{"product_id":"dear-old-days-iii","title":"DEAR OLD DAYS III","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe final volume in Ryoji Akiyama’s trilogy on childhood in China, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDear Old Days III\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e continues the journey begun with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDear Old Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1983, reprinted 2019) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDear Old Days II\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2020).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough carefully selected photographs made in the 1980s, Akiyama looks at childhood through the small details of everyday life, hand-knitted baby shoes, patterned towels, enamel bowls, open-air barbers, school clothes, and familiar domestic spaces. Alongside the children are the adults, homes, schools, and surroundings that quietly place these moments within a particular time and place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAkiyama’s distinctive graphic compositions turn these ordinary scenes into photographs that are both playful and deeply observant. Rather than simply documenting childhood, the book reflects on how everyday objects and environments become markers of time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe passage of time is also physically present in the photographs. Nine of the 119 images retain visible traces of mold that appeared on the original film. Rather than digitally removing these marks, Akiyama chose to leave them, describing them as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“the imprint of the time passed.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The imperfections become part of the photographs’ histories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book also includes a conversation between Akiyama and Japanese photographer Hideaki Hamada, whose own work with children, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaru And Mina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, has been influenced by Akiyama.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers interested in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJapanese photography, photobooks, documentary photography, childhood, and the relationship between memory and time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDear Old Days III\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a gentle and deeply personal look at how photographs can preserve not only people, but the worlds they grew up in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: Chinese \u0026amp; Japanese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 260\u003cspan\u003e x 250mm \u003c\/span\u003e| 795g\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2025 | Third Edition\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-4-909787-03-3\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seisodo 青艸堂","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47672283758754,"sku":null,"price":255.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/8521\/files\/DearOldDaysIII01.png?v=1790383089","url":"https:\/\/zontiga.com\/products\/dear-old-days-iii","provider":"Zontiga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}