{"product_id":"tsuchida-hiromi_new-counting-grains-of-sand","title":"New: Counting the Sand (Signed)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"111\"\u003eIn 1989, Hiromi Tsuchida, feeling the end of an era with the death of Emperor Showa and Hibari Misora, completed his long-running series \"Counting Sand.\" This book is a collection of works from \"New Counting Sand,\" produced as its sequel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"113\" data-end=\"303\"\u003eSince the 1970s, Tsuchida had been photographing crowds gathering in cities. In post-bubble Japan, he noticed a significant change in how people gathered and formed groups. Tsuchida observed that instead of crowds moving in a single direction as before, \"people gathered while maintaining distance from each other.\" This book documents Japanese society from the 1990s to the early 2000s through scenes of people gathering at festivals, cherry blossom viewing, New Year's shrine visits, demonstrations, and tourist destinations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"485\"\u003eThe collection is divided into two parts: \"New Counting Sand 1995-2004\" in color and \"Counting Sand 1975-1989\" in monochrome. Furthermore, this work attempts to re-examine the relationship between photography and reality by digitally compositing his own image into the frame. It is an ambitious work that anticipates a time when digital technology would make photographs less about proving facts, while simultaneously capturing changes in crowds and the media environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"598\"\u003eFrom the period of rapid economic growth to the post-bubble era, this is a representative work by Hiromi Tsuchida, who continuously observed changes in Japanese society through the presence of crowds. It is a pioneering work in Japanese photography, with a perspective that seems to foresee today's SNS society and the age of fake images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"931\"\u003e[Title] New Counting Sand\u003cbr data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"617\"\u003e[Publisher] Tosei-sha\u003cbr data-start=\"626\" data-end=\"629\"\u003e[Publication Date] June 20, 2005 (First Edition)\u003cbr data-start=\"651\" data-end=\"654\"\u003e[Page Count] 160 pages\u003cbr data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"668\"\u003e[Size] Approx. 298 x 300 x 20 mm\u003cbr data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"690\"\u003e[Format] Hardcover\u003cbr data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"708\"\u003e[Language] Japanese, English\u003cbr data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"722\"\u003e[Title Reading] SHIN SUNA O KAZOERU\u003cbr data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"745\"\u003e[Author\/Editor, etc.] Hiromi Tsuchida \/ Author, Toshio Shiratani \/ Design\u003cbr data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"774\"\u003e[Printing] Tokyo Inshokan \/ Printing and Binding (Noboru Takayanagi \/ Printing Director)\u003cbr data-start=\"809\" data-end=\"812\"\u003e[ISBN] 4887730314\u003cbr data-start=\"829\" data-end=\"832\"\u003e[Condition] Used [6] Good to Fair (Box: sticker residue, slight dent on corner)\u003cbr data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"867\"\u003e[Accessories] Box\u003cbr data-start=\"874\" data-end=\"877\"\u003e[Featured In] -\u003cbr data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"887\"\u003e[Related Exhibition] Hiromi Tsuchida Photo Exhibition New Counting Sand (LADS GALLERY, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"957\"\u003eHiromi Tsuchida (born 1939)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"959\" data-end=\"983\"\u003eBorn in Sakai Village, Nanjo District, Fukui Prefecture (now Minami Echizen Town). Photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"985\" data-end=\"1079\"\u003eAfter graduating from Fukui University Faculty of Engineering and working for Pola Cosmetics, he studied at the Tokyo College of Photography Research Department. In 1971, he became independent after winning the 8th Taiyo Award for \"Autistic Space.\" Since then, he has continued to produce works themed on Japanese society and post-war history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1169\"\u003eHis representative work from the 1970s, \"Zokujin,\" photographed festivals and folk beliefs across Japan. He then produced \"Counting Sand,\" \"Hiroshima Trilogy,\" \"BERLIN,\" and \"Fukushima,\" continually questioning the relationship between Japanese people and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1260\"\u003eRepresentative works include \"Zokujin,\" \"Counting Sand,\" \"New Counting Sand,\" \"Hiroshima 1945-1979,\" \"Hiroshima Monument,\" \"Hiroshima Collection,\" \"BERLIN,\" \"Fukushima,\" and \"Aging.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1317\"\u003eMajor awards include the Taiyo Award (1971), Photographic Society of Japan Annual Award (1984), Ina Nobuo Award (1987), and Domon Ken Award (2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1424\"\u003eMajor collections include the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Yokohama Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museum of Modern Art, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"1426\" data-end=\"1445\"\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1470\"\u003eShomei Tomatsu, Kazuo Kitai, Shinzo Maei, Eiji Ina, Sohei Nishino\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"つちだひろみ｜土田ヒロミ \/ TSUCHIDA Hiromi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44499328696362,"sku":null,"price":6600.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/2A9C2401-4496-4CF4-8CCC-4889BE7FE1FD.jpg?v=1782271639","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.tokyo\/en\/products\/tsuchida-hiromi_new-counting-grains-of-sand","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}