{"product_id":"goze-hashimoto-shoko","title":"Hashimoto Shoko, Goze (signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Goze\" is a collection of works by photographer Shoko Hashimoto, who documented blind traveling entertainers called \"goze\" while living and traveling with them in the early 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGoze were blind female performers who traveled from village to village, earning a living by playing the shamisen and telling stories. This book captures the daily lives of these goze as they walked through the snow-covered farming villages of Niigata and Tohoku, depicted in high-contrast monochrome photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHashimoto meticulously documented not only the goze walking, but also their moments of rest by the hearth, their sleep in inns, their interactions with villagers, the atmosphere of drinking parties, and even the expressions on children's faces. What is striking is that the book goes beyond mere ethnographic record, capturing the sense of community that remained in post-war farming villages and the warmth of people's lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Ihei Kimura once commented that Hashimoto's photographs \"reek,\" his work possesses a power that makes one feel not only visual sensations but also the smell of damp earth, snow, hearths, sake, and sweat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original edition was published by Norasha in 1974 and received the Photographic Society of Japan's Newcomer's Award. This book is a re-edited version published by Aron Shobo in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Title] Goze\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Aron Shobo\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] October 10, 1988\u003cbr\u003e[Number of Pages] 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approx. 184\u003cem\u003e245\u003c\/em\u003e15mm \/ 626g\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e[Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] GOZE\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor] Shoko Hashimoto\/Auth.\u003cbr\u003e[Printing] Creative House\/Print\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 4795275610\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used. Inscribed presentation copy [6] Good to Very Good (Spine faded)\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] None\u003cbr\u003e[Featured In] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions] 2013 \"Goze\" (Zen Foto Gallery), 2014 \"Goze\" Vintage Photography Exhibition (Zeit-Foto Salon), 2022 \"Goze\" (Ikeda Memorial Museum)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShoko Hashimoto (born 1939)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. Photographer.\u003cbr\u003eIn 1963, he graduated from the Photography Department of Nihon University College of Art. From the early 1970s, he extensively photographed the itinerant lives of \"goze,\" blind traveling entertainers, and received the Photographic Society of Japan's Newcomer's Award for his photobook \"Goze,\" published in 1974. In the same year, he participated in \"15 Photographers Exhibition\" (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) alongside Nobuyoshi Araki, Takuma Nakahira, Daido Moriyama, and others, and his works were acquired by the museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe continues to create works on marginalized lands and people remaining throughout Japan, focusing on local landscapes, folklore, traveling entertainers, hot spring resorts, and disaster-stricken areas. As Ihei Kimura once described his photographs as \"reeking,\" Hashimoto's works are known for their strong physical sensation, conveying the humidity and scent of the land and even the presence of people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis major works include \"Goze,\" \"Kitakami River,\" \"Nishiyama Onsen,\" \"San'ya 1968.8.1-8.20,\" and \"Ishinomaki.\" Since 2011, he has been continuously photographing his hometown of Ishinomaki after the Great East Japan Earthquake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMajor awards include the Photographic Society of Japan's Newcomer's Award. His works are housed at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIhei Kimura, Kazuo Kitai\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"はしもとしょうこう｜橋本照嵩 \/ HASHIMOTO Shoko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44400588554282,"sku":null,"price":7900.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/2E04A566-ACEE-4D1F-ACF3-B7BC66650DFA.jpg?v=1779844890","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.tokyo\/en\/products\/goze-hashimoto-shoko","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}