{"product_id":"kawashima-kotori_myojo","title":"Myojo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMyojo\u003c\/em\u003e is a photobook by Kotori Kawashima. From 2011 to 2014, after the publication of his previous work \u003cem\u003eMirai-chan\u003c\/em\u003e, Kawashima visited Taiwan over 30 times for approximately three years, and this book compiles over 200 photographs from about 70,000 taken during that period. It was published by Nanarokusha in 2014 and received the 40th Kimura Ihei Award in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe photographs capture people Kawashima met in Taiwan, animals, cityscapes, food, and scenes from everyday life. Unlike \u003cem\u003eMirai-chan\u003c\/em\u003e, which focused on specific individuals, \u003cem\u003eMyojo\u003c\/em\u003e features many different people and places appearing one after another, each independent yet connected within the book. Kawashima himself stated that he envisioned a book similar to \u003cem\u003eUrusei Yatsura\u003c\/em\u003e during its creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's binding is also a significant feature. Vertical photographs are bound as portrait-oriented pages, and horizontal photographs as landscape-oriented pages, each trimmed to the same size. Based on a dummy book created by Kawashima, Akira Sasaki handled the design. The printing by San-Em Color and binding by Shinohara Paper Co. involved repeated prototyping by the photographer, editor, designer, and printing\/binding teams to bring the book to fruition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe obi (book band) includes an original poem by Shuntaro Tanikawa. This collection allows readers to experience the three years spent in Taiwan and the closeness to its people, not only through the photographs but also through the very form of the book itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e[Title] Myojo\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Nanarokusha\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] December 24, 2014 (First Edition, First Printing)\u003cbr\u003e[Page Count] 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e[Size] Approx. 248 x 241 x 26mm \/ 905g\u003cbr\u003e[Format] Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e[Language] Japanese\u003cbr\u003e[Title Reading] MYOJYO\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor, etc.] Kotori Kawashima \/ Photographs, Shuntaro Tanikawa \/ Poem, Akira Sasaki \/ Design, Michiko Sakashita \/ Editing\u003cbr\u003e[Printing\/Binding] San-Em Color \/ Printing, Shinohara Paper Co. \/ Binding\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 9784904292549\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used [7] Very Good (Obi: slightly creased)\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] Obi, extras (1 postcard, 3 cards)\u003cbr\u003e[Featured in] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibition] -\u003cbr\u003e[Award] 40th Kimura Ihei Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKotori Kawashima (b. 1980)\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Tokyo in 1980. Photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraduated from Waseda University, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences I, French Literature Department. Studied under Genki Numata.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, published the photobook \u003cem\u003eMirai-chan\u003c\/em\u003e through Nanarokusha. In the same year, \u003cem\u003eBABY BABY\u003c\/em\u003e was reissued. After the publication of \u003cem\u003eMirai-chan\u003c\/em\u003e, he visited Taiwan for about three years from 2011 and published the photobook \u003cem\u003eMyojo\u003c\/em\u003e in 2014. The following year, in 2015, he received the 40th Kimura Ihei Award for this work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2017, he held a solo exhibition \"Kotori Kawashima Exhibition: Playing on the Borderline\" at the Kanazu Forest of Creation in Fukui. He continues to photograph the distance between people and small everyday events with an intimate gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u0026lt; Related Figures \u0026gt;\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eShuntaro Tanikawa\u003cbr\u003eAkira Sasaki\u003cbr\u003eGenki Numata\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"かわしまことり｜川島小鳥 \/ KAWASHIMA Kotori","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44692311998506,"sku":null,"price":3800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/kawashima-kotori_myojo_01_b4e59bd7-088b-452d-b84e-09d585b01d57.jpg?v=1786523173","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.pro\/en\/products\/kawashima-kotori_myojo","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}