帰海"RETURN TO THE SEA"
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帰海"RETURN TO THE SEA"
YOUNG HAMA 3rd PHOTO BOOK
The Wakimisaki Gion Festival is held in Wakimisaki Town, a fishing town in southern Nagasaki Prefecture.
It's a so-called "fighting festival" with a history of over 250 years.
Fights begin towards the end of the festival during the "handover," when the festival is passed on to the next year's host town.
The reasons vary, from disliking someone's mannerisms to warding off bad luck.
While there are many festivals called "fighting festivals" throughout Japan, festivals where people punch each other with their bare hands are rare.
In this age of online insults and where violence is considered evil, is that truly right? If you don't like someone, you punch them directly, and then after the festival, you drink together and strengthen your bonds.
I am against indiscriminate violence, but I believe that the kind of bare-handed violence seen in this festival is actually a form of expressing love.
This primitive way of human interaction from 250 years ago felt incredibly fresh to me.
The expressions on the faces of the people during the festival were incredibly rich, as if their inner instincts were awakened, and they all exuded an aura more like wild animals than humans.
Perhaps it's because it's a fishing town, and they deal with the sea every day, living side-by-side with death.
This photo collection captures fleeting expressions and actions that reveal the animalistic side of human nature.
I would like to express my gratitude once again to the people of Wakimisaki Town for allowing me to take these photographs.
...I became interested in fisherman and have now started working on a deep-sea tuna fishing boat.
Page/All monochrome 120 pages
Size/A4 (210mm x 297mm)
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脇部蔵園祭は長崎県の南部にある漁師町、脇岬町で行われる。250年以上の歴史がある通称喧嘩祭りである。
祭りの終盤に来年の当番町に引き継ぐ「受け取り渡し」で喧嘩が始まる。理由は所作が気に入らない、厄落としなど様々。
全国各地、喧嘩祭りと呼ばれる祭りはたくさんあるが、このような素手で殴り合う祭りはあまり聞かない。
今はインターネットに悪口を書き込み、、暴力は悪とされる時代だが、はたしてそれは正しいのか？
直接気にいらないなら殴る、そして祭りが終われば仲良く酒を飲み交わし結束を高める。
私は無差別な、暴力には反対だか、この祭りのような素手で殴り合う、暴力はむしろ愛情表現の一つだと考える。
そのような250年前の原始的な人と人との交流の在り方が私にはとても新鮮に感じた。
祭りの中での人々の表情はとても豊かで内なる本能を呼び覚ますかのように、人間というよりは野生動物のようなオーラを皆まとっていた。
漁師町ということもあり、日々海を相手にし、死と隣り合わせだからだろうか。
そのような人間の本性の動物的な側面を明らかにする一瞬の表情、行動がこの写真集には写っている。
写真を撮らせてくださった脇岬町の皆さんに改めて感謝します。
・・.私は漁師に興味を持ち、現在遠洋マグロ漁船に乗り始めた。
ページ/全モノクロ120pages
サイズ/A4(210mm×297mm)
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Publishing: 南新宿写真組合
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Printed by Inuuniq Co., Ltd.
Published in April 2026
Photographs were shot in Japan 2018-2024.
