Publications

Essay Published as an Exhibition Poster
Essay by Ari Morimoto, printed on the reverse
Distributed on the closing day of Gathering Matters and Mediations
Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Published by Takehiro Iikawa, May 6, 2026
Designed by Takehiro Iikawa
With the cooperation of Wakuda

Japanese, single sheet printed on both sides, 515 × 728 mm
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Collection of Interviews and Essays
Full title: Decorator Crab—I wonder if you would be able to communicate to someone about the “impulse” that you may feel when encountering the decorator crab《もしあなたが、デコレータークラブとどこかで遭遇したとき、 そこで起きた「衝動」を誰かに伝えることはできるだろうか?》

Published by Takehiro Iikawa, March 31, 2025

Edited by Takehiro Iikawa and Naomi Shibata

Designed by Studio Spass

Translated and proofread by studio epoche and Christopher Stephens

Granted by Toshiaki Ogasawara Memorial Foundation

English, born-digital publication, optimised for smartphone and tablet reading, 222 pages

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Workshop Report
Kids meet 04, a programme for children, July 27–28, 2024

Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

With Japanese Sign Language interpretation

Published by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture,

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery
December 2024

Text and interview by Keiko Kamijo

Edited by Yoko Kawamura

Photography by Kai Maetani

Art direction and design by Kiyoshi Takami

Japanese, 48 pages, 210 × 148 mm

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First Major Monograph
Sendai Mediatheque,  Miyagi, Japan

Published by AKAAKA Art Publishing Inc. and Sendai Mediatheque, March 31, 2024 

Edited by Kenji Kai, Chiaki Tanaka, Keizo Tanji (Sendai Mediatheque), and Shinichi Uchida

Designed by Kiyoshi Takami (view from above)

Japanese and English, 218 pages, 303 × 225 mm

ISBN 978-4-86541-183-6

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Exhibition Catalogue
The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa, Japan

Published by The Hakone Open-Air Museum, February 1, 2023

Edited by Takehiro Iikawa and The Hakone Open-Air Museum (Chihoko Mochizuki and Kakari Seki)
Texts by Kakari Seki and Eriko Kimura
Designed by Studio Spass and Takehiro Iikawa

Japanese and English, 68 pages, 210 × 210 mm
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Artist Talk Published as a Poster
Talk between Yuri Mitsuda and Takehiro Iikawa, printed on the reverse
Art Hall, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa, Japan, November 19, 2022
Published on the occasion of Decorator Crab—Occurring Simultaneously or Awareness Being Delayed

Published by Mijutsu Publishing, Hyogo, Japan, 2023
Designed by Studio Spass and Satoshi Kondo

Japanese, single sheet printed on both sides, 594 × 420 mm
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Museum Quarterly Report
Essay by Kozue Hashimoto on Decorator Crab—Make Space, Use Space, pp. 4–5
Report by Yu Hayashi on the exhibition’s children’s workshop programme, p. 7
Edited and published by Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, July 8, 2022

Japanese, 8 pages, 210 × 297 mm
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Exhibition Catalogue Published as a Poster

Artist talk transcript printed on the reverse

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo, Japan

Published by Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, 2022
Edited by Kozue Hashimoto

Designed by Kenta Shibano

Photography by Takehiro Iikawa

Japanese, single sheet printed on both sides, 594 × 420 mm

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Exhibition Catalogue

Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan

Published by Chiba City Museum of Art, February 25, 2022

Edited by Megumi Hatai

Text by Hiroyuki Hattori

Artist interview written and edited by Tamaki Sugihara

Designed by Tetsuya Goto
Photography by Takafumi Sakanaka and Takehiro Iikawa

Japanese, 16 pages, 257 × 182 mm 

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Essay Published in Museum Newsletter No. 243

The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

Published by The National Museum of Art, Osaka, December 1, 2021
Includes an essay by Takehiro Iikawa

Japanese, 8 pages, 297 × 210 mm
ISSN 2432-2113

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Exhibition Record
Chiba City Museum of Art, Japan

Published by Takehiro Iikawa, September 1, 2021  

Designed by Takehiro Iikawa 

Photography by Takehiro Iikawa
With the permission of Chiba City Museum of Art

Japanese and English, 32 pages, 297 × 210 mm 

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Exhibition Catalogue

Published as part of Takamatsu Art Museum Collection+ “Body and Movement”

Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan, July 23 – October 18, 2020

Published by Takamatsu Art Museum, October 18, 2020

Text by Miki Tachibana

Artist’s text by Takehiro Iikawa

Japanese, 24 pages, 257 × 182 mm

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Exhibition Record
Yokohama Triennale 2020 “Afterglow,” Yokohama Museum of Art and PLOT 48, Kanagawa, Japan

Published by Takehiro Iikawa, September 1, 2020

Designed by Takehiro Iikawa
With the permission of Yokohama Triennale

Japanese and English, 24 pages, 297 × 210 mm 

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Exhibition Catalogue

Amagasaki A-Lab, Hyogo, Japan

Published by Cultural Promotion Division, Amagasaki City, July 31, 2019

Text by Mayumi Hirano

Talks with Osamu Tsukihashi, Sumi Hayashi, Reiko Tsubaki, and Nozomu Ogawa
Edited by Unagi Kojima

Title design by Maki Yoshimura

Designed by Takehiro Iikawa
Photography by Hyogo Mugyuda, Mikuto Tanaka, and Takehiro Iikawa

Japanese, with partial English translation, 64 pages, 210 × 148 mm

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Artist’s Book
English edition
First edition published by BAUBOOKS, September 11, 2018

Text by Mayumi Hirano
Art direction and design by Takehiro Iikawa

English, 86 pages, 148 × 105 mm
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Artist’s Book
First edition published by BAUSHOP, March 15, 2017

Art direction and design by Takehiro Iikawa

English, 28 pages, 148 × 210 mm

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Artist’s Book
Published by Takehiro Iikawa, 2016

Text by Mayumi Hirano

Art direction and design by Takehiro Iikawa

Japanese, 28 pages, 148 × 210 mm

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Artist’s Book

First edition published 2012

Third edition published by BAUSHOP, March 15, 2017

Art direction and design by Takehiro Iikawa

Japanese and English, 28 pages, 182 × 257 mm

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