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Miniature Book Competition Distinguished Award Winner

Caged (2006)
籠込鳥 Caged

Dancing on the Cloud (2007)
雲捕獲記録 Dancing on the Cloud

Tsuki-yo-no Mahiru (2016)
月夜のまひる Tsuki-yo-no Mahiru

Beautiful Book (2021)
美しい本 Beautiful Book

Dogs Cats (2022)
Dogs, Cats, 『犬』,『猫』


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webstoreMiyako Akai's miniature books are available at miniature book STORE.

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memoPublished books:

how to make miniature books
ABCs of Making Miniature Books
ISBN:978-4-309-27546-8

how to make miniature books
The Enjoyable Guide of Making Miniature Books
ISBN:978-4058001677

how to make miniature books
SONOMAMA MAMEHON Book Kits
ISBN:978-4-309-28835-2

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TSUNAGU 2024

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75×55×10mm, two-sided marble paper, traditional binding

am22-3

Mix of Bindings - To Somewhere

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87×137×43mm, 150 years ago woodcut illustsrations and letterpressed original poem

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Time of Day

miniaturebook

3inches, letterpress, carousel book

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CARROLL

Carroll

3inches, drypoint illustrations, letterpressed text, mixed media, 2023.

am21-1

Dogs Cats

Dogs, Cats, 『犬』,『猫』

45×45×6mm, 40 pages, photo book, texts by letterpress, 2022.

am18-6

Beautiful Book

miniaturebook
Collector's Edition

miniaturebook
Normal Edition


Book Size 45mm, 2 colored letterpress, 16 pages including 2 pop ups, 2019

am17-1

Issen Ichibou Monogatari

miniaturebook
12 roll books in the box, text by Taroupho Inagaqui. Letterpress and drypoint. Illustrated and printed by Miyako Akai. Limited to 12 copies. 2017.

miniaturebook
LAST EDITION
is available at FRAGILE BOOKS.


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Encapsulated

artistsbook

Book Size within 3 inches, Japanese paper and sea shells book in a fruit leather box, gild, 25 pages, 2019, 18 copies limited.

am16-2

Ame ni mo Makezu

miniaturebook
Normal Edition


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Special Edition


76×63×5mm, 32 pages, old famous poem in Japanese by Kenji Miyazawa. Illustrated by Miyako Akai. Hand type setted and letterpress printed by Hiroshi Miki (Koyo), 2016.

am12-3

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

leatherbinding
Normal Edition


CollectorsEdition
Collector's Edition


Written by Lewis Carroll, 33 illustrated by Sir John Tenniel, H74×W57×D15mm, 104pages. French goat leather cover, marbled end papers, hand bound in traditional way by Miyako Akai, 2013.

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Making Alice's Adventures in Wonderland miniature book

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MAHO-NIKKI


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Special Edition



bookart
Normal Edition


When you open the case, two books pop up. Miyako Akai's original short story. Hand letterpress written in Japanese, bound with 3 colors strings. alligraphied by Minoru Sasaki with many color-pencils.

am13-3

Small Gift

miniature book in bottle
In glass bottle, message by 3 colors letterpress, in English, guild edge, goat leather ribon, acrylic gouache on the bottle, folded book of 32 pages, 50 copies limited, 2014.

ALL WE NEED IS LOVE AND HOT CHOCOLATE

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One story from 1001 Short Storis

miniaturebook
Book Size H14×W10×D4mm, in a bottle: H41×W25mm. in glass bottle, short story in Japanese with illustrations by letterpresss, blue pig skin cover with silver colored gild, 24 pages, 2015, 50copies limited.

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Letters

doll house book
The First Letter


doll house book
The Second Letter


doll house book
The Third Letter


doll house books
Special Edition


Book height 25mm of doll house size book. 2009 Miniature Book Competition Exhibit. short story in Japanese, calligraphy by Minoru Sasaki, printed in resin letterpress by Hiroshi Miki.


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am8-7

ABCs of Making Miniature Books

how to make miniature books
The book is written by Miyako Akai with many full colored pictures of 10 kinds of book making process. First published in Japan, 2009 by Kawade Shobo Shinsha, in Taiwan 2010.

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Sonomama Mamehon

how to make miniature books
A kit book of 17 miniature books. Published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha.in Japanese

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The Enjoyable Guide of Making Miniature Books

how to make miniature books
2013, regular size book published by Gakken. in Japanese. Electric book is available from 2020.


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Pyon

14mm book in glass bottle, short story in Japanese, 2013

Kohi zo Tsumorite


Book Size H15mm, 18pages, letterpress, 2012

Twinkle, Litter Star

fine press miniature book, 2012


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Album

Japanese antique cloth cover, 24 blank pages for paste photos or labels.

10 years with Mamehon Gachapon - Book Art in 48mm Capsule


32 pages, 2016.

Miyako Akai Kototsubo A Catalogue Raisonne

64pages, 2011


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Original Drawings

Miyako Akai's original drawings for the books.

Letterpress Postcards of Book Motif


illustration ans hand letterpress by Miyako Akai

One Page from Loneliness

Haiku written by Santoka Taneda. Thin Japanese paper and hand cutted paper frame.


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Miyako Akai's Original Stories

7 3/8 by 5 inches, offset printing, texts in Japanese, 2009, 200 copies.

Loneliness


12 pages, text by Santoka Taneda. letterpress and drypoint. Limited to 4 copies. 2016

2016


W71mm, 16 pages, 2015


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KOUKAI KI

67mm, 48 pages, text and illustration by Miyako Akai. Limited to 30 copies. 2016.

Spiral


Book Size H50mm, 46pages, text in English, 2014, book and box include magnets

Japanese Binding Notebook


2014, 60copies limited.


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Italian Lesson

2014, flag book

The Enjoyable Guide of Making Miniature Books

1600JPY
2013, regular size book published by Gakken

Book, Hon

H55mm, 8 pages, text is made by laser cut. There are 2 kinds of books, English book and Japanese book. 2015.


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Forest of the Night, Rivers, Stripes, etc.

Stripes is one of 2010 Miniature Book Competition Exhibits. Cover and inside fabric cloths dyed by Setsuko Nakamura, 2009, limited edition.

MAHO-NIKKI

2010 Miniature Book Competition Exhibit
Letterpress, bound with 3 colors strings.

ABCs of Making Miniature Books


10 kinds of book making process. 2009 and 2014 by Kawade Shobo Shinsha, in Taiwan, 2010


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ForYou
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Rainbow


Miniature book, letterpress, 2011, 26 copies limited.

For You special edition

2011 Miniature Book Competition Exhibit, Marseille Book Project International Exhibits. Letterpress and etching, leather cover and iron box. 12 copies limited.

Sonomama Mamehon

A kit book of 17 miniature books. Published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha.


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My Secrets


Dollhouse size, letterpress.

From Summer to Spring

Japanese binding, 4 colors print by letterpress and wood engraving.

Greetings from Here

2008 Miniature Book Competition Exhibit
Edited and translated by Larry Seidman, letterpress on Japanese paper. 90 copies limited.


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Collectings

2013, goad skin, old wood engravings

Please Open


2011 Miniature Book Competition Exhibits, Marseille Book Project International Exhibits.

Finding Light, Keeping Light

Combined miniature books, 2011, 40 copies.


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Letterpress, Lighthouse

Artbook and tags in enveloves, letterpress, 2011, 20 copies.

Diary

2013, hand letterpress, Japanese paper and skin

For You / Thank You / Asterisk

Dollhouse size, letterpress.


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Five Cards

5 cards in envelope. One card is made by Akai, letterpress and pasted paper; postcard size

Diary

Letterpress by Akai and laser-printed.

Small Card

3 inch card.


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Long-stitch Workshop Kit

3 inch book kit, cover material is leater.

Dwarves

Letterpress and 9 colors rubber engraving.

Hardcover Workshop Kit

3 inch book kit, cover material is handmaid Japanese paper.


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Book and Sweets

A cotton cloth book bound in leather, silicon sweets are stuck to a page, 2011.

Poets of Chuya Makahara(1934, 1938)

Laser-printed, sold in capsule machines.

Interviews

Macro Miniature, laser-printed.


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Happy Birthday!

Paper cover with grass beads, laser-printed, 2009.

Cube Caramel Calendar 2013

kit with magnet

Galaxy Traveler's Bag

2012, limited box set with magnet


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Mamehon Twelve Month

Leather cover, laser printing, 2008.

Triangle Book of Autumn Poem

Dollhouse size folding book, 2011.

Mini Card for Spring

Rubber stamp, sold in a capsule machine.


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Notebooks for Ladies and Gentlemen

Cross cover, laser-printed and rubber stamp.

Kototsubo Catalog 1

Laser-printed, 2008.

Morning Dream

Cross cover, Laser-printed and rubber stamp.


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Mini Card for New Year

Dollhouse size, rubber stamp, sold in a capsule machine.

Mini Card for Christmas

Dollhouse size, rubber stamp, sold in a capsule machine.

Kaicho-On

Dollhouse size book with gold stamping and gild-edged. Cover material is Japanese paper.


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Kurenai-Yomogi to Futari no Yoru

Text and photo by Miyako Akai, original kit for workshop

Dancing on the Cloud

2007 Miniature Book Competition Distinguished Book Award Winner
Text: Miyako Akai, printing: The Seacoast Press, knitting: E. Hamada

Morning dew #1 - #12

Text and photo by Miyako Akai, laser-printed


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A Rolling Teddy Bear

Dollhouse size, laser-printed, sold in a capsule machine

Poems of Chika Sagawa in capsules

Dollhouse size, laser-printed, sold in a capsule machine.

T-DOLL

4 inch book, cover materials are paper, wax seal and tassel, laser printing.


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Caged

2006 Miniature Book Competition Distinguished Book Award Winner
Miyako Akai and Takayuki Nakamura

HASHIKIRE (new edition)

3 inch miniature book, uncut pages, laser printing, text: Miyako Akai; illustration: Asako Sekine

Morning Dews

A5 size book, mimeograph of 3 colors, contents: Akai's original short novels in Japanese


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CHIKAN HOUTEISHIKI

Mimeograph of 2 colors, contents: Akai's original novel in Japanese with drawings by Mao Nakahira.

Mini Scroll Picture

Paper craft, color-laser-printed, variety of 48 texts, text: Santoka Taneda(1882-1940), Hosai Ozaki(1885-1926), Miyako Akai, etc.

Caged (first edition)

Text by Miyako Akai, laser-printed, the first edition of am5-2.


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Dok-Kyu-Shi

Text by Miyako Akai, a fantastic short story in a bottle, laser-printed with rubber-stamped.

Greetings from Here (first edition)

A greeting card with a short story, the first edition of am7-4, wire stitching, laser-printed.

HASHIKIRE (first edition)

A5 size book, contents: Akai's original novel in Japanese.


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SAKANA JIKAN

Paperback size book, contents: Akai's original novel in Japanese; published in 2002.

Bag with a Story

Pasted original short story on bag, materials: paper, vinyl; published in 2002.

SOKKYO-SHU

A5 size book, contents: Akai's first original novel in Japanese; published in 2002.




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