{"product_id":"murakami-masakazu_kumogakure-onsenyuki","title":"Journey to Kumogakure Hot Spring (signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMasakazu Murakami's first photobook, featuring photographs taken while he toured various hot spring resorts as if escaping reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRising steam, eroded rock faces, dimly lit baths, drunkards, alleyways, the presence of night ── scenes where pleasure and exhaustion, solitude and intimacy, and the presence of life and death intermingle in rustic hot spring resorts across Japan are captured in grainy monochrome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his late twenties, Murakami distanced himself from photography for a time, then began to return to it through his travels to hot spring resorts. This work doesn't focus on touristy hot spring landscapes, but rather deeply imprints the humidity and human element permeating the land, along with a sense of escapism and ecstasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDaido Moriyama described it in the obi as \"a fugitive who settled down and became a repeat offender,\" while Kotaro Iizawa remarked on its \"transcendent 'Japan' atmosphere.\" Masato Seto's words, \"The Japan I love so much permeates here,\" are also striking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough rough grain and strong contrast, this book brings to life the atmosphere of hot spring towns that seem to have been left behind by time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e⚫︎\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWinner of the 5th Visual Arts Photo Award Grand Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Title] Kumogakure Onsen-yuki (Hidden Hot Spring Journey)\u003cbr\u003e[Publisher] Visual Arts College\u003cbr\u003e[Publication Date] 2007\u003cbr\u003e[Number of 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 ONSEN YUKI\u003cbr\u003e[Author\/Editor] Masakazu Murakami\/Author\u003cbr\u003e[Printing]\u003cbr\u003e[ISBN] 9784861521300\u003cbr\u003e[Condition] Used, signed [6] Good to Very Good\u003cbr\u003e[Accessories] Obi (belly band)\u003cbr\u003e[Featured in] -\u003cbr\u003e[Related Exhibitions] -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMasakazu Murakami (Murakami Masakazu) 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 and the Grand Prize at the 5th Visual Arts Photo Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe compiled a series of photographs taken during his travels to various hot spring resorts across Japan, as if escaping reality, and published the photobook \"Kumogakure Onsen-yuki\" in 2008. He gained attention for his works that captured rough monochrome and the humidity and human element permeating the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 2008, he worked in the editorial department of \"Nippon Camera\" and was involved in editing photobooks and books by photographers. In 2021, he established PCT LLC and operates the website \"Photo\u0026amp;Culture, Tokyo.\" He also serves as the editor-in-chief of the photography magazine \"Sha Shin\" (Fugen-sha), launched in 2022, thus actively contributing as an editor supporting photography culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis representative works include \"Kumogakure Onsen-yuki,\" \"Chikatetsu Nikki\" (Subway Diary), and \"Yume no Mata Yume\" (Another Dream within a Dream).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis major awards include the Grand Prix at the 16th Hitotsubo Exhibition and the Grand Prize 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":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/4280\/0938\/files\/92D7E941-D359-4486-B525-6C3179C5AE32.jpg?v=1779933318","url":"https:\/\/bunbuku.pro\/en\/products\/murakami-masakazu_kumogakure-onsenyuki","provider":"文福","version":"1.0","type":"link"}