Art and Youth: Chie no Mori Bunko / Taro Okamoto / Kobunsha / First Edition, 2002 / 153x107mm / ●Contents: "Youth is infinitely bright, and also infinitely dark." - What was youth for Taro Okamoto? His vigorous artistic activities in Paris, his friendships, and his romances... A unique but respectful life with his mother, Kanoko, and his father, Ippei. His views on women, nurtured by these experiences. Here is Taro Okamoto on the eve of an explosion, fearlessly embracing isolation and rushing forward with passion as his weapon. Table of Contents: 1. Recollections of Youth (Sex Appeal and Appetite; Around Twenty; Solo Travel, etc.) 2. Remembering My Parents (Memories of My Mother, Kanoko; Kanoko in Europe; White Hands, etc.) 3. Women's Morality, Sexual Morality (The Uselessness of Virginity; Are Japanese Women the Best in the World?; Straight Talk on Clothing, etc.)