Publisher/芳賀書店

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"With OBI" is a photo collection by leading Japanese photographer Osamu Nagahama. Growing up in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, where he evacuated after the war, surrounded by many occupying soldiers, Nagahama developed an interest in American culture from a young age and has produced numerous works with American roots. He is known for his masterpieces, including "Hell's Angels," a vivid portrayal of motorcycle gangs, and "My Blues Road," a blues journey set in Mississippi. This book, published on May 15, 1972, the day of the historic "reversion" of Okinawa, is Nagahama's masterpiece, a collection of works depicting Okinawa, which was under long-term U.S. military occupation. It depicts the massive bases occupying the territory, warships carrying toxic gas, U.S. soldiers, Black Panthers, and the pubs, restaurants, red-light districts, and women who served as their playgrounds. This is a powerful book that captures the Americanized Okinawa with a sharp perspective, anger, and deep affection for the Okinawan people, as if to imprint the humiliating 27 years of occupation that must never be forgotten.