Taki graduated with a degree in art history from Tokyo University.
Taki began his professional career as a core figure at the Japanese photography magazine Provoke, which he co-founded and where he worked from 1968 to 1970. He also provided most of the funds for the magazine. However, because of his "aloofness" and greater focus on writing, he was best known as a critical writer rather than a visual artist. Next to art, he also wrote frequently on philosophy, politics and history.
Taki died at the age of 82 on Apr 13 in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa.

Publications

1969 - Provoke
1970 -『まずたしからしさの世界を捨てろ』 (First abandon the world of exceptional experiences), Tabata Shoten
1972 -『ことばのない思考』 (Words without words), Tabata Shoten
1976 -『生きられた家』 (Living houses), Tabata Shoten
1982 -『眼の隠喩』 (Metaphor of Eyes), in , Aosaka Co., Ltd.
1987 -『欲望の修辞学』 (Rhetoric of desire),
2002 -『もし世界の声が聴こえたら』 (If the voice of the world can be heard)
2002 -『死の鏡』 (Mirror of death), x.
2005 -『進歩とカタストロフィ』 (Progress and Catastrophe), Aozora Corporation.

Books from Koji TAKI