Shozaburo Ishida Where Water Meets the City
Shozaburo Ishida “Where Water Meets the City”
Soft-cover, 5.83 × 8.27 inches, 66 pages
Text by Kenji Takazawa
This photobook explores Tokyo’s enduring dialogue with water through its floodgates. Since the Edo period, the city has thrived on rivers and canals, while also confronting the threat of floods and storm surges. Today’s floodgates serve not only as barriers but as regulators of water levels and guardians of safe passage. The Iwabuchi Floodgate diverts the Arakawa’s torrents away from the Sumida, while the Edogawa Water Gate secures drinking water and shields against salt damage. Ishida’s images reveal how Tokyo, across centuries, has lived in both dependence and resistance, where water and city continually meet and shape each other.
Shozaburo Ishida “Where Water Meets the City”
Soft-cover, 5.83 × 8.27 inches, 66 pages
Text by Kenji Takazawa
This photobook explores Tokyo’s enduring dialogue with water through its floodgates. Since the Edo period, the city has thrived on rivers and canals, while also confronting the threat of floods and storm surges. Today’s floodgates serve not only as barriers but as regulators of water levels and guardians of safe passage. The Iwabuchi Floodgate diverts the Arakawa’s torrents away from the Sumida, while the Edogawa Water Gate secures drinking water and shields against salt damage. Ishida’s images reveal how Tokyo, across centuries, has lived in both dependence and resistance, where water and city continually meet and shape each other.
Shozaburo Ishida “Where Water Meets the City”
Soft-cover, 5.83 × 8.27 inches, 66 pages
Text by Kenji Takazawa
This photobook explores Tokyo’s enduring dialogue with water through its floodgates. Since the Edo period, the city has thrived on rivers and canals, while also confronting the threat of floods and storm surges. Today’s floodgates serve not only as barriers but as regulators of water levels and guardians of safe passage. The Iwabuchi Floodgate diverts the Arakawa’s torrents away from the Sumida, while the Edogawa Water Gate secures drinking water and shields against salt damage. Ishida’s images reveal how Tokyo, across centuries, has lived in both dependence and resistance, where water and city continually meet and shape each other.
