KANSUKE YAMAMOTO COLLECTION

Kansuke Yamamoto, photographer and poet.

CARNET BLEU’s first collection features reproductions of Kansuke Yamamoto’s photographs on clothing, posters and everyday objects. Explore the pieces and the photographs behind them.

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Kansuke Yamamoto — Buddhist Temple’s Birdcage (1940) | Framed lustre photo poster Framed poster featuring Kansuke Yamamoto’s Buddhist Temple’s Birdcage (1940)

PHOTOGRAPHY / FASHION / OBJECTS

A telephone inside a birdcage. A figure with a sailing boat above her head.

Kansuke Yamamoto brought familiar objects together in unexpected ways. CARNET BLEU presents reproductions of his photographs on clothing and everyday objects, offering another way to encounter the work.

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Kansuke Yamamoto — A Chronicle of Drifting (1949) | Oversized heavyweight T-shirt

T-shirts
Kansuke Yamamoto — A Chronicle of Drifting (1949) | Organic heavyweight hoodie

Hoodies
Kansuke Yamamoto — Floating City (1950) | Framed lustre photo poster

Framed posters
Kansuke Yamamoto — Magnifying Glass, rendez-vous (1970) | Organic cotton tote bag

Tote bags
Kansuke Yamamoto — The Silent Scalpel (1963) | White ceramic mug

Mugs

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The photographer

Kansuke Yamamoto (1914–1987)

Based in Nagoya, Kansuke Yamamoto worked as a photographer and poet. In 1938 he founded the surrealist poetry journal Yoru no Funsui. From 1941 he edited CARNET BLEU, the bulletin of the photography group Seidōsha. His work spanned photography, poetry, collage and publishing.

CARNET BLEU makes contemporary products featuring reproductions of Yamamoto’s works. Unless otherwise stated, these are not original photographic prints made by the artist.

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Estimated delivery: usually 10–40 days

Most items are made to order. The usual 10–40-day delivery estimate includes both production and shipping. Times vary by product and destination, and delivery may take longer than 40 days. Please check our shipping and returns information before ordering.

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