Graphic Shūdan (, Gurafikku Shūdan); its effective use of juxtapositions and miniature format has elevated it to fame among the Japanese photobooks of the time. Kijima gradually turned toward photographing traditional Japanese arts and nature and particularly flowers, with entire books about cherry blossoms and orchids. He specialized in kimono and until very late in his life was photographing models for the magazine Kimono Salon. Ikui has described Kijima's works as influenced by both Domon and the very different Ueda, but finding a third, commercial way. Kijima died on 20 February 2011. Books of Kijima's works With Shōzō Kitadai. Untitled set of four miniature books (each titled by number alone). [Tokyo]: Graphic Shūdan, late 1950s. Kyō no Kankoku: 38dosen no kochira-gawa (). 1970. Ran (). Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1975. The Orchid. London: Octopus, 1978. . Zauber der Orchideen. 1980. Yoshitsune Senbonzakura () / Keys to the Japanese Mind: Yoshitsune senbonzakura. 4 vols. Tokyo: NHK, 1981. . 1. Ukiyoe (). 2. Kabuki: jō (). 3. Kabuki: ge (). 4. Bunraku (). L'Orchidea. 1983. (With Ichikawa Kumiko) Ran (). Bunka Shuppankyoku, 1987. Ran (). Graphic-sha, 1988. (With Ichikawa Kumiko) Ribon to ran (). 1989. Ran-Hyakkafu (蘭=百花譜) / The Original Orchids. Tokyo: Shōgakukan, 1987. . 2nd ed. Tokyo: Shōgakukan, 1990. . Ran () / The Orchid. Tokyo: Gurafikku-sha, 1988. . With text in Japanese and English. Orchids: Wonders of Nature. London: Salamander, 1988. . New York: Mallard, 1989. . Orchidées: Démons et merveilles. Solar, 1988. . France Loisirs, 1989. . Orchidee Colori Suggestioni Fascino di un Magico Fiore. Mondadori, 1988. . Orchideen. Wunder der Natur. München, Südwest, 1988. . Shiki: Shinjuku Gyōen (). Tokyo: Kōdansha, 1991. . With text in Japanese and English. Sakura no shiki (). Tokyo: Shōgakukan, 1991. . Orquideas. Madrid: Anaya, 1994. . Sotsugyō omedetou (). Parco Greeting Books. Tokyo: Parco, 1994. . Razō densetsu 1945–1960 () / Legend of the Nude, 1945–1960. Tokyo: Shoenshinsha, 1998. . With texts in Japanese and English. Kijima Takashi ten () / Takashi Kijima. Yonago, Tottori: Yonago City Museum of Art, 2001. Catalogue of a major exhibition held at Yonago City Museum of Art, contains photographs from Kijima's career as well as much reference material. Other books showing Kijima's works Ueda Shōji to sono nakama-tachi: 1935–55 (, Shōji Ueda and his friends, 1935–55). Yonago, Tottori: Yonago City Museum of Art, 1992. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Yonago City Museum of Art in February–March