Description: Isamu Iida, born in 1955, graduated from Tokyo College of Photography and has been working as a freelance photographer since then, holding solo exhibitions at Nikon Salon and Konica Plaza in the 1990s. This book is a collection of his photographs of hostesses in Ginza over a 20-year period from 1983 to 2002. The women, dressed in glamorous fashions ranging from kimono to dresses, are photographed outside and inside the stores where they serve their customers. The images range from portraits to surprise shots, but all convey the atmosphere typical of Ginza's prestigious location and the unique elegance of the nighttime business. The title of the book seems to express a cool-headed gaze at these women, who were also called "butterflies of the night," and the men who flocked to them, but it also seems that many of the photographs taken along Ginza's main streets such as Namiki-dori, Sony-dori, and Dentsu-dori are documents (kogaku) in the sense of genre history and cultural history. I also feel that many of the photographs taken on Ginza's main streets such as Namiki-dori, Sony-dori, and Dentsu-dori are documents (kogaku) in the sense of genre and cultural history.
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Publication Year: 2002
Format: Hardcover
Language: Japanese
Book Title: The Ostentatious City
Era: 2000s
Author: Isamu Iida
Publisher: Wise Publishing
Original Language: Japanese
Topic: Cities
Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
Edition: First Edition
