Akiyama Ryozi, Narakawa-mura

Name: Akiyama Ryozi, Narakawa-mura
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"Narakawa-mura" by Japanese photographer Ryoji Akiyama is a photo collection that meticulously records the lives of people and the local environment in a small mountain village in Kiso-gun, Nagano Prefecture.

Narakawa-mura (now Shiojiri City) prospered as a post town on the Nakasendo road and was known as a production center for Kiso lacquerware. Akiyama visited the village for approximately two years, quietly capturing the passage of time and human relationships rooted in the village, moving between the perspective of a traveler and the gaze of a resident. He accurately captures the subtle nuances and sense of distance hidden in everyday life without relying on excessive staging or dramatic moments.

The images, shot with a 6x6 twin-lens reflex camera, combine an appropriate tension and intimacy with the subject, allowing viewers to vicariously experience the memories of the land. This book, which records the contours of life remaining in rural Japan through the eyes of a traveler, possesses a quiet strength that differs from contemporary photographic expressions.

[Title] Narakawa-mura
[Publisher] Asahi Shimbun
[Publication Date] January 15, 1991 (First Edition)
[Number of Pages] Unpaginated (118 pages)
[Size] Approx. 213*259*13mm
[Format] Softcover
[Language] Japanese
[Title Reading] NARAKAWAMURA
[Author/Editor] Ryoji Akiyama/Author
[Printing] Toppan Printing/Printing, Aoki Seihon/Binding
[ISBN] 4022562528
[Condition] Used 【6】Good to Average (Slight scuffs on obi/cover, light age-related tanning on edges)
[Accessories] Obi
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Ryoji Akiyama (1942-)

Born in Tokyo in 1942.
Son of photographer Seiji Akiyama. After graduating from Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, he worked at the Tokyo Bureau of Associated Press and the photo department of Asahi Shimbun before becoming a freelance photographer in 1967.

As a photojournalist, he covered social themes such as famine in India and depopulation on remote islands, while also traveling through America, China, and various parts of Japan, presenting works that capture people's lives and landscapes with his unique sense of distance. In 1974, he participated in the "New Japanese Photography" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, alongside Daido Moriyama and Masahisa Fukase, gaining international recognition.

Using a 6x6 twin-lens reflex camera, he established a unique style that calmly observes subjects from a "traveler's perspective." His major photo collections include "Tsugaru Ryoji Sensei Gyojoki" (1978), "New York Tsushin" (1980), "Narakawa-mura" (1991), and "Nara" (2006).

His works are held in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, and Aomori Museum of Art.
In recent years, the reprinting and re-editing of his "Nihao Xiaopengyou" series has garnered attention both domestically and internationally, leading to a re-evaluation of his work.

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