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"Hakodate Photography — Beyond Time / From Hakodate" is a collection of works by Japanese photographers Kotaro Kumagai (1893-1955) and Sen Masumi (1904-1959). This book introduces the work of two photographers who were active in the port city of Hakodate from the Meiji to Showa periods. Kumagai meticulously documented the lives of ordinary people and the changing cityscape, and his works were long preserved by his family. Masumi, on the other hand, who became a photographer after working as a newspaper reporter, is known for his representative work "Leica Photo Collection: Trappistine Convent," and turned his lens to a wide range of subjects, including people, stages, and religious institutions. This book is a photo collection published in conjunction with a joint exhibition held at the Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art in 2024, and its creation was supported by the activities of "Hakodate Photo Archives," centered around Motoi Tsuda, who has been working hard to preserve and re-evaluate photographic heritage. It also includes a text by photography historian Kinichi Obinata. This is a valuable collection of works that traces the history of the city of Hakodate through the different perspectives of two photographers, while also re-examining the value of photography, which had been largely overlooked, in the modern era.