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This is a list of exhibited works from the exhibition "Distant Closeness" -The Universe of Ittetsu Matsuoka and Yamanami Kobo- held at HERALBONY ISAI PARK from Sunday, December 7, 2025, to Friday, January 16, 2026.

◼︎Exhibition Information
Exhibition "Distant Closeness" -The Universe of Ittetsu Matsuoka and Yamanami Kobo-
Period: Sunday, December 7, 2025 – Friday, January 16, 2026
Location: HERALBONY ISAI PARK (Parc Avenue Kawatoku 1F, 1-10-1 Saien, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture)
Hours: 10:00 - 19:00　
Closed: Follows the closing days of Parc Avenue Kawatoku

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*Due to the works being on display and for sale, in the event of simultaneous purchases, purchases made at the exhibition venue will be given priority. We appreciate your understanding.

◼︎Product Details
・Framed size｜195 × 145 × 30mm
・Materials｜POSCA, Photograph _Type C print
・Year of production｜2025
・Framing｜Included
・Shipping cost: 3000 yen nationwide in Japan
・Shipping period: If purchased during the exhibition period, we will ship sequentially around one month after the exhibition ends, starting from January 16, 2026. If purchased after that, we will ship sequentially around one month from the purchase date.
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◼︎About the exhibition "Distant Closeness" -The Universe of Ittetsu Matsuoka and Yamanami Kobo-
This exhibition is composed of works that photographer Ittetsu Matsuoka has collected over many years, as well as new photographs taken during his visit to "Yamanami Kobo," a welfare facility in Shiga Prefecture, and collaborative works with artists affiliated with the same facility. The participating artists are Rikuya Yoshida, Yuki Ino, Yuya Oji, and NANA, a total of four individuals. When the artists received the photographs taken by Matsuoka, they added their drawings, engraving their works as "responses," creating a dialogue like an exchange of letters between photography and painting.

What emerges when these artists, who express themselves in different genres and methods, interact with each other's works is trust and dialogue that transcend words. As the world reflected in Matsuoka's lens and the world seen through the artists' eyes intersect, new works are born, and fundamental questions of "seeing," "connecting," and "existing" emerge.

Ittetsu Matsuoka

Photo by. Kenji Takahashi

Born in 1978, Ittetsu Matsuoka is a photographer who graduated from the Department of Photography at Nihon University College of Art. While working as a photographer, he also established and managed Terme Gallery in 2008. He continues to capture daily life and the world with an equal gaze. His major solo exhibitions include "Marii" at BOOKMARC (Tokyo, 2018), "Yasashii Dake" at amanaTIGP (Tokyo, 2020), "what i know" at amanaTIGP (Tokyo, 2023), and "TOKYO GAMES" at Shibuya Scramble SKY GALLERY (Tokyo, 2023). His latest solo exhibition is "Motto Fukakute Surudokute, Abunakute, Tamaranaku Utsukushii Yatsu. Futsuu Janai Mono." at Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film (Tokyo, 2025).

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