{"product_id":"kikaihiroo_tokyo-labyrinth","title":"Kikai Hiroyuki, Tokyo Labyrinth (Tokyo Maze)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"187\"\u003eOnikai, known for his powerful portraits of Asakusa, was secretly pursuing this Tokyo labyrinth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the diverse streets of Tokyo, I deliberately avoided capturing people and instead focused my camera on alleys and street corners.\u003cbr\u003e The intention was not simply to record the scenery, but to capture the spaces where people's lives are imprinted—in other words, to create a \"portrait of space.\"\u003cbr\u003e Despite being an uninhabited place, traces of life and stories seep out, leaving viewers unable to help but sense the \"presence of absence.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"412\"\u003e In the afterword, Onikai, who came to Tokyo from Yamagata, writes that this series was a gaze upon Tokyo, where he wandered, and was also his own \"Tokyo Story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"412\"\u003e In the serene monochrome, detached from the hustle and bustle, the deep shadows and accumulated time of the labyrinthine city of Tokyo emerge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"412\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Title] Tokyo Maze\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"412\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eTokyo Labyrinth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] Shogakukan\u003cbr\u003e [Publication Date] December 10, 1999 (First Edition, First Printing)\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 120 pages\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approximately 23.3 x 20.9 x 1.7 cm, 0.60 kg\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e [Title Reading] Tokyo Meiro (Tokyo Labyrinth)\u003cbr\u003e [Author(s) \/ Editor(s)] Hiroo Onikai \/ Author, I. J. Widner \/ Text, Yoshihiro Tanemura \/ Text, Genpei Akasegawa \/ Text\u003cbr\u003e [Printing] Mitsumura Printing \/ Printing, Tsunehiko Shinki \/ Printing Director\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"412\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e4-09-681241-2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used \u003cb\u003e[5\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e] Fair\u003c\/b\u003e (Slight yellowing on spine, slight staining on top edge, slight tear on case, slight wear on obi)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e [Accessories] Slipcase\u003cbr\u003e [Published in]\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Kikai Hiroomi (1945-2020)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"199\" data-start=\"47\"\u003e Born on March 18, 1948, in Sakawa City, Yamagata Prefecture.\u003cbr\u003e After graduating from high school in 1963, I worked as a staff member for Yamagata Prefecture, and then studied philosophy at the Faculty of Literature, Hosei University.\u003cbr\u003e He continued to take photographs while changing jobs, and became a freelancer in 1984.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1987, he published the portrait photo collection \"Portraits of Kings\" featuring people in Asakusa, and the following year he won the Japan Photographic Society Newcomer Award and the 13th Ina Nobuo Award.\u003cbr\u003e In 2004, he won the 23rd Dōmon Ken Prize for \" \u003cspan class=\"reg\"\u003ePERSONA\u003c\/span\u003e \" (published by Sōshi-sha).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e He passed away in Tokyo on October 19, 2020.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-end=\"199\" data-start=\"47\"\u003e He is known as a photographer who continued to ask \"What is humanity?\" throughout his life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"きかいひろお｜鬼海弘雄 \/ KIKAI Hiroo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43665021403178,"sku":null,"price":6700.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/product-9597912.jpg?v=1774421652","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.live\/en\/products\/kikaihiroo_tokyo-labyrinth","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}