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A rare visual book that revives daily life on Hashima Island, better known asGunkanjimaor “Battleship Island,” through an exceptional collection of color photographs. Housing scholarUzo Nishiyama(1911–1994), a pioneer of modern Japanese housing studies, visited the island twice after World War II and documented its homes, residents, and living environment from a uniquely human-centered perspective.
Centered on previously unpublished images, this volume also includes original survey reports, sketches, and historical materials that recreate the energy of this once-thriving coal mining community. While many ruin photographs and black-and-white images of Gunkanjima are already known, a book presenting this many color photographs is extraordinarily rare, making it an invaluable record of one of Japan’s most distinctive industrial landscapes.
The book further features important research texts by Uzo Nishiyama, Shin Ogida, and Toshihide Katayose, offering insight into Hashima’s living conditions in 1952 and 1970. Essential for readers interested inGunkanjima, industrial heritage, modern architecture, and everyday life in modern Japan, this is a compelling and highly distinctive reference work.
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