Publisher/蒼穹舎

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"Semimaru" is a photo collection by Japanese photographer Atsushi Fujiwara. Atsushi Fujiwara has a rare career, having worked in an architectural design office, restaurant management, and in 2005, he started a photo studio, and began working on photography in earnest after the age of 40. However, he is a photographer who is working hard to pursue new possibilities in photography along with his own photography activities, such as teaming up with Akira Hasegawa, who is also known for editing Masahisa Fukase's "Ravens", to publish the photo magazine "Asphalt". This book is his fourth collection of works published in 2017. It is a personal memory set in his hometown of Shiga, where he "knew he had to go someday". "Semimaru" is a Noh play set in Omi, in which Prince Semimaru, who was abandoned because he was blind, meets his sister who also has a rare disease, and while sharing his misfortune, they part ways again in tears. This is a wonderful collection of works that depicts his hometown, which he "loves but hates", along with the traditional culture rooted in the land. Limited to 500 copies.