Publisher/鏡浦書房

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"Somewhere in Japan (Acceptable)" is a photo collection by Japanese female photographer Yumiko Kiyomiya, one of the pioneering female photographers active in the postwar period. Born in Tokyo in 1934, Yumiko Kiyomiya graduated from a photography junior college and, while working as a photographer for Josei Jishin, made a name for herself as a "royal household photographer," closely following the Empress for the 1,000 days between her engagement and wedding. Around 1970, she moved to London in search of something new, and her work has been published in publications such as Suntory's "Skoll Club." This book is her signature work, a documentary filmed in the 1960s in the flophouse district of Takahashi, Fukagawa, Koto Ward, Tokyo. This beautiful photographer, who had worked in the glamorous worlds of the royal family and the entertainment industry, discovered this flophouse district just as she was searching for satisfying photographs and developed a latent desire to convey the truth without embellishment. This is a valuable collection of photographs depicting the unknown daily lives of people who lived in isolated areas of the city known as "shima" at the time, struggling with crime and hardship, but still struggling to survive. Included in The Japanese Photobook 1912–1990. (Cover is missing.)