{"product_id":"miyamotoryuji-kobe-1995-after-the-earthquake","title":"Ryuji Miyamoto: KOBE 1995 After the Earthquake","description":"\u003carticle 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)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:90c661e6-4022-40f6-90dc-d48377866592-42\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-50\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\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\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\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"02cc95d7-0c2d-4e9f-aca0-c0adc6d3441f\" dir=\"auto\" 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\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\"\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 break-words light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"58\" data-end=\"230\"\u003e Miyamoto Ryuji's photo collection \"KOBE 1995 After the Earthquake\" is an important work that documents Kobe immediately after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1995.\u003cbr data-start=\"142\" data-end=\"145\"\u003e Collapsed buildings, torn roads, exposed structures - this book takes an extremely calm and thorough look at the city, with the traces of the disaster still etched in its wake, before any reconstruction or narrative had taken place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"473\"\u003e Miyamoto produced the series \"KOBE 1995 After the Earthquake\" in 1995, focusing on photographing buildings damaged by the earthquake. This series was highly praised and was selected for the Japan Pavilion exhibition at the 6th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition in 1996. It also won the Golden Lion at the same exhibition.\u003cbr data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"389\"\u003e It is unusual for a Japanese photographer to receive this award at the Venice Biennale, the world's premier stage for art and architecture, and this work was a decisive opportunity to make Miyamoto Ryuji's name known internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"631\"\u003e For Miyamoto, who has continued to photograph ruins and structures, capturing the traces that time and history leave on architecture, post-earthquake Kobe was not an incidental subject, but a site that exposed to the utmost the fragility of cities, people, and modern architecture. By excluding human figures and emotional drama and simply capturing the damage to the architecture itself, he presents the disaster not as an \"event\" but as a \"material reality.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"739\"\u003e The piles of rubble and the exposed cross-sections of the buildings are a sign of destruction, but at the same time they also visualize the distortions and limitations that have been inherent in postwar Japanese cities. There is no sentimentality here, and only the overwhelming weight of time and material masses rises in silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"861\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e \"KOBE 1995 After the Earthquake\" is not only a record of the earthquake disaster, but also a book that fundamentally questions the relationship between cities, architecture, and photographic expression, making it an indispensable photo book for Japanese photography since the 1990s, and even for the history of architectural expression. \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\u003cp\u003e [Title] KOBE 1995 After the Earthquake\u003cbr\u003e [Publisher] Telescope \/ Workshop for Architecture and Urbanism\u003cbr\u003e [Publication date] \u003cspan\u003e1995\/12\/1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Number of pages] 96 pages\u003cbr\u003e [Size] Approx. 25.6 x 18.5 x 1.2 cm, 0.52 kg\u003cbr\u003e [Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e [Title Reading] Kobe Nineteen Ninety-Five After the Earthquake\u003cbr\u003e [Author\/Editor, etc.] Takashi Miyamoto\/Author, Akira Suzuki\/Text\u003cbr\u003e [printing]\u003cbr\u003e [ISBN] 4-906544-80-0\u003cbr\u003e [Condition] Used [ \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e ] Above average to average (slight discoloration on the spine of the cover, slight scuffs, slight stains on the top)\u003cbr\u003e [Accessories] None\u003cbr\u003e [Featured book] The Photobook: A History Volume 2\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\/\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem\u003eMartin Parr, Gerry Badger (p.276)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e [Related Exhibitions]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e Ryuji Miyamoto\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"135\" data-start=\"24\"\u003e Born in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo in 1947.\u003cbr\u003e Graduated from the Graphic Design Department of Tama Art University in 1973.\u003cbr\u003e After working as an editorial staff member for an architecture magazine, he became independent as a photographer.\u003cbr data-end=\"88\" data-start=\"85\"\u003e He has continued to question the relationship between architecture and photography, focusing on themes such as demolished buildings, the transformation of cities, and the processes of collapse and regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"341\" data-start=\"137\"\u003e In 1986, he released the series \"Architectural Apocalypse,\" which featured photographs of building demolition sites. In 1988, he published \"Kowloon Walled City,\" a record of the high-rise slums of Hong Kong, for which he won the 14th Kimura Ihei Photography Award in 1989.\u003cbr data-end=\"226\" data-start=\"223\"\u003e His 1995 series \"KOBE 1995 After the Earthquake,\" which captured Kobe immediately after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, was selected for exhibition at the Japan Pavilion at the 6th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition in 1996, where it won the Golden Lion, establishing his international reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"507\" data-start=\"343\"\u003e His major solo exhibitions include the Setagaya Art Museum (2004), Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, 1999), and the Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt (1999).\u003cbr data-end=\"423\" data-start=\"420\"\u003e In 2005, he received the 55th Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize, and in 2012 he received the Purple Ribbon Medal.\u003cbr data-end=\"462\" data-start=\"459\"\u003e His works are housed in the collections of museums both in Japan and abroad, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"516\"\u003e \u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Naoya Hatakeyama, Toshio Shibata, Yuji Saika\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"みやもとりゅうじ｜宮本隆司 \/ MIYAMOTO Ryuji","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43906715418666,"sku":null,"price":11000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/kobe-1995-after-the-earthquake-4153628.jpg?v=1774421427","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.live\/en\/products\/miyamotoryuji-kobe-1995-after-the-earthquake","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}