Born in Ishinomaki in 1939, Hashimoto graduated from Nihon University, College of Art in 1964, specializing in photography. In 1974, he received the Newcomer Award from the Photographic Society of Japan with his photobook “Goze” (Nora-sha). In the same year, the series was selected for the “15 Photographers” exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and collected by the museum. Hashimoto actively photographed Lee Dynasty folk paintings in Korea from 1979 to 1981. He had travelled to Nagano, Yamagata, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Yamanashi and Miyagi prefectures to document the folk customs of Japan that were gradually disappearing as a photojournalist. Since 2011, he has regularly returned to photograph his hometown, Ishinomaki, which was devastated by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. His recent solo exhibitions include: “Goze” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2013; Zeit-Foto Salon, 2014), “Nishiyama Onsen — Empire of Nakedness” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2014), “A Village Lullaby” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2015), “Biwa Houshi” (Zeit-Foto Salon, 2016), “Literary Scholars” (Sokyusha, 2017), “Goze” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2020), “Goze — Shoko Hashimoto” (Ikeda Art Museum, Niigata, 2022), and “Goze” (AN-A Fundación, Barcelona, 2022). His publications include: “Goze” (Aron Shobo, 1988), “Kitakami River” (Shumpusha, 2014), “Nishiyama Onsen” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2014), “Kitakami River New Edition” (Shumpusha, 2015), “Undergrowth” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2016), “San’ya 1968.8.1–8.20” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2017), “Goze Asahigraph Reprint” (Zen Foto Gallery, 2019), “Goze” (New Complete Edition, Zen Foto Gallery, 2021), and "Ishinomaki" (Zen Foto Gallery, 2023)

Chronology

1939 Born in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture
1963 Graduates from Nihon University, Art Department, Photography Section
1974 “Goze” published by Nora-sha, and received The Japan Photography Association Newcomer Award.
“Goze” was selected in “15 Photographers” exhibition at Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art
1986 “50 Modern Poets” published by Recruit
2005 “Kitakami River” published by Shumpu-sha
2011 Starts photographing the disaster areas of the Great East Japan earthquake centered around home town of Ishinomaki
2013 “Goze” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2014 “Goze” Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
2014 “Nishiyama Onsen – Empire of Nakedness” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2015 “A Village Lullaby” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2016 “Biwa Hoshi” Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
2017 “Literary Scholars” Sokyusha, Tokyo
2017 “Doyagai - Day labouring districts of Japan” and “Doyagai - continued” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2017 “Goze” Books F3, Niigata
2020 “Goze” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2021 “This is Our Land” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2022 “GOZE Hashimoto Shoko” Ikeda Art Museum, Niigata
2023 “GOZE” AN-A Fundación, Barcelona

Selected Publications

1974 “Goze" Nora-sha
1988 “Goze" Aron Shobo
2005 “Kitakamigawa" Shumpu-sha
2014 “Ishinomaki - 2011.3.27~2014.5.29" Shumpu-sha
2015 “Kitakamigawa New Edition" Shumpu-sha
2016 “Undergrowth" Zen Foto Gallery
2017 “Sanya 1968.8.1 - 8.20" Zen Foto Gallery
2019 “Goze Asahigraph Reprint" Zen Foto Gallery
2021 “Goze" (New Complete Edition) Zen Foto Gallery

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1977 “Undergrowth” Shinjuku Minolta Photo Space, Tokyo
2005 “Kitakami River” Gallery Yougen, Tokyo
2013 “Goze” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2014 “Goze” Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
2014 “Nishiyama Onsen – Empire of Nakedness” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2015 “A Village Lullaby” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2016 “Biwa Hoshi” Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
2017 “Literary Scholars” Sokyu-sha, Tokyo
2017 “Goze” Books F3, Niigata
2020 “Goze” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2022 “GOZE Hashimoto Shoko” Ikeda Art Museum, Niigata
2023 “GOZE” AN-A Fundación, Barcelona

Selected Group Exhibitions

1974 “15 Photographers” Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art
2010 Commemorate the 60th anniversary of the foundation of JPS “Women who keep on moving” News Park, Japan News Paper Museum, Kanagawa
2017 “Doyagai - Day labouring districts of Japan” and “Doyagai - continued” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
2021 “This is Our Land” Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo

Awards

1974 “Goze”, Newcomer Award, The Photographic Society of Japan

Collections

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Gallery Exhibitions

Publications & Prints

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