Publisher/吐夢書房

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"Naked Goddesses: The Story of Nichigeki Music Hall" is a collection of works by Katsuhisa Ishizaki, a theater and film critic. Ishizaki, who has documented nightlife during the Showa period (1926-1989), primarily focuses on the Nichigeki Music Hall in Ginza, capturing the bodies of women onstage and the gazes of the people gathered there with a unique sense of distance. His work is characterized by a matter-of-fact, undramatized portrayal of the laboring bodies behind the glamour, and the tension and loneliness that arise under the stage lights. His consistent perspective is one of an inside look at the entertainment districts of the time. This book depicts the intersecting emotions and contradictions within the apparatus of strip theaters, interweaving the performers' stories and scenes from the performance, gently conveying to the reader the flavor and warmth of the era lurking beneath the surface. Carefully capturing the fleeting expressions and silences that emerge between the stage and the audience, this volume is more than just a record of the night; it also leaves room for continued reading as a fragment of Showa-era urban culture. While primarily text-based, the small photographic illustrations are also noteworthy.