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Japanese photographer Hajime Kimura's photo book "Emoji -Kodama-". A collection of local materials that I saw at a library that I visited for studying seminars when I majored in architecture at a university. Attracted by the rustic landscape that has been forgotten in modern times, the place he sought after graduating from a university or photography school was a mountain village in Niigata. Matagi is a village group that uses traditional hunting techniques to hunt wild animals such as bears. People who live in semi-farming and semi-hunting and fight the harsh nature of extreme cold and heavy snow. Kimura has documented their lives over the years since 2007. Hunting in snowy mountains, slash and burn in summer, and beautiful landscapes. . The traditional Japanese way of life and the beauty of the landscape are beautifully expressed like ink paintings. Rather than contemporary themes such as "Urban" and "Contemporary", we generally look at objects that are not illuminated or being forgotten, presenting us with new questions and recognition, The style of vividly portraying culture was highly acclaimed overseas.