| Author: | Jodorowsky, Alejandro (Chilean–French, b. 1929) |
| Artist: | Giraud, Jean (Moebius) (French, 1938–2012) |
| Translator: | Masato Hara [原 正人] (Japanese, b. 1974) |
| Place/Date: | Tokyo, 17 August 2013 |
| Publisher: | Asukashinsha Co., Ltd. [株式会社飛鳥新社] |
| Edition: | First printing in Japanese |
| Language: | French; Japanese |
| ISBN: | 978-4-86410-263-6 |
| Price: | ¥2,800 (+ tax) |
Title-page (French, white on grey): Griffes | Moebius | Alexandro Jodorowsky | Traduit par Masato Hara | d’ange ||
Title-page (Japanese): 天使の爪 | 画 メビウス | 作 アレハンドロ・ホドロフスキー | 訳 原 正人 | 飛鳥新社 ||
Description: Hardcover, 370 × 265 mm. Black glossy boards with silver lettering, in a pictorial dust jacket; silver pictorial endpapers. French title-page (preliminary, unpaginated); [2] Japanese title-pages; pp. 3–72, [8]; total 82 pp. Thirty-four full-page illustrations printed on rectos; text and in-text illustrations on versos.
Contents: Graphic narrative Griffes d’ange (Angel Claws). Includes an interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky (“Entretien avec Alejandro Jodorowsky / インタヴュー”). Includes critical essays by Tamaki Saitō [斎藤 環], psychiatrist and critic (“‘Angel Claws’ Does Not Exist”), and Kōsei Ono [小野耕世], critic (on Moebius’s trance-like monochrome imagery and collaboration with Jodorowsky). Essays address eroticism, identity, the beauty/cruelty duality, unconscious imagery, and Moebius’s drawing process.
Imprint: © 2013 Masato Hara. Book design: Jun Kawana (Pri Graphics Inc.). Printing: Kōhō Co., Ltd. Binding: Ōguchi Book Printing Co., Ltd. Original French edition published in 1994 by Les Humanoïdes Associés. Japanese translation rights arranged through Japan UNI Agency Inc., Tokyo. Printed in Japan.
Additional Information
| Collection | Erotica , Illustrated books , Library |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 21 AD , Early 21st century |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | French , Japanese |
| Media/Technique | Wove paper |
| Subject | 21st century , Comics , Erotic books , Erotic fantasy , Erotica , Fantasy , Female sexual identity , French graphic novels , Graphic novel , Identity , Pictorial album , Picture story , Sexual behavior and attitudes , Sexuality , Surrealism , Translations from French , Translations into Japanese , Unconscious imagery |
| Creation / Publishing year | 2013 |
| Edition | First Japanese Edition |
| Binding | Dust jacket , Hardcover , Paper , Pictorial |
| Location | Bookshelf 6.7. |
| Acquisition year | 2026 |
