Le Plac'Art Photo

Shoko HashimotoGoze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)

Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)

Photographs: Shoko Hashimoto

Publisher: Ongaku No Tomo Sha

79 pages

Year: 1984

ISBN: 4276380065

Sold

From spring 1972 until summer 1973, Shoko Hashimoto traveled around Niigata Prefecture together with a group of goze, blind women entertainers who performed and told stories in exchange for food and shelter. Today, there are no longer goze traveling around. Life was already difficult for the goze in the 1970s, and the continuing industrial, economic and urban developments of postwar Japan have only accelerated since then. Hashimoto’s astonishing photographs document the life of these women. We see them taking baths, relaxing on the floor, sleeping at night, and endlessly roaming from village to village. Hashimoto’s distinct style, which renders the scenes with an almost painterly quality, knows which parts to emphasize: in landscape shots, the scenery appears to almost swallow the women; when faces are involved, the emotions are vivid.

 

Hardcover under dust jacket, 21,6 x 15,5cm, b&w photographs. In very good condition other than traces of use. Signed by Shoko Hashimoto.
Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)Shoko Hashimoto – Goze's four seasons (Goze no Shiki) (SIGNED)

More by Shoko Hashimoto

Shoko Hashimoto – Ishinomaki

Ishinomaki

Shoko Hashimoto

Sold

Books from the virtual shelf josefchladek.com

Pedro José Saavedra Macías – Pedro J. Saavedra - Donde el viento da la vuelta

Pedro J. Saavedra - Donde el viento da la vuelta

Pedro José Saavedra Macías

Gytis Skudzinskas – Gytis Skudzinskas - Tyla / Silence

Gytis Skudzinskas - Tyla / Silence

Gytis Skudzinskas

Jerker Andersson – Jerker Andersson - ABC Diary - Animal, Building & Car Diary

Jerker Andersson - ABC Diary - Animal, Building & Car Diary

Jerker Andersson

Jacques Fivel – Jacques Fivel - CHINON DCM-206

Jacques Fivel - CHINON DCM-206

Jacques Fivel

Anna Fabricius – Anna Fabricius - Home is where work is

Anna Fabricius - Home is where work is

Anna Fabricius

Adriano Zanni – Adriano Zanni - Sequenze di Fabbrica

Adriano Zanni - Sequenze di Fabbrica

Adriano Zanni