darker spots and painterly texture.
  1 region

  x 0.20 · y 0.28 · w 0.60 · h 0.40 (high)
• Eyes detailTwo almond-shaped eyes with green and yellow tones and faint darker pupils, set wide apart and slightly upturned.
  1 region

  x 0.30 · y 0.26 · w 0.40 · h 0.12 (high)
• Neck and shirt areaLower portion shows a short neck and a darker muted olive-green shirt or torso shape beneath the face, softly blended into the background.
  1 region

  x 0.28 · y 0.56 · w 0.44 · h 0.28 (high)
• Publisher embossing“Embossed word PHAIDON appears at the lower-left of the front cover, matching the cover color but visible via embossing shadow.”
  1 region

  x 0.09 · y 0.79 · w 0.20 · h 0.10 (high)

Other

Product photographed on a neutral light gray background with soft shadow beneath; image is front-facing, centered, well lit with slight vignette shadow under the book.

• Shot compositionCentered top-down front-facing product shot with the book occupying most of the frame and even spacing around edges.
• Background and surfaceSmooth light gray background with a soft drop shadow beneath the book toward the lower edge, indicating studio lighting from above.
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  x 0.00 · y 0.70 · w 1.00 · h 0.30 (high)
• Image qualitySharp, high-resolution photograph with visible canvas texture on cover and minimal noise.

Colors

mustard yellow· cover backgroundpale peach· facemuted reddish brown· hairgreen-yellow· eyesmuted olive green· shirt/torso

02

Product

An open hardcover book shown flat with two visible pages: a full-page illustration on the left and a dense column of body text on the right. The book's fore-edge and spine edges show a yellow cloth cover.

• Open book orientationHardcover book shown open and lying flat with both left and right pages visible and the spine at the horizontal center of the image.
• Left-page artworkLarge square illustration occupying most of the left page; composition includes a stylized childlike face with a red hood set against a dark textured black background and a red arching title at the top.
  1 region

  x 0.07 · y 0.28 · w 0.42 · h 0.49 (high)
• Left-page legible captionSmall caption text centered beneath the illustration on the left page, set in a narrow horizontal block near the lower margin of the left page.
  1 region

  x 0.10 · y 0.77 · w 0.22 · h 0.05 (medium)
• Right-page body textRight page dominated by a dense, multi-paragraph column of black serif body text arranged in a single column with consistent margins and a larger top margin.
  1 region

  x 0.52 · y 0.28 · w 0.38 · h 0.52 (high)
• Right-page small captionSmall caption or page number text near the lower inner margin of the right page, set in a narrow horizontal area adjacent to the gutter.
  1 region

  x 0.62 · y 0.78 · w 0.12 · h 0.04 (medium)
• Gutter and spineVisible central gutter with a thin vertical shadow where the pages meet; the book lies flat so the gutter is shallow and the sewn or glued spine is not pronounced.
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  x 0.48 · y 0.32 · w 0.04 · h 0.50 (high)
• Fore-edge clothYellow cloth or hardcover visible at the top and right outer edge of the book, forming a narrow colored border outside the page block.
  2 regions

  x 0.93 · y 0.28 · w 0.04 · h 0.44 (high); x 0.09 · y 0.26 · w 0.02 · h 0.45 (medium)
• Paper color and finishInterior pages appear off-white with a matte finish; pages show slight shadowing near the gutter.
• Artwork title text“PYROMANIAC”
  1 region

  x 0.11 · y 0.30 · w 0.36 · h 0.12 (high)
• Small legible left-page caption text“The Star Club, Pyromaniac”
  1 region

  x 0.14 · y 0.79 · w 0.18 · h 0.03 (medium)

Other

Product photographed on a pale neutral background with soft even lighting and minimal shadows; image is center-composed and shows the entire book within the frame.

• Background and stagingBook is photographed on a light gray or off-white seamless background with no visible props.
• Framing and cropBook centered horizontally and vertically with generous negative space around it; full spread visible and not cropped.
• Lighting and shadowSoft diffuse lighting with a subtle shadow beneath the book and slight vignette from the studio setup.

Colors

textured black· illustration backgroundmuted red· illustration hood and arch title areapale peach· illustration faceolive green· illustration eyesoff-white· page papermustard yellow· cover cloth edge