{"title":"Kimura Ihei Award Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003eKimura Ihei Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"tatsukimasaru_tohoku","title":"Masaru Tazuke Tohoku 2006-2011","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe visited Tohoku after the Great East Japan Earthquake and carefully recorded the lives of the people and their activities rooted in the land. The powerful photographs, which convey a deep connection with the subjects, highlight the traditions, climate, and family ties. 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Following his 2011 publication \"Tokyo Boy Alone,\" which captured the lives of young people living in Tokyo and garnered attention, this is Mori's second photobook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"269\" data-start=\"151\"\u003e This book is primarily composed of photographs documenting everyday life spent with lovers and friends over approximately one year, from the summer of 2011 to the summer of 2012. The atmosphere created by the close relationship between Mori and his subjects, and the sparkle of light-filled objects, delicately capture the ordinary scenes of daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"404\" data-start=\"271\"\u003e While his previous work, \"tokyo boy alone,\" was a portrait collection themed around \"boys in Tokyo,\" this work shifts its focus to more personal and intimate relationships. The subtle tension that sometimes even feels unsettling permeates the peaceful scenes of everyday life is surely a testament to Mori's keen and delicate sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"642\" data-start=\"406\"\u003e The book's design is by designer \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eDaishiro Mori\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e . The blurb on the dust jacket is by fashion designer \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eTsukasa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Yamamoto, and the book includes an essay by \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eIkuo Shinjo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (Professor at Ryukyu University) titled \"For Mori Eiki's 'Intimacy'—The Dazzling Rhythm of 'Boredom' in the Shadows\" at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ● Winner of the Ihei Kimura Photography Award (2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e [Title] intimacy\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] \u003cspan\u003eNanaroku-sha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Publication date] December 2013 (first edition)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] No page numbers\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approximately 25 x 22 x 1.3 cm\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e [Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e [Title pronunciation] Intimacy\u003cbr\u003e [Authors\/Editors] Eiki Mori\/Author, Daishiro Mori\/Design, Michiko Sakashita\/Editor\u003cbr\u003e [Printing] Sun M Color\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] 978-4-904292-39-6\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used, signed, [8] Excellent condition\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] Obi (paper band)\u003cbr\u003e [Featured Books] -\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibition] \" \u003cspan\u003eIntimacy\u003c\/span\u003e \" chef d'oeuvre (Osaka) 2013 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"shopify-section section\" id=\"shopify-section-template--17228649332778__main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-width\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"product product--large product--left product--stacked product--mobile-hide grid grid--1-col grid--2-col-tablet\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-wrapper grid__item scroll-trigger animate--slide-in\"\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"product__info-container product__column-sticky\" id=\"ProductInfo-template--17228649332778__main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003cstrong data-end=\"71\" data-start=\"42\"\u003eEiki Mori\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-end=\"183\" data-start=\"73\"\u003e Born in 1976 in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e Graduated \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003efrom Parsons The New School for Design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e , Photography Department, in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-end=\"278\" data-start=\"185\"\u003e He is known for his portrait works that capture people from an intimate distance, often focusing on relationships with lovers and friends. In 2011, he co-founded \"OSSU,\" a photozine themed on male sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-end=\"387\" data-start=\"280\"\u003e His photobook \"intimacy\" (Nanaroku-sha, 2013), which documented his daily life with his lover and friends over a year, won the 2013 (39th) \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eKimura Ihei Award for Photography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-end=\"500\" data-start=\"389\"\u003e She explores diverse forms of expression, including photography, video, and performance, focusing on themes such as gender, sexuality, and family structures. Her recent work, \"Family Regained\" (2017), re-examines the concept of \"family\" as not being limited to blood relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-end=\"611\" data-start=\"502\"\u003e His major works include \"Crows and Pearls\" (2009), \"tokyo boy alone\" (2011), \"intimacy\" (2013), and \"Family Regained\" (2017). He is currently based in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"516\"\u003e Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"もりえいき｜森栄喜 \/ MORI Eiki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702726168618,"sku":"","price":6800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/shinrinki-intimacy-sain-iri-shashinshu-867.jpg?v=1773619847"},{"product_id":"masatoseto_silent-mode","title":"Masato Seto MOLE UNIT No.5 Silent Mode","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a collection of monochrome works capturing the quietness of city corners and casual moments of people. The scenes, where time seems to stand still, invite the viewer to imagine a story. The use of light, shadow, and white space conveys a unique aesthetic sense, leaving a deep impression on the viewer. This is a book that allows you to fully enjoy the tranquility and poetic expression of the photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e●Kimura Ihei Photography Award winning work (1995)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e [Title] MOLE UNIT No.5 Silent Mode\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] \u003cspan\u003eMole\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [Publication date] July 1996 (first edition)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] Unpaginated [Size] Approx. 25 x 22 x 1.3 cm\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Softcover [Title Reading] Mole Unit Number 5 Silent Mode [Author\/Editor] Tsuda Motoi\/Editor [ISBN] 4-948628-23-6 C0072\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used, average condition: slight discoloration on three sides [Accessories] None [Featured book] Currently being checked [Related exhibition] Currently being checked\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"せとまさと｜瀬戸正人 \/ SETO Masato","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702730461226,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/ku-zheng-ren-mole-unit-no-5-silent-mode-xie-zhen-ji-467.jpg?v=1773993630"},{"product_id":"masatoseto_-living-room","title":"Masato Seto \"Living Room, Tokyo 1989-1994\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis work was shot between 1989 and 1994 and records the living spaces of people living in a corner of Tokyo. Traces of life are captured realistically, giving a strong sense of social change and the atmosphere of the city. Although it is a private space, the appearance of \"home\" is somehow universal, making it a photo book with layers of time piled up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKimura Ihei Photography Award winning work (1995)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--17228649332778__main\" class=\"shopify-section section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product product--large product--left product--stacked product--mobile-hide grid grid--1-col grid--2-col-tablet\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-wrapper grid__item scroll-trigger animate--slide-in\"\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"ProductInfo-template--17228649332778__main\" class=\"product__info-container product__column-sticky\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Title] Living Room, Tokyo 1989-1994\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] \u003cspan\u003eShinchosha\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [Publication date] August 1996 (first edition)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] Unpaginated \u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approx. 25 x 22 x 1.3 cm\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Hardcover \u003cbr\u003e[Title reading] Heya Living Room, Tokyo 1989-1994\u003cbr\u003e [Authors\/Editors] Hitoshi Suzuki, Yoko Goto, Etsuko Honda\/Design \u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 4-10-413101-6 C0072\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used, average condition: slight discoloration at top and bottom [Accessories] None \u003cbr\u003e[Featured book] Currently being checked \u003cbr\u003e[Related exhibitions] \"Living Room, Tokyo\" Konica Plaza \u003cspan\u003e(Tokyo) 1996\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"せとまさと｜瀬戸正人 \/ SETO Masato","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702731116586,"sku":null,"price":6600.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/living-roomtokyo-1989-1994-8022332.png?v=1774421951"},{"product_id":"今道子-eat-recent-works-1996年受賞","title":"Michiko Koma \"EAT\" (Signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a collection of original works that create fantastical images with a focus on food ingredients. Everyday items such as vegetables, fruits, and seafood are transformed into objects of extraordinary beauty through unique arrangements. Through the vitality and transformation of food, the work shines with a perspective that questions the relationship between humans and nature, and the act of eating itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKimura Ihei Photography Award winning work (1996)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"shopify-section section\" id=\"shopify-section-template--17228649332778__main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product product--large product--left product--stacked product--mobile-hide grid grid--1-col grid--2-col-tablet\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-wrapper grid__item scroll-trigger animate--slide-in\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"product__info-container product__column-sticky\" id=\"ProductInfo-template--17228649332778__main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Title] EAT\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] \u003cspan\u003eThe Artworks Committee\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [Publication date] February 1987 (first edition)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 64 pages \u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approximately 25 x 22 x 1 cm\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Softcover \u003cbr\u003e[Title reading] ito\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor] Naomi Enami\/Art direction, Gento Matsumoto + Propeller Art Works\/Design, Yuji Shimamoto Edited by Nagano Makoto \u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] None \u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used, average condition: slight discoloration on three sides \u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] None \u003cbr\u003e[Books featured] To be confirmed \u003cbr\u003e[Related exhibition] \" \u003cspan\u003eEAT: Recent Works\" PGI (Tokyo) 1990\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"こんみちこ｜今道子 \/ KON Michiko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702731313194,"sku":null,"price":8500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/e6a39c0eab2898b9c7d461296955560d.png?v=1771345157"},{"product_id":"rinkokawauchi_utatane","title":"Rinko Kawauchi Nap","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis photo book captures the small moments of everyday life in soft light and soft colors. The works blur the boundaries between dreams and reality, stirring the memories and senses of the viewer. 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The explosive trails of light and colors that blend into the darkness unfold like visual poetry. The momentary brilliance transcends time in still images, drawing the viewer in. The unique visual experience created by the fluctuations and blurring suggests new possibilities for photographic expression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKimura Ihei Photography Award winning work (2002)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"shopify-section section\" id=\"shopify-section-template--17228649332778__main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product product--large product--left product--stacked product--mobile-hide grid grid--1-col grid--2-col-tablet\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-wrapper grid__item scroll-trigger animate--slide-in\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"product__info-container product__column-sticky\" id=\"ProductInfo-template--17228649332778__main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Title] Fireworks \u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] \u003cspan\u003eLittle More\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e [Publication date] July 2012 (5th edition)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 64 pages \u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approximately 25 x 19 x 1 cm\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Softcover \u003cbr\u003e[Title reading] Hanabi \u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor] Masakazu Takei\/Editor, Gento Matsumoto\/Art direction, Akiko Yamana\/Design \u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 978-4-89815-053-5 C0072\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used, average condition: Used Good\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] Obi \u003cbr\u003e[Featured books] To be confirmed \u003cbr\u003e[Related exhibition] \u003cspan\u003e\"Fireworks\" Gray (Tokyo) 2001,\u003c\/span\u003e \"Fireworks\" Little More Gallery, Tokyo, 2002\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"shopify-section section\" id=\"shopify-section-template--17228649332778__related-products\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"color-scheme-1 gradient\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"かわうちりんこ｜川内倫子 \/ KAWAUCHI Rinko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702732066858,"sku":null,"price":1900.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/product-2166035.jpg?v=1774421900"},{"product_id":"asada-masashi_asadake","title":"Masashi Asada  Asadake","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"204\" data-start=\"25\"\u003eThis is a humorous and moving collection of self-portraits, depicting various situations with his own family as subjects. 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These original and memorable works make us reconsider the nature of family and the shape of memories through photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"204\" data-start=\"25\"\u003eKimura Ihei Photography Award Winner (2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Title] Asada Family [Publisher] \u003cspan\u003eAkaakasha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Publication date] July 2008 (first edition)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 106 pages \u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approx. \u003cspan\u003e18.2 x 25.8 x 0.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Softcover \u003cbr\u003e[Title reading] Asadake \u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor] Jun Kawana\/ Art Direction \u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 978-4-903545-26-4 C0072\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used, average condition: Used Good\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] None \u003cbr\u003e[Featured books] To be confirmed \u003cbr\u003e[Related exhibition] \"Asada Family\" \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eParco Factory ( 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The 5th edition is scheduled to be published in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"550\" data-start=\"428\"\u003eThe unique perspective and sense of color established in \"Living\" developed into the subsequent photobook \"MAP\" (2000), for which Sanai won the 2001 (26th) Kimura Ihei Photo Award.\u003cbr data-end=\"510\" data-start=\"507\"\u003eThis book is the origin of his creative work and a masterpiece that greatly changed the course of Japanese photography thereafter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"550\" data-start=\"428\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Title] Alive\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Seigensha\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] April 25, 1997 (First Edition)\u003cbr\u003e[Page Count] No page count\u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approximately 31.5 x 28.1 x 0.8 cm, 0.70 kg\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] Ikiteiru\u003cbr\u003e[Author(s), Editor(s), etc.] Masafumi Sanai \/ Author, MATCH \/ Art Direction\u003cbr\u003e[Printing] Taisei Printing \/ Printing, Large-scale Bookbinding Printing \/ Bookbinding\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 4-916094-16-6\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used 【 \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e 】Fair to Poor (Slight yellowing on spine, slight yellowing on three edges, slight staining on endpapers, corner of cover creased)\u003cbr\u003e[Included Items] Separate printed text \"And the End\" (Masashi Sanoi x Kotaro Iizawa)\u003cbr\u003e[Published in]\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMasafumi Sanai (born 1968)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1968.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"143\"\u003eShe started taking photographs at the age of 24 and made her debut in 1997 with the photo collection \"Living\" (Seigensha).\u003cbr\u003eIn 2002, he won the 28th Kimura Ihei Photo Award for \"MAP\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"314\"\u003eHe also engaged in a wide range of activities, including advertising, video, and music, and was in charge of the in-film photography for the movie \"Jose and the Tiger and the Fish\" (2003). He also created the title sequence for the NHK television novel \"Tsubasa\" (2009).\u003cbr data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"260\"\u003eIn 2008, he established his own record label, \"Taisho,\" and released a photo album titled \"Galaxy\" (2018).\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, he has also been engaging in expressions that go beyond the boundaries of photography, such as video direction and poetry.\u003cbr data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"392\"\u003eHis major awards include the 12th Canon Photo New Century Excellence Award (1995), the 12th Photography Society Award (2000), and the 28th Kimura Ihei Photo Award (2002).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"516\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eHis major works include \"Wakaranai\" (I Don't Understand), \"Ore no Kuruma\" (My Car), \"HUG,\" \"Tekka,\" \"Romantic,\" \"Message,\" and \"Ginga\" (Galaxy).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"516\"\u003e\u0026lt;Related Figures\u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en\/search?q=%E4%BD%90%E5%86%85%E6%AD%A3%E5%8F%B2\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" title=\"検索: 「佐内正史」の検索結果2件 – 文福\" aria-label=\"検索: 「佐内正史」の検索結果2件 – 文福\" data-original=\"https:\/\/bunbuku.live\/search?q=%E4%BD%90%E5%86%85%E6%AD%A3%E5%8F%B2\u0026amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\"\u003eMasafumi Sanai\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"さないまさふみ｜佐内正史 \/ SANAI Masafumi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43763411255338,"sku":null,"price":12500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/product-5727561.jpg?v=1774421604"},{"product_id":"nagashimayurie-pastime-paradise","title":"Yurie Nagashima: PASTIME PARADISE","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"6b245cf0-fbab-4777-b22a-efe9c9661a33\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"249\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"PASTIME PARADISE\" is a photo book that compiles the photographs Yurie Nagashima took over a period of approximately eight years, from 1992 to 2000.\u003cbr\u003eThe book is permeated with the artist's perspective on \"the self,\" including nude portraits of her family, self-portraits, and records of everyday life and youth culture from her time studying in the United States. It explores the possibilities of what can be told through photography, blurring the boundaries between subject and photographer, self and others, and private and public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a pioneering work in Japanese photography of the 1990s that captures the body and relationships from a woman's perspective, and is one of Nagashima's early representative works, as well as an important photo book for understanding her subsequent activities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Title] PASTIME PARADISE\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Madra Publishing\u003cbr\u003e[Publication date] December 20, 2000 (1st edition)\u003cbr\u003e[Number of pages] Unpaginated\u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approx. 21.2 x 14.8 x 3.1 cm, 0.91 kg\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e[Title reading] \u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003ePastime Paradise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor] Akiyama Gugi\/Art Director\u003cbr\u003e[Printing] Dai Nippon Printing\/Printing and Binding\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 4-944079-23-0\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used [ \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e ] Average to below average (front, spine, and back covers slightly faded, slight edge wear, slight stains on top, slight damage to binding, no problems reading through)\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] Obi\u003cbr\u003e[Featured books]\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eYurie Nagashima (1973-)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Tokyo in 1973.\u003cbr\u003eWhile studying at Musashino Art University in 1993, he attracted attention when he won the 17th Canon New Cosmos of Photography Excellence Award for a self-portrait featuring his family. Since then, he has consistently produced works that explore the intersection of the private sphere and social gaze, focusing on themes such as gender, family, the body, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2001, he won the 26th Kimura Ihei Photography Award for his photo book \"PASTIME PARADISE\" (Madra Publishing).\u003cbr\u003eHis major solo exhibitions include \"And a Pinch of Irony and a Little Bit of Love\" (Shiseido Gallery, 2004) and \"About My Family, About Me\" (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2017).\u003cbr\u003eProfessor at Tama Art University. His books include \"Memories of the Back\" (Kodansha Essay Award winner), \"Self-Portraits\" and \"Photographing a Family.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"516\"\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYurie Nagashima\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ながしまゆりえ｜長島有里枝 \/ NAGASHIMA Yurie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43810534916138,"sku":null,"price":9200.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/pastime-paradise-3418516.jpg?v=1774421616"},{"product_id":"kitaikazuo_asahicamera197610","title":"Asahi Camera October 1976 Special Edition Kazuo Kitai \"To the Village\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe October 1976 special edition of Asahi Camera features Kitai Kazuo, one of Japan's leading postwar photographers, whose masterpiece, \"To the Village,\" quietly captures the daily life of rural villages in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"To the Village,\" included in this book, is Kitai's masterpiece, which won the first Kimura Ihei Photography Award, and is an important work that will remain in the history of photography.\u003cbr\u003e This series, which ran for 24 issues in Asahi Camera from 1974 to 1975, deliberately chose the location of a \"village\" in an era of accelerating urbanization, and drew a great deal of attention for its meticulous capture of mundane everyday scenes such as \"After the Rice Harvest,\" \"Hot Springs,\" \"In the Snow,\" and \"Obon.\" The perspective of focusing on \"life itself,\" without any special incidents or dramatic moments, was new at the time and still has an enduring power today.\u003cbr\u003e As he shifted his focus from documenting the student movement to the lives of farmers, Kitai discovered his unique approach to \"photographing people's everyday lives.\" This approach is most condensed and refined in \"To the Village,\" which has been re-edited and exhibited many times in subsequent years, and continues to be read by many readers.\u003cbr\u003e This is a valuable record of rural life before it was swept away by the changing times, and can be seen as the starting point of Kazuo Kitai's life's work. It is a book that evokes the origins of photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ●The winning work of the 1st Kimura Ihei Photography Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Title] Asahi Camera October 1976 Special Issue -Kazuo Kitai \"To the Village\"-\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] Asahi Shimbun\u003cbr\u003e [Date of publication] October 10, 1976\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 278 pages\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approx. 25.8 x 18.0 x 1.6 cm\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e [Title reading] Asahi Camera 1976 10th October 1976 Kitai Kazuo Murahe\u003cbr\u003e [Author\/Editor, etc.] Kazuo Kitai\/Author\u003cbr\u003e [printing]\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] None\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used [5] Average (cover scuffs, overall slight fading over time)\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] None\u003cbr\u003e [Featured books]\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Kazuo Kitai (1944-)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"202\" data-start=\"63\"\u003e Born in Anshan, China in 1944.\u003cbr\u003e In 1965, he dropped out of the Department of Photography at Nihon University College of Art, and in the same year self-published his early masterpiece, Resistance (Miraisha).\u003cbr data-end=\"129\" data-start=\"126\"\u003e In 1969, he interviewed farmers in Sanrizuka who were opposed to the construction of Narita Airport, and the resulting photo collection, Sanrizuka (Norasha, 1972), won him the Newcomer Award from the Photographic Society of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"304\" data-start=\"204\"\u003e He won the first Kimura Ihei Photography Award in 1976 for his series \"To the Village,\" which ran serially in Asahi Camera from 1974 to 1975. Since then, he has been highly acclaimed both at home and abroad, and continues to have a major presence as one of Japan's leading postwar photographers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"556\" data-start=\"306\"\u003e His major exhibitions include \"Time Tunnel Series Vol. 20: Kitai Kazuo - The Form of Photography and the Times\" (Guardian Garden, 2004) and \"Landscapes I Once Saw\" (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2012).\u003cbr data-end=\"399\" data-start=\"396\"\u003e His major photo books include To the Village (Tankosha, 1980), New World Stories (Choseisha, 1981), Funabashi Story (Rokuko Publishing, 1989), Landscapes I Once Saw (Sokkyosha, 1990), Nippon in the 1970s (Toseisha, 2001), A Journey of Drifting Clouds (Wise Publishing, 2016), and The Age of Radicals (Heibonsha, 2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-end=\"516\" data-start=\"463\"\u003e \u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"きたいかずお｜北井一夫 \/ KITAI Kazuo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43889409294378,"sku":null,"price":4400.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/asahi-kamera-1976-nen-10-gatsu-zoukan-kitai-kazuo-mura-e-shashin-zasshi-127.jpg?v=1772304726"},{"product_id":"shigieko_lilly","title":"Lieko Shiga: Lilly","description":"\u003cp\u003eLieko Shiga's \"Lilly\" is a photobook that compiles photographs she produced in London between 2003 and 2005. Along with \"CANARY,\" which was published around the same time, it is one of her representative early works, and won the 33rd Kimura Ihei Photography Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This book contains three series: \"Lilly \/ Damien Court,\" which features residents of the Damien Court and Tomlinson Close social housing estates in East London; \"Jacques saw me tomorrow morning,\" in which he invited residents of the Calvert estate in South London into his room; and \"Piano,\" an early work featuring his younger brother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Living in a foreign country, and facing uncertainty, Shiga has taken to the subject of his photographs, focusing on the distance and relationship between himself and his subjects. Using the limited spaces of residential spaces and housing complexes as his backdrop, his photographs vividly capture the tension, confusion, and disconnect between the photographer and the subject, creating a distinctive composition that simultaneously evokes feelings of intimacy and alienation. His subjects are not limited to friends and housemates, but also include residents he encounters by chance, with the act of photography itself functioning as an attempt to communicate with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Furthermore, re-photographing and staged techniques are used throughout this book, intentionally interweaving documentary and fictional elements. Photographs are not simply records of events; they are treated as devices for reconstructing relationships and time, with a consistent approach to expression that blurs the boundaries between reality and composition. Images in which people emerge against black backgrounds and the tension of enclosed spaces form an important foundation for Shiga Lieko's photographic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Lilly\" is a book that condenses Shiga Lieko's methodology and awareness of issues from before she developed into her later large-scale projects, and it sharply presents the distance from others, the ethics of the photographic act, and the relationship between composition and improvisation. It is not only one of her early representative works, but also a photobook that is positioned as an important work that demonstrates an experimental approach in contemporary photography. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"803\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e [Title] Lilly\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] Art Beat Publishers [Publication Date] 2008 (2nd printing)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] Unpaginated [Size] Approx. 21 x 30 x 1.5 cm, 0.95 kg\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Hardcover [Title reading] Lily [Author\/Editor] Rieko Shiga\/Photography, Shigeo Goto\/Editor, Hideki Nakajima\/Art direction and design [ISBN] 978-4-902080-13-1\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used, average condition (slight tears on the edge of the cover, slight discoloration on three sides)\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] Booklet (obi missing)\u003cbr\u003e [Featured books]\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"しがりえこ｜志賀理江子 \/ SHIGA Lieko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43916392366122,"sku":null,"price":32000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/lilly-8880400.jpg?v=1774421487"},{"product_id":"asahi-camera-october-1976-＿to-the-village２","title":"Asahi Camera October 1976 Special Edition: Kazuo Kitai \"To the Village\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe October 1976 special edition of Asahi Camera features Kitai Kazuo, one of Japan's leading postwar photographers, whose masterpiece, \"To the Village,\" quietly captures the daily life of rural villages in the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"To the Village,\" included in this book, is Kitai's masterpiece, which won the first Kimura Ihei Photography Award, and is an important work that will remain in the history of photography.\u003cbr\u003e This series, which ran for 24 issues in Asahi Camera from 1974 to 1975, deliberately chose the location of a \"village\" in an era of accelerating urbanization, and drew a great deal of attention for its meticulous capture of mundane everyday scenes such as \"After the Rice Harvest,\" \"Hot Springs,\" \"In the Snow,\" and \"Obon.\" The perspective of focusing on \"life itself,\" without any special incidents or dramatic moments, was new at the time and still has an enduring power today.\u003cbr\u003e As he shifted his focus from documenting the student movement to the lives of farmers, Kitai discovered his unique approach to \"photographing people's everyday lives.\" This approach is most condensed and refined in \"To the Village,\" which has been re-edited and exhibited many times in subsequent years, and continues to be read by many readers.\u003cbr\u003e This is a valuable record of rural life before it was swept away by the changing times, and can be seen as the starting point of Kazuo Kitai's life's work. It is a book that evokes the origins of photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ●The winning work of the 1st Kimura Ihei Photography Award\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Title] Asahi Camera October 1976 Special Issue -Kazuo Kitai \"To the Village\"-\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] Asahi Shimbun\u003cbr\u003e [Date of publication] October 10, 1976\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 278 pages\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approx. 25.8 x 18.0 x 1.6 cm, 0.54 kg\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e [Title reading] Asahi Camera 1976 10th October 1976 Kitai Kazuo Murahe\u003cbr\u003e [Author\/Editor, etc.] Kazuo Kitai\/Author\u003cbr\u003e [printing]\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] None\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used [4] Below average (slight stains on cover, slight stains on endpapers, overall slight fading due to age)\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] None\u003cbr\u003e [Featured books]\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Kazuo Kitai (1944-)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"202\"\u003e Born in Anshan, China in 1944.\u003cbr\u003e In 1965, he dropped out of the Department of Photography at Nihon University College of Art, and in the same year self-published his early masterpiece, Resistance (Miraisha).\u003cbr data-start=\"126\" data-end=\"129\"\u003e In 1969, he interviewed farmers in Sanrizuka who were opposed to the construction of Narita Airport, and the resulting photo collection, Sanrizuka (Norasha, 1972), won him the Newcomer Award from the Photographic Society of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"204\" data-end=\"304\"\u003e He won the first Kimura Ihei Photography Award in 1976 for his series \"To the Village,\" which ran serially in Asahi Camera from 1974 to 1975. Since then, he has been highly acclaimed both at home and abroad, and continues to have a major presence as one of Japan's leading postwar photographers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"556\"\u003e His major exhibitions include \"Time Tunnel Series Vol. 20: Kitai Kazuo - The Form of Photography and the Times\" (Guardian Garden, 2004) and \"Landscapes I Once Saw\" (Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2012).\u003cbr data-start=\"396\" data-end=\"399\"\u003e His major photo books include To the Village (Tankosha, 1980), New World Stories (Choseisha, 1981), Funabashi Story (Rokuko Publishing, 1989), Landscapes I Once Saw (Sokkyosha, 1990), Nippon in the 1970s (Toseisha, 2001), A Journey of Drifting Clouds (Wise Publishing, 2016), and The Age of Radicals (Heibonsha, 2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"516\"\u003e \u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"きたいかずお｜北井一夫 \/ KITAI Kazuo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43982145159210,"sku":null,"price":3900.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/197610-6422260.jpg?v=1774421356"},{"product_id":"hoshinomichio-alaska","title":"Michio Hoshino Alaska: The Arctic Map of Life (Signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large-format photo book capturing the nature and life of the far north that photographer Michio Hoshino encountered in Alaska, the \"last frontier.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Against the backdrop of majestic landscapes such as tundra, fjords, and glaciers, the film captures wild animals such as grizzly bears, caribou, moose, and humpback whales surviving in harsh environments, while also weaving in the stories of people who coexist with the harsh natural environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The photographs, which quietly focus not only on animals but also on the relationship between humans and nature, raise deep questions about the cycle of life and the meaning of life. The end of the book includes an essay, explanations of the photographs, and shooting data.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ●15th Kimura Ihei Photography Award Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Title] Alaska: Alaska Arctic and Life Map\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] Asahi Shimbun\u003cbr\u003e [Date of publication] August 25, 1990 (2nd printing)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 92 pages\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approx. 370*264*15mm, 1233g\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e [Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e [Title reading] Alaska Kyokuho Seimeinochizu\u003cbr\u003e [Author\/editor, etc.] Michio Hoshino\/Author, Jun Mimura\/Composition\u003cbr\u003e [Printing] Toppan Printing\/Printing and Binding\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] 4022561289\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used, signed [ \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e ] Average to above average (cover scratches, slight damage on top and bottom)\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] Sticker attached to the cover (Kimura Ihei Photography Award winner)\u003cbr\u003e [Featured books]\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"19\"\u003e Michio Hoshino (1952-1996)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"21\" data-end=\"307\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e Born in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture in 1952.\u003cbr\u003e He was strongly attracted to the northern nature from his childhood, and when he was 19 years old, he saw a photograph of an Eskimo village, which deepened his interest in Alaska.\u003cbr\u003e He first visited Alaska at the age of 20, and after graduating from Keio University, he worked as an assistant to animal photographer Mitsutsune Tanaka, before studying abroad at the University of Alaska's School of Wildlife Management in 1978.\u003cbr data-start=\"163\" data-end=\"166\"\u003e He continued to record the Arctic wilderness, wildlife, and the lives and myths of indigenous peoples through both photographs and words.\u003cbr\u003e In 1986 he won the Anima Award (Heibonsha Taiyo), and in 1990 he won the 15th Kimura Ihei Photography Award (Asahi Shimbun).\u003cbr\u003e He died suddenly in an accident with a brown bear while reporting on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on August 8, 1996. Even after his death, his works continue to be widely read and quietly question the relationship between nature and humans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-end=\"516\" data-start=\"463\"\u003e \u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ほしのみちお｜星野道夫 \/ HOSHINO Michio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44011405344810,"sku":null,"price":25000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/hoshino-michio-alaska-arasuka-kyokuhoku-seimei-no-chizu-sain-iri-shashinshuu-948.jpg?v=1771655737"},{"product_id":"imamorimitsuhiko-in-harmony-with-neighboring-nature","title":"Mitsuhiko Imamori Satoyama Story In Harmony with Neighboring Nature","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"138\"\u003eThis book is a careful woven together of photographs and text, capturing the activities of Satoyama, a community that photographer Imamori Mitsuhiko has been observing for many years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Satoyama\" is a place that has been shaped by the interplay between human life and nature, but also by the mutual support of each other.\u003cbr\u003e This book captures insects, small animals, rice terraces, scrub forests, and the time of the people who live there with a quiet gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"233\"\u003e Much of the landscape that certainly existed at that time is already being lost due to land development, etc. This book is therefore both a record of the disappearing satoyama and a device for evoking memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"235\" data-end=\"357\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e The five essays included in this book vividly recount the interactions and events that took place with the people he encountered in the satoyama, bringing to mind the smells, temperatures, and even the flow of time that cannot be conveyed through photographs alone. With each turn of the page, this masterpiece makes you reconsider the distance between humans and nature, which was once so close to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Title] Satoyama Monogatari In Harmony with Neighboring Nature\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] Shinchosha\u003cbr\u003e [Date of publication] November 25, 1995\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approx. 346*262*21mm, 1612g\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e [Language] Japanese, English\u003cbr\u003e [Title reading] Satyamamonogatari\u003cbr\u003e [Authors\/Editors] Mitsuhiko Imamori\/Author, Takashi Shimada\/Book design\u003cbr\u003e [Printing] Dai Nippon Printing\/Printing and Binding (Kikuo Mori\/Printing Director)\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] 4104085014\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used [7] Above average (obi crease, slight stains)\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] Obi\u003cbr\u003e [Featured books]\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"26\"\u003e Mitsuhiko Imamori (1954-)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"28\" data-end=\"155\"\u003e Born in Shiga Prefecture in 1954. Photographer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"157\" data-end=\"293\"\u003e Graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University.\u003cbr\u003e After graduating from university, he aspired to become a photographer specializing in insect photography, and worked at a commercial photo studio for about two years to master his photography skills.\u003cbr\u003e He became an independent professional photographer in 1980.\u003cbr\u003e In 1984, he moved his base of operations to the Ogi district, located about 20km north of the center of Otsu City, where rice terraces and nature remain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"466\"\u003e Starting with a visit to Kalimantan in 1974, he continued to travel abroad for reporting, and in 1988 he published a photo book titled \"Insect Chronicles,\" a compilation of approximately 1,700 photographs he had taken around Lake Biwa since 1976.\u003cbr\u003e His perspective on the familiar satoyama (satoyama forests) was highly praised both at home and abroad, and his companion work, \"World Insect Chronicles,\" was translated into French and German. From the same year, he began publishing his works and articles continuously in the natural history magazine \"Anima\" (Heibonsha).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"602\"\u003e In 1989, he won the 3rd Anima Award for his series of photographs, \"Myrmecophytes of South America,\" which captured the symbiotic relationship between the myrmecophyte Cecropia and Aztec ants. Since then, he has continued to communicate the relationship between nature and humans through his photographs and writings, centered around the concept of \"satoyama.\"\u003cbr\u003e Since 2000, he has also been involved in the production of television nature and animal programs, such as NHK Special.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"683\"\u003e Since 2006, he has also been working on paper cutting, exploring the beauty of nature's forms through a different medium to photography. In recent years, he has also been active as a gardener, environmental farmer, and Satoyama environmental producer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"755\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e His younger brother is Yosuke Imamori, a miniature painter who paints freshwater fish and wild birds of Shiga.\u003cbr\u003e He was also friends with photographer Michio Hoshino, who is known to have stayed at Imamori's home in Shiga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-end=\"516\" data-start=\"463\"\u003e \u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Michio Hoshino\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"いまもりみつひこ｜今森光彦 \/ IMAMORI Mitsuhiko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44011428937770,"sku":null,"price":3300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/in-harmony-with-neighboring-nature-4387282.jpg?v=1774421491"},{"product_id":"shibatatoshio_nihontenkei","title":"Toshio Shibata Typical Japanese","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\n\u003carticle data-turn=\"assistant\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-506\" data-turn-id=\"ba1e8993-9cc8-4d10-b73b-c1428f65c0d7\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"6a6686b8-1e15-45e1-9b7c-31606624bca1\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-end=\"164\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e This is a masterpiece by \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eToshio Shibata\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e , one of Japan's leading photographers. This series was shot with a large 8x10 format camera, capturing civil engineering structures from all over Japan, including vast reclaimed land, gigantic dams, retaining walls and erosion control facilities built in mountainous areas. The precise depiction and distortion-free images that only a large format camera can provide vividly capture the texture of concrete and the feel of slopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-end=\"353\" data-start=\"166\"\u003eThe monochrome screens are constructed with a strong emphasis on horizontal and vertical lines, clearly presenting the relationship between the volume of man-made objects and the surrounding nature. Since the period of rapid economic growth, the infrastructure that has been spread across Japan's mountains and rivers has possessed well-balanced geometric forms, yet appears to be in a state of tension with nature. Shibata neither criticizes nor praises these structures, but instead quietly presents them with a keen sensitivity to the forms themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"563\" data-start=\"355\"\u003eThe original title of this book was supposed to be \"Scenery of Japan,\" but due to a typing error at the printing company, it was published as \"Typical Japan.\" As a result, this title goes beyond individual fragments of landscapes and resonates as a term indicating the structural characteristics engraved into the Japanese land, that is, the \"typical\" landscape of modern Japan. In 1992, it won the 17th Kimura Ihei Photography Award. Edited by Yamagishi Kyoko, it is composed of illustrations taken in various locations from the 1980s to the early 1990s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Title] Typical Japanese\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] Asahi Shimbun\u003cbr\u003e [Publication date] October 1992 First edition\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] Unpaginated\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approx. 29 x 30 x 1.4 cm, 1080 g\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e [Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e [Title reading] Nippon Tenkei\u003cbr\u003e [Author\/Editor, etc.] Toshio Shibata\/Author\u003cbr\u003e [printing]\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] 4-02-256508-X\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used [4] Average to below average (slight tears and missing parts on the obi, slight stains on three sides, slight discoloration)\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] Obi \u003cbr\u003e[Featured books]\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eToshio Shibata (1949-)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Born in Tokyo in 1949. Graduated from the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in oil painting, and completed his graduate studies at the same university.\u003cbr\u003e In 1975, he received a scholarship from the Belgian Ministry of Education and enrolled in the photography department of the Royal Academy of Ghent in Ghent, where he began to take photographs in earnest. He returned to Japan in 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e He gained attention for his work capturing man-made structures in nature, such as dams, erosion control dams, and concrete retaining walls, all over Japan, using a large-format camera. Through meticulous monochrome prints and rigorous composition, he presented the structures and forms inherent in the landscape of modern Japan. In 1992, he won the 17th Kimura Ihei Photography Award for his photo book \"Typical Japan.\" In the same year, his work was selected for \"New Photography 8\" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eHe has exhibited both domestically and internationally, including a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in 1997. Since the 2000s, he has expanded his range of expression by working with color works. In 2008, he held a large-scale solo exhibition, \"Landscape,\" at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. In 2009, he received the Photographic Society of Japan Artist Award and the Higashikawa Domestic Artist Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e His works are housed in major museums both in Japan and abroad, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Centre Pompidou, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"516\"\u003e \u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"しばたとしお｜柴田敏雄 \/ SHIBATA Toshio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44081510023210,"sku":null,"price":17000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/kirita-satoshi-nihon-tenkei-shashinshu-144.jpg?v=1773571276"},{"product_id":"shigalieko-lilly","title":"Lieko Shiga: Lilly","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"183\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eLilly is a photobook by Japanese photographer \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eLieko Shiga\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e . It is a collection of her early works, created in London between 2003 and 2005, and is one of her representative works, which won \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003ethe Kimura Ihei Photography Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (33rd time, 2007) along with her photobook Canary from the same period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"411\" data-start=\"185\"\u003e This book includes three series: \"Lilly \/ Damien Court,\" which features residents of the Damien Court housing estate in East London; \"Jacques saw me tomorrow morning,\" in which residents of the Calvert housing estate in South London were invited to the artist's room; and \"Piano,\" an early work featuring his younger brother. Living in a foreign country, despite its precarious circumstances, the artist treats the distance and relationship with his subjects as the very subject of his photographs, creating images with a sense of tension that simultaneously reveals feelings of intimacy and alienation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"521\" data-start=\"413\"\u003e This is a collection of works that uses re-photography and staged techniques to intertwine documentary and fiction, presenting the act of photography as an attempt to communicate with others. It is an important early photo book that demonstrates Shiga's methodology and concerns, which would lead to his later large-scale projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"803\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e ●33rd (2007) Kimura Ihei Photography Award winning work\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [title] Lilly\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] Art Beat Publishers\u003cbr\u003e [Publication date] September 15, 2008 (2nd printing)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] Unpaginated\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approximately 21 x 30 x 1.5cm, 0.95kg\u003cbr\u003e [format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e [Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e [Title reading] Lily\u003cbr\u003e [Authors\/Editors] Shiga Rieko\/Photography, Goto Shigeo\/Editing, Nakajima Hideki\/Art direction and design\u003cbr\u003e [Printing] Kashimura Printing\/Printing\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] 978-4-902080-13-1\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used [5] Average (slight scratches on cover, slight damage to binding)\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] Obi, booklet\u003cbr\u003e [Featured book] -\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibitions] -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"19\"\u003eRieko Shiga (1980-)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"21\" data-end=\"177\"\u003e Born in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture in 1980. Photographer.\u003cbr\u003e A graduate of Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, he has been based in London since the early 2000s and won the 33rd \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eKimura Ihei Photography Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in 2008 for his photo books \"Lilly\" and \"CANARY.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"407\"\u003e In the same year, he moved to the Kitakama district of Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, where he has been creating works based on the memories of the local people and land. After experiencing \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003ethe Great East Japan Earthquake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in 2011, he has been exploring themes such as death and loss, the relationship between nature and human society, and the inheritance of memory. His major exhibitions include \"Spiral Coast\" (2012-13, Sendai Mediatheque), \"Blind Date\" (2017, Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art), and \"Human Spring\" (2019, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"655\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e His major collections include \"Lilly\" (2008), \"CANARY\" (2008), \"Spiral Coast notebook \/ album\" (2013), \"Blind Date\" (2017), and \"Human Spring\" (2019). He has received \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003ethe Higashikawa Prize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e for New Artists (2012), the Domestic Artist Award (2019), and the Takashimaya Art Award (2014). In 2026, he will receive the 1st \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eUmehara Takeshi Humanity Philosophy Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"516\"\u003e \u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"しがりえこ｜志賀理江子 \/ SHIGA Lieko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44152573034538,"sku":null,"price":35500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/lilly-9154270.jpg?v=1774421235"},{"product_id":"morieiki-intimacy_2","title":"Mori Eiki intimacy","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"21\" data-end=\"149\"\u003e\"Intimacy\" is a photobook by photographer \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eEiki Mori\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e . Following his 2011 publication \"Tokyo Boy Alone,\" which captured the lives of young people living in Tokyo and garnered attention, this is Mori's second photobook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"269\"\u003e This book is primarily composed of photographs documenting everyday life spent with lovers and friends over approximately one year, from the summer of 2011 to the summer of 2012. The atmosphere created by the close relationship between Mori and his subjects, and the sparkle of light-filled objects, delicately capture the ordinary scenes of daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"404\"\u003e While his previous work, \"tokyo boy alone,\" was a portrait collection themed around \"boys in Tokyo,\" this work shifts its focus to more personal and intimate relationships. The subtle tension that sometimes even feels unsettling permeates the peaceful scenes of everyday life is surely a testament to Mori's keen and delicate sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"642\"\u003e The book's design is by designer \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eDaishiro Mori\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e . The blurb on the dust jacket is by fashion designer \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eTsukasa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Yamamoto, and the book includes an essay by \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eIkuo Shinjo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (Professor at Ryukyu University) titled \"For Mori Eiki's 'Intimacy'—The Dazzling Rhythm of 'Boredom' in the Shadows\" at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e ●Kimura Ihei Photography Award winning work (2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e [Title] intimacy\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] \u003cspan\u003eNanaroku-sha\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Publication date] December 2013 (first edition)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] No page numbers\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approximately 25 x 22 x 1.3 cm\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e [Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e [Title pronunciation] Intimacy\u003cbr\u003e [Authors\/Editors] Eiki Mori\/Author, Taishiro Mori\/Design, Michiko Sakashita\/Editor\u003cbr\u003e [Printing] Sun M Color\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] 978-4-904292-39-6\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used 【5】Average (Slight tear on the obi)\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] Obi (paper band)\u003cbr\u003e [Featured Books] -\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibition] \" \u003cspan\u003eIntimacy\u003c\/span\u003e \" chef d'oeuvre (Osaka) 2013 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"shopify-section-template--17228649332778__main\" class=\"shopify-section section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-width\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"product product--large product--left product--stacked product--mobile-hide grid grid--1-col grid--2-col-tablet\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-wrapper grid__item scroll-trigger animate--slide-in\"\u003e\n\n\u003csection id=\"ProductInfo-template--17228649332778__main\" class=\"product__info-container product__column-sticky\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"42\" data-end=\"71\"\u003eEiki Mori\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"183\"\u003e Born in 1976 in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e Graduated from the Photography Department \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eof Parsons The New School for Design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"278\"\u003e He is known for his portrait works that capture people from an intimate distance, often focusing on relationships with lovers and friends. In 2011, he co-founded \"OSSU,\" a photozine themed on male sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"280\" data-end=\"387\"\u003e He won the 2013 (39th) \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eKimura Ihei Photography Award\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e for his photo book \"Intimacy\" (Nanarokusha, 2013), which documents his daily life with his lover and friends over the course of a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"500\"\u003e She explores diverse forms of expression, including photography, video, and performance, focusing on themes such as gender, sexuality, and family structures. Her recent work, \"Family Regained\" (2017), re-examines the concept of \"family\" as not being limited to blood relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"611\"\u003e His major works include \"Crows and Pearls\" (2009), \"tokyo boy alone\" (2011), \"intimacy\" (2013), and \"Family Regained\" (2017). He is currently based in Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4 data-end=\"516\" data-start=\"463\"\u003e Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"もりえいき｜森栄喜 \/ MORI Eiki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44162831974442,"sku":null,"price":3900.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/intimacy-5579785.jpg?v=1774421236"},{"product_id":"takanoryudai_in-my-room","title":"Ryudai Takano IN MY ROOM","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\u003csection data-turn=\"assistant\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-24\" data-turn-id=\"request-69d1a7a6-a4b4-83a7-b98d-d007624cfb09-5\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-turn-start-message=\"true\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"1188d18d-d317-4a86-a8d4-8b8019a666c2\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"125\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eRyudai Takano's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \"In my Room\" is a photobook compiling a series of photographs of other people's bodies taken in the enclosed space of his own room, and is a representative work known for receiving the 31st Kimura Ihei Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"341\" data-start=\"127\"\u003eThe images in this book consist of photographs taken with a 4x5 camera of people the artist invited into his home. While the subject is the male nude, it is characterized by avoiding direct exposure of genitals and constructing the image through framing and segmentation of the body. This presents the body not merely as an object, but as a matter of gaze, distance, and perception. Although the situation is premised on intimacy, emotionality is carefully excluded from the image, emphasizing instead the \"unknowability of the other.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"516\" data-start=\"343\"\u003eFor Takano, this work is both an attempt to redefine the nude as an object of beauty and a question of how to visualize relationships with others. The body images generated within an everyday space dismantle gender and sexuality stereotypes while revealing the cognitive framework of photography as a medium. This limited edition book is an important work that sharply presents the relationship between private space and photographic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"516\" data-start=\"343\"\u003eIn 2026, YAMADA Book Publishing, the publishing division of Yamada Shashin Seihan, published a new edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Title] IN MY ROOM\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Sokyusha\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] March 17, 2005 (First edition limited to 550 copies)\u003cbr\u003e[Page Count] 90 pages\u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approx. \u003cspan\u003e215*\u003c\/span\u003e295*13mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e[Language] Japanese, English\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] IN MY ROOM\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor, etc.] Ryudai Takano\/Author, Michitaka Ota\/Editor, Koichi Hara\/Binding\u003cbr\u003e[Printing] Otsu Printing\/Printing and Binding\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] -\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used, with edition number [7] Good to very good\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] - \u003cbr\u003e[Featured in] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibition] -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRyudai Takano (born 1963)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Fukui Prefecture in 1963. Photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating from Waseda University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics in 1987, he began presenting his work in earnest in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe develops photographic expressions with an intellectual structure centered on themes such as sexuality, the body, and daily life. He received the 31st Kimura Ihei Award in 2006 for his series of male nudes, \"In My Room,\" shot at his home. He also continues to question the relationship between photography and perception through different approaches, such as his \"Daily Photos\" series, which continuously records everyday snapshots, \"Me and,\" a series of portraits where he stands alongside his subjects, and a series capturing shadows in the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, he formed \"Photography Separationism\" with Risaku Suzuki, Taiji Matsue, Shinobu Kuraishi, and Minoru Shimizu, engaging in critical practice surrounding photographic expression. In 2025, the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum will host \"Ryudai Takano: Kasbaba – To Survive This Daily Life.\" Since then, he has continued to produce works and hold exhibitions and publications, establishing himself as one of the most important artists in contemporary Japanese photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-end=\"516\" data-start=\"463\"\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRyudai Takano \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"たかのりゅうだい｜鷹野隆大 \/ TAKANO Ryudai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44246986063914,"sku":null,"price":19000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/in-my-room-8925016.jpg?v=1775869752"},{"product_id":"takanoryudai_inmyroom66","title":"Ryudai Takano - in my room 6x6, 2000-2006 (Signed)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\u003csection data-turn=\"assistant\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-24\" data-turn-id=\"request-69d1a7a6-a4b4-83a7-b98d-d007624cfb09-5\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-turn-start-message=\"true\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"1188d18d-d317-4a86-a8d4-8b8019a666c2\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRyudai Takano's \"in my room 6×6 2000–2006\" is a collection of photographs taken in parallel with his masterpiece \"In My Room\" but previously unreleased, serving as a complementary perspective that reveals another facet of his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike the static and structured \"In My Room,\" which was captured with a 4×5 large-format camera, the photographs in this book were taken with a highly portable 6×6 medium-format camera. While still sharing time with subjects invited into his room, the series comprises more spontaneous and fragmented images, capturing the body and the nature of distance in a fluctuating manner. At the time, the artist aimed to avoid an excessive subjective or emotional presence in his images, and this series was positioned as an experimental endeavor not intended for public release. Consequently, the compositions and choices of moments retain a sense of fluidity, exhibiting a different kind of dynamism than a fully completed series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater, these photographs were re-recognized not only as records of the subjects but also as traces of the shared time itself. This book visualizes the sensations and relational fluctuations that emerge at the periphery of \"In My Room\"'s exploration of the unknowability of others, illuminating the generative process of the series from within.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"516\" data-start=\"343\"\u003eIn 2026, Yamada Photoengraving's publishing division, YAMADA Book Publishing, re-edited and published a new edition that includes the 6x6 works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Title] in my room 6×6 2000-2006\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e@GALLERY TAGBOAT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] December 12, 2006 (limited to 100 copies)\u003cbr\u003e[Page Count] Unpaginated, 24 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e[Dimensions] Approx. \u003cspan\u003e205*\u003c\/span\u003e232*2mm\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e[Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] In My Room 6x6\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor] Ryudai Takano\/Author\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] -\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used, signed and numbered [7] Good\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] - \u003cbr\u003e[Featured In] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions] -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRyudai Takano (1963–)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Fukui Prefecture in 1963. Photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating from Waseda University with a degree in political economy in 1987, he began presenting his work in earnest in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe develops photographic expressions with an intellectual structure, centered on themes such as sexuality, the body, and everyday life. He received the 31st Kimura Ihee Award in 2006 for his series of male nudes shot at home, \"In My Room.\" He continues to explore the relationship between photography and perception through different approaches, including his ongoing \"Mainichi Shashin\" (Daily Photographs) series of everyday snapshots, \"Ore to\" (Me and), portraits where he appears alongside his subjects, and a series capturing shadows in the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, he co-founded \"Shashin Bunriha\" (Photo Secession) with Risaku Suzuki, Taiji Matsue, Shinobu Kuraishi, and Minoru Shimizu, engaging in critical practices concerning photographic expression. In 2025, the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum will host \"Ryudai Takano: Casbah – To Survive This Everyday.\" He continues to produce works, hold exhibitions, and publish books, establishing himself as one of the most important artists in contemporary Japanese photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-end=\"516\" data-start=\"463\"\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRyudai Takano \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"たかのりゅうだい｜鷹野隆大 \/ TAKANO Ryudai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44249132204074,"sku":null,"price":14000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/in-my-room-66-2000-2006-6398221.jpg?v=1775957773"}],"url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.live\/en\/collections\/kimuraiheiaward.oembed?page=2","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}