Keiji Tsuyuguchi - Migration

Keiji Tsuyuguchi examines Japan's history of forced displacement through a powerful photographic lens. The book's seven chapters document sites connected to the systematic relocation of the indigenous Ainu people to Hokkaido since the 1850s, including original settlements, relocation areas, and administrative centres. The work culminates in a study of Fukushima's "difficult-to-return zones" - areas deemed uninhabitable following the 2011 nuclear disaster. Through text and images, Tsuyuguchi connects historical patterns of displacement to contemporary exclusion zones, with particular focus on the Imperial Palace's role as a symbol of power and displacement. Essays by Shino Kuraishi and Satoshi Ukai complete this critical examination.