{"product_id":"iwanami-shashin-bunko_wasurerareta-shima","title":"The Forgotten Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Forgotten Islands\u003c\/em\u003e, edited by Iwanami Shoten Publishing and featuring photographs by Iwanami Productions. This is a 1988 republication of a book originally released in 1955 as No. 148 in the \"Iwanami Shashin Bunko\" (Iwanami Photo Library) series, reissued as No. 66 of the \"Iwanami Shashin Bunko \u003cfukoku wide-ban\u003e\" (Iwanami Photo Library \u003creprint wide edition\u003e). Yonosuke Natori also participated in the photography, visiting Kuroshima, Iwo Jima, and Takeshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, documenting the island life of the mid-1950s through photos and text.\u003c\/reprint\u003e\u003c\/fukoku\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt explores the three islands located off the southern tip of Kyushu, tracing boat landings, villages, dwellings, work, diet, transportation, beliefs, and legends. It captures images of people traversing cliffs, carrying heavy loads along paths, tools and homes used on the islands, and the appearance of Higashi Onsen on Satsuma Iwo Jima at that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the time, these islands had infrequent boat services and lacked telegraph and telephone infrastructure. The book records the life preserved in these remote areas, not as exotic scenery, but as the daily lives of the people who resided there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne volume from the \"Iwanami Shashin Bunko,\" which documented various parts of post-war Japan through photographs and text. This reprint wide edition was published approximately 30 years after the original 1955 version.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Title] The Forgotten Islands\u003cbr\u003e[Series] Iwanami Photo Library \u003creprint wide edition\u003e 66\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Iwanami Shoten\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] February 18, 1988\u003cbr\u003e[Page Count] 64 pages\u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approx. 151 x 210 x 6mm \/ 150g\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e[Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] Wasure rareta Shima\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor, etc.] Iwanami Shoten Editorial Department \/ Editor, Iwanami Productions \/ Photographs, Yonosuke Natori \/ Photographs\u003cbr\u003e[Printing\/Binding] Hanshichi Shashin Insatsu \/ Printing, Bunyudo Seihon \/ Binding\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 9784000035361\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used [6] Good to Very Good (slight fold\/damage on cover corners, slight foxing on top edge)\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] -\u003cbr\u003e[Featured In] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions] -\u003c\/reprint\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eNatori Yonosuke\u003cbr\u003eIwanami Productions\u003cbr\u003eIwanami Photo Library\u003cbr\u003eMishima Village, Kagoshima Prefecture\u003cbr\u003eHigashi Onsen\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"いわなみしょてん｜岩波書店 \/ IWANAMI SHOTEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44681596698666,"sku":null,"price":2300.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/iwanami-shashin-bunko_wasurerareta-shima_01.jpg?v=1786341157","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.tokyo\/en\/products\/iwanami-shashin-bunko_wasurerareta-shima","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}