{"product_id":"hashimoto-shoko_goze-1974","title":"Goze (Signed presentation copy)","description":"\u003cp\u003eShoko Hashimoto's photobook \"Goze\". This is the first edition published by Norasha in 1974, compiling works that document the lives and travels of \"Goze,\" blind female itinerant entertainers, as Hashimoto accompanied them on their journeys through villages in Echigo, Niigata Prefecture. This item includes a presentation signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLed by Hana, who can see, Seki and Misao walk in a single file from village to village. They visit homes, play the shamisen, sing and tell stories, and receive money or rice. Hashimoto traveled to Echigo countless times, photographing their daily lives not only on the road but also sharing their time during meals, baths, rest, and sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographs following the Goze simultaneously capture the village life that welcomed them. Children gathered in the kitchen, people drinking sake, families lined up in front of their homes, rural roads, and snowscapes. Through the year-round journey, the lives of the Goze and the surrounding life in Echigo are intertwined and documented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published by \"Norasha,\" with Kazuo Kitai serving as publisher and Norio Osaki as editor. The book design was by Makoto Sakata. It is noted that at the time of publication, it was serialized in \"Asahi Graph\" and also featured in \"Asahi Camera.\" Hashimoto received the Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan in 1974 for this work. In the same year, \"Goze\" was exhibited at \"15 Photographers\" organized by the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. This was the first photobook to compile Hashimoto's long-term work on the Goze, which later continued with \"Goze no Shiki\" (Goze's Four Seasons).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Title] Goze\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Norasha\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] January 15, 1974 (First Edition)\u003cbr\u003e[Number of Pages] 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approximately 186 x 250 x 23 mm \/ 815g\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e[Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] GOZE\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor, etc.] Shoko Hashimoto \/ Photography, Norio Osaki \/ Editor, Makoto Sakata \/ Book Design\u003cbr\u003e[Printing\/Binding] Asia Printing \/ Printing, Kawashima Binding Co. \/ Binding\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] -\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used with presentation signature [6] Good to Average (Slipcase and Obi: Stains\/Sun-fading, Main Body: Slight wrinkles on spine, Minor scratches on fore-edge)\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] Obi, Slipcase, Small booklet\u003cbr\u003e[Featured In] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions] -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eShoko Hashimoto (1939–)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture in 1939. Photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Photography in 1963. Began photographic activities in the 1960s, accompanying and photographing the journeys of the Goze in Echigo, Niigata Prefecture. In 1974, published the photobook \"Goze\" from Norasha and received the Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThereafter, he continued to photograph, maintaining long-term involvement with people and places. In addition to the Goze, his subjects include the Kitakami River basin, hot spring resorts, Ishinomaki, and Yi Dynasty folk paintings from Korea. Photobooks include \"Goze,\" \"Goze no Shiki\" (Goze's Four Seasons), \"Kitakamigawa,\" \"Ishinomaki,\" and \"Nishiyama Onsen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2013, he held \"Goze\" exhibition at Zen Foto Gallery, and in 2014, an exhibition of vintage prints titled \"Goze\" at Zeit-Foto Salon. His works are in the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eKazuo Kitai\u003cbr\u003eNorio Osaki\u003cbr\u003eMakoto Sakata\u003cbr\u003eTsutomu Watanabe\u003cbr\u003eNorasha\u003cbr\u003eThe National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo\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":44703411470378,"sku":null,"price":18000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/hashimoto-shoko_goze-1974.jpg?v=1787096910","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.tokyo\/en\/products\/hashimoto-shoko_goze-1974","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}