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Ikkō Narahara
Garden of Silence, 1958

"Garden of Silence", 1958. © Ikkō Narahara.
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Introduction
The photographic work "Garden of Silence," part of the seminal 1958 series "Domains" (Oukoku / Kingdom), represents one of the absolute zeniths of his existential and aesthetic inquiry. The image transports the viewer into the Trappist monastery in Tobetsu, located on the northern island of Hokkaido a place characterized by voluntary isolation and absolute religious devotion.
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