900 yen for the General-admission public

Junior highschool and high school students or under 18:600 yen

400 yen for elementary school students

Awane Masako (1901-2002) is known as a person who fought a non-violent land struggle with farmers on Ie Island occupied by the US military after the Battle of Okinawa. Awane obtained a camera to record damage caused by forced land seizure called “bayonets and bulldozers,” US military violence, and shooting exercise grounds, and began recording the island in 1955. Awane, which used the only camera on the island as a means of resisting the US military, came to play a part in the “island battle” in Okinawa while developing pilgrimages and petitions called the “Beggar March.” “The Island Where Humans Live” (1982) was published as the only photo book during his lifetime, and I learned that in addition to the photographs of the struggle recorded here, many portraits of the islanders and their daily lives have been left behind. At this exhibition, which is the first exhibition on the mainland, approximately 350 digital prints newly created from over 3000 negatives will be exhibited. Called the “Gandhi of Okinawa,” you can see the side of Awaken as a photographer known as a peace activist.

●Talk Event “The Island Where Humans Live”
4/20 (Sat) 14:00
Toyomitsu Higa (photographer)
Mutsuko Tamaki (former vice-principal of Ie Municipal Nishi Elementary School)
Masashi Ohara (curator of this exhibition, associate professor at Tokyo Polytechnic University)
Participation is free (same-day admission ticket required)

Organizer: Map of the Atomic Bomb Maruki Art Museum
Co-organizers: Wabi Ai no Sato/Island Treasure: Awane Masahiro Photo Exhibition Executive Committee
Curated by Masashi Ohara
Planning Cooperation: Awane Masahiro Material Research Group/Tokyo Polytechnic University/Sawako Ohara

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