{"product_id":"murakami-masakazu_kumogakure-onsenyuki","title":"Journey to Kumogakure Hot Spring (signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMurakami Masakazu's first photo book, taken while touring various hot spring resorts as if escaping from reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRising steam, eroded rock faces, dimly lit bathhouses, drunken guests, alleys, the air of night—landscapes where pleasure and fatigue, loneliness and intimacy, the breath of life and death intermingle are captured in rough-grained monochrome, set against the backdrop of quaint hot spring towns across Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his late twenties, Murakami once stepped away from photography, only to return to it again during his travels through hot spring resorts. This work does not present picturesque hot spring scenery but rather deeply imprints the humidity and human essence seeping into the land, and the feelings of escape and ecstasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaido Moriyama praised it in the obi as \"a fugitive who stood his ground and became a hardened criminal,\" while Kotaro Iizawa described it as \"a timeless 'Japan' atmosphere.\" Masato Seto's words, \"The Japan I love so deeply seeps through here,\" are also striking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book, with its rough grain and strong contrast, evokes the atmosphere of hot spring towns seemingly left behind by time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Title] Kumogakure Onsen-yuki (Hot Spring Trip into the Clouds)\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Visual Arts College\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] 2007\u003cbr\u003e[Pages] 112 pages\u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approx. 220\u003cem\u003e290\u003c\/em\u003e15mm\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Softcover\u003cbr\u003e[Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] KUMOGAKURE ONSENYUKI\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor, etc.] Murakami Masakazu \/ Author\u003cbr\u003e[Printing]\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 9784861521300\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used, signed [6] Good to Fair\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] Obi\u003cbr\u003e[Featured in] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions] -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMurakami Masakazu (村上仁一) 1977-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Tokyo. Photographer, editor.\u003cbr\u003eAfter graduating from university, he studied photography at Tokyo Visual Arts. In 2000, while still a student, he won the Grand Prix at the 16th \"Hitotsubo Exhibition\" photography competition and the Grand Award at the 5th Visual Arts Photo Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2008, he published the photo book \"Kumogakure Onsen-yuki,\" a compilation of his series shot in hot spring resorts across Japan, which he visited as if escaping from reality. He gained attention for his rough monochrome works capturing the humidity and human essence seeping into the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 2008, he worked in the editorial department of \"Nippon Camera\" magazine, where he was also involved in editing photobooks and works by other photographers. In 2021, he established PCT LLC and operates the website \"Photo\u0026amp;Culture, Tokyo.\" He also serves as editor-in-chief for the photography magazine \"Sha Shin\" (published by Fugen Publishing), which launched in 2022, thereby contributing as an editor supporting photo culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis representative works include \"Kumogakure Onsen-yuki,\" \"Chikatetsu Nikki (Subway Diary),\" and \"Yume no Mata Yume (Dream Within a Dream).\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMajor awards include the Grand Prix at the 16th \"Hitotsubo Exhibition\" photography competition and the Grand Award at the 5th Visual Arts Photo Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaido Moriyama, Masato Seto, Kotaro Iizawa, Osamu Kanemura\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"むらかみまさかず｜村上仁一 \/ MURAKAMI Masakazu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44404439908394,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/92D7E941-D359-4486-B525-6C3179C5AE32.jpg?v=1779933318","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.tokyo\/en\/products\/murakami-masakazu_kumogakure-onsenyuki","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}