{"title":"Shohachi Kimura","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"ginza-kaiwai-ginza-haccho","title":"Ginza Kaiwai \/ Ginza Haccho","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in 1954, this early leporello anticipated Edward Ruscha’s “Every Building on the Sunset Strip” by twelve years. A simple coincidence, the collective unconscious, or perhaps Ruscha being inspired by a copy encountered in Los Angeles’s historic Little Tokyo neighbourhood? Whatever the connection, or absence thereof, “Ginza Haccho” has been the subject of much discussion among photography-book aficionados in recent years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis accordion-folded publication conceals within its folds photographs of every building along Tokyo’s Ginza Street. Precious in its original cardboard slipcase, the edition was co-authored by Shohachi Kimura and Yoshikazu Suzuki and comprises a map of the district, a leporello presenting a panoramic view of Ginza Street, and a separate volume reconstructing, visually and textually, the history of the neighbourhood. The publication offers a vivid record of a city in perpetual reconstruction and remodelling, preserving buildings and streetscapes that have long since disappeared from Tokyo’s urban fabric.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis rare publication was exhibited in 2023 during the \"Folded Cities\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexhibition at Studio 454 in Venice, alongside other urban “radiographies” of the twentieth century, including “Venezia. Il Canal Grande,” a curious publication produced by Il Gazzettino Illustrato in 1931; Edward Ruscha’s “Every Building on the Sunset Strip” (1966); and Jan Henderikse’s “Broadway” (1983), among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54284651823443,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/Ginza.png?v=1783865157"}],"url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/collections\/shohachi-kimura.oembed","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}