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This is a list of exhibited works from the exhibition "Distant Closeness: The World of Ittetsu Matsuoka and Yamanami Kobo" held at HERALBONY ISAI PARK from December 7, 2025 (Sun) to January 16, 2026 (Fri).

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

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◼︎Artwork Details
・Framed size｜1227×882×40mm
・Materials｜Photograph _Type C print
・Year of production｜2025
・Framing｜Included
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・Shipping period: If purchased during the exhibition period, items will be shipped sequentially, approximately one month after the exhibition ends, starting from January 16, 2026. If purchased thereafter, items will be shipped sequentially, approximately one month from the date of purchase.
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◼︎About the Exhibition "Distant Closeness: The World of Ittetsu Matsuoka and Yamanami Kobo"
This exhibition consists of works that photographer Ittetsu Matsuoka has compiled 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 four participating artists are Rikuto Yoshida, Yuki Ino, Yuya Oji, and NANA. Artists who received Matsuoka's photographs added their drawings, and by inscribing their works as "responses," a dialogue like an exchange of letters was born between photography and painting.

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

Ittetsu Matsuoka

Photo by. Kenji Takahashi

Born in 1978, photographer. Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Photography. While working as a photographer, he also launched and operated Terme Gallery in 2008. He captures his everyday surroundings in photographs, consistently portraying the world with an equal gaze. His major solo exhibitions include "Marie" at BOOKMARC (Tokyo, 2018), "Only Gentle" 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 will be "Something deeper, sharper, more dangerous, and irresistibly beautiful. Something out of the ordinary." at Taka Ishii Gallery Photography / Film (Tokyo, 2025).

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