SHOKO HASHIMOTO - GOZE (SIGNED)
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SHOKO HASHIMOTO
GOZE
Published by Zen Foto Gallery, 2021
Book Size 20 × 20 cm
Pages 204 pages, 172 images
Hardcover
Language English, Japanese
Limited Edition 700
Signed by the artist
In addition to never-before-seen photographs, this comprehensive edition also includes Shoko Hashimoto's diary of her time with the goze, available in Japanese and in English translation.
This Complete Edition of “Goze” includes previously unpublished photographs and offers an unprecedented view at Shoko Hashimoto's masterful series from the 1970s, newly selected, edited and scanned from over 10,000 original negatives by Michitaka Ota, founder of publisher Sokyusha.
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 lives 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.
In addition to previously unpublished photographs, this Complete Edition also includes Shoko Hashimoto's diary from his time with the goze, available in Japanese and in English translation.
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This complete edition of "Goze" includes never-before-seen photographs and offers an unprecedented view of Shoko Hashimoto's masterful series from the 1970s, newly selected, edited and digitized from over 10,000 original negatives by Michitaka Ota, founder of the Sokyusha edition.
From the spring of 1972 to the summer of 1973, Shoko Hashimoto traveled around Niigata Prefecture with a group of goze, blind women who play and tell stories in exchange for food and shelter. Today, there are no more goze to be found. Life was already difficult for the goze in the 1970s, and the continued industrial, economic, and urban developments of postwar Japan only accelerated their demise. Hashimoto’s stunning photographs document the lives of these women. They are seen bathing, relaxing on the ground, sleeping at night, and wandering endlessly from village to village. Hashimoto’s distinct style, which renders scenes with an almost painterly quality, knows which parts to emphasize: in landscape shots, the landscape almost seems to swallow the women; when faces are involved, emotions run high.