1. TAIRA Koshichi Exhibition

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TAIRA Koshichi Exhibition

2022.11.03(Thu) ~ 2023.01.15(Sun)

TAIRA Koshichi Exhibition

 TAIRA Koshichi (1939-1994) was a photographer, born in Kijoka, Ogimi Village, Okinawa.

 In 1970, he published a photobook, Okinawa: The Anguish and Resistance of a Million Residents, which depicted the stormy times of Okinawa prior to its reversion to Japan. He also published a photobook, Painukaji, which described the scenery and the lives of people in their home islands, in 1976. This work won him the 2nd Kimura Ihei Photography Award. He continued to photograph the lives of Okinawan people from different viewpoints.

 The works of the photographer gazing at the reversion of Okinawa to Japan and trying to reveal the reality of changing Okinawa during its turbulent times still have the power to pose question tu us all. This exhibition retraces the steps of TAIRA Koshichi through photos he took in his lifetime.

TAIRA Koshichi

1939 Born in Kijoka, Ogimi Village, Okinawa Prefecture
1959 Graduated from Hentona High School and left Okinawa for Tokyo
1962 Hired and assigned to the photography department of the Ryukyu Shimpo
1970 Hired and assigned to the public relations department at the Government of the Ryukyu Islands (currently the Okinawa Prefectural Government)
1977 Granted the 2nd Kimura Ihei Photography Award for his photobook Painukaji
1993 Donated approximately 200,000 photos to Nago City
Jan. 1994 Died


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Exhibitions

Dates 2022.11.03 ~ 2023.01.15
Location Exhibition Gallery 1,Exhibition Gallery 2
Entrance fees Adults 1200yen (960yen) / College & University and High School students 500yen (400yen) / Junior High and Elementary School students 300yen (240yen) / preschool children Free
*Prices shown in ( ) indicate advanced tickets and groups of 20 or more.
*50% discount for persons with disabilities (with presentation of the physical disability certificate) and one caretaker.
Hours 9:00~18:00(Open until 20:00 on Friday and Saturday)
Closed Every Monday, New Year's holiday (December 29 - January 3), January 10.
*Except January 9.

Main pieces in the exhibition

〈沖縄:百万県民の苦悩と抵抗〉より(名護博物館蔵)

〈沖縄:百万県民の苦悩と抵抗〉より(名護博物館蔵)

〈復帰の日〉より《琉球政府閉庁式(1972年5月13日)》(名護博物館蔵)

〈復帰の日〉より《琉球政府閉庁式(1972年5月13日)》(名護博物館蔵)

〈パイヌカジ〉より《75.11多良間島》(名護博物館蔵)

〈パイヌカジ〉より《75.11多良間島》(名護博物館蔵)

〈パイヌカジ〉より《72.8小浜島》(名護博物館蔵)

〈パイヌカジ〉より《72.8小浜島》(名護博物館蔵)

〈沖縄カンカラ三線〉より《76年 私の母 大宜味村喜如嘉》(名護博物館蔵)

〈沖縄カンカラ三線〉より《76年 私の母 大宜味村喜如嘉》(名護博物館蔵)

〈女子学徒隊〉より《世嘉良(旧姓 喜舎場)利子 沖縄師範学校女子部本科二年(当時) 球一八八〇三部隊(俗称 ひめゆり学徒)沖縄陸軍病院第一外科配属》(名護博物館蔵)

〈女子学徒隊〉より《世嘉良(旧姓 喜舎場)利子 沖縄師範学校女子部本科二年(当時) 球一八八〇三部隊(俗称 ひめゆり学徒)沖縄陸軍病院第一外科配属》(名護博物館蔵)

〈塩屋ウンガミ〉より《塩屋ウンガミ06》(名護博物館蔵)

〈塩屋ウンガミ〉より《塩屋ウンガミ06》(名護博物館蔵)

〈生まりジマ喜如嘉〉より《生まりジマ喜如嘉11》(名護博物館蔵)

〈生まりジマ喜如嘉〉より《生まりジマ喜如嘉11》(名護博物館蔵)

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