Asako Narahashi
Asako Narahashi in #47 Mizu:
Asako Narahashi (1959) is a Tokyo-based photographer whose work mainly focuses on the relationship between water and land. The main part of her work is shot from the water offering a different and unexpected viewpoint on the land. Whilst looking at Narahashi's photographs they bring us the amazement of a reversed vision and the sense of disorientation. Although Narahashi also takes photographs on land parallel to her water photographs, they both resonate a unique sense of distance and instability. The series on the iconic Mount Fuji that she photographed between 2003 and 2013 both from the water and land is a good example of the ambivalent feelings of seasickness and floating comfortably, Narahashi's work evokes with the viewer.
As of 1995 Narahashi has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions in Japan, China, the U.S., Germany, France, Sweden and the Netherlands. Most recently her work was exhibited during the international photo festival BredaPhoto in 2014. Her work has also been published in 7 artist books, of which ever after from 2013 is the latest one. Narahashi has been awarded the Newcomer's Award from the Photographic Society of Japan in 1998, in 2003 the Society of Photography Award and in 2008 the Higashikawa Prize Domestic Photographer. Narahashi's work is included in collections across the world, including The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and Huis Marseille in Amsterdam.
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Ishigakijima, 2019
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Biwako, 2019
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Biwako (Plate #Biwako-18), 2015
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Biwako (Plate #Biwako-17), 2015
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Biwako (Plate #Biwako-16), 2015
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Biwako (Plate #Biwako-15), 2015
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Biwako (Plate #Biwako-13), 2015
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Biwako (Plate #Biwako-01), 2014
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Towards the Mountain #3, 2013
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Towards the Mountain #2, 2013
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Towards the Mountain #1, 2013
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Nojiriko (Plate #EA-46), from Ever After, 2011
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Makino (Plate #EA-48), from Ever After, 2010
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Chuzenjiko (Plate #EA-40), from Ever After, 2010
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Jindo 415, Korea, 2009
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Jindo 410, Korea, 2009
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Jogahima (Plate #EA-18), from Ever After, 2007
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Yunohama (Plate #022), from half awake and half asleep in the water, 2004
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Karatsu (Plate #009), from half awake and half asleep in the water, 2004
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Suwako (Plate #061), from half awake and half asleep in the water, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #9, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #8, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #7, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #6, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #5, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #4, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #3, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #2, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #13, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #12, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #11, 2003
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Kawaguchiko #10, 2003
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Kotan (Plate #EA-06), from Ever After, 2002
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Bentenjima (Plate #002), from half awake and half asleep in the water, 2001
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Untitled (Plate 1103), from Nu-e, 1996
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Untitled (Plate 1062 (branches with many small flowers)), from Nu-e, 1996
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Untitled from Nu-e (peacock), 1995
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Untitled (Plate 1025) (woman in bridal costume), from Nu-e, 1995
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Untitled, from Nu-e (leopard), 1994
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Untitled (Plate 1095), from Nu-e, 1994
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Untitled (Plate 1071), from Nu-e, 1994
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Untitled (Plate 1063), from Nu-e, 1994
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Untitled (Plate 1032) (fish head), from Nu-e, 1994
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Untitled (Plate 1064), from Nu-e, 1993
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Untitled (Plate 1096), from Nu-e, 1992
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Untitled (Plate 1067), from Nu-e, 1992
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Untitled (Plate 1100), from Nu-e, 1990
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Untitled (two cows, on a ferry-boat), from Dawn in Spring, 1989
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Untitled (sea waves, from a ferry-boat), from Dawn in Spring, 1989
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Untitled (rocks and plants, Taketomijima), from Dawn in Spring, 1989
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Untitled (Kabuki picture and self-portrait, Tappi), from Dawn in Spring, 1989
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Untitled (billboard with woman’s face, Yokosuka), from Dawn in Spring, 1989
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#53 Toshi-City
Summer group exhibition 25 Jun - 28 Aug 2022For the 2022 Summer group exhibition IBASHO has chosen the city ('Toshi' in Japanese) as a theme. Who thinks of Japanese cities, thinks of Tokyo first. This hypermodern city in...Read more -
#47 Mizu
Summer group exhibition on the theme of 'Water' 17 Jun - 22 Aug 2021For the annual Summer exhibition of 2021 IBASHO has chosen the theme ' Mizu ', the word for 'water' in Japanese. As an island nation, Japan has a deep connection...Read more -
#37 初雪 HATSUYUKI - a group exhibition on 'FIRST SNOW'
7 Dec 2019 - 12 Jan 2020A small flake of snow Came floating down Onto my forefinger Onto its tip Heaven's messenger as it were A small flake of snow Arrived floating Melted on my forefinger...Read more -
#22 A Retrospective - Asako Narahashi
7 Sep - 15 Oct 2017IBASHO is delighted to announce a retrospective solo exhibition of Asako Narahashi. Narahashi is a female photographer from Tokyo, whose work mainly focuses on the relationship between land and water....Read more
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#12 Summer Exhibition 2016
7 Jul - 4 Sep 2016Our summer exhibition shows some highlights of exhibitions and fairs of the first half of 2016. The exhibition is only open by appointment. Please call us on +32473139328 or +32473139329,...Read more -
#04 Summer Exhibition 2015
2 Jul - 30 Aug 2015After the first three months of the opening of IBASHO we are going to enjoy the Summer and will not have regular opening hours, but we will still open our...Read more -
#01 SHASHIN YO KONNICHIWA (HELLO TO PHOTOGRAPHY)
26 Mar - 30 Apr 2015Shashin yo Sayonara (Bye-bye to Photography) is the title of Daido Moriyama's groundbreaking photo book, in which the master of Japanese contemporary photography breaks out of the boundaries of conventional...Read more