Genkan

Provenance

Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Settings: 14mm · f/8.0 · 1/3 · ISO 100
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm

Timber shoe lockers and open shelving line the entry vestibule of Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic. Debris and broken render cover the floor. A sliding glass door faces an empty road and tree-covered hills beyond.

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01 PROVENANCE

Print datasheet

Title: Genkan
Series: Kuwashima Hospital
Catalogue: KHO-009
Process: Giclée
Captured: 29 May 2016
Camera: NIKON D810
Lens: 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture: f/8.0
Shutter: 1/3 s
ISO: 100
Focal length: 14 mm
Paper: Ilford Galerie Smooth Cotton Rag 310 gsm
Paper size: 290 × 200 mm
Location: Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan
Authenticity: C2PA verified provenance →
Recognised by: Highly Commended in Multimedia at the 2016 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Heritage Awards

02 LOCATION

Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan

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03 THE STORY

About this print

The genkan at Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic, the entry vestibule where shoes were exchanged for indoor footwear. Timber shoe lockers line one wall, the doors panelled in the standard hospital fit-out. Open shelving runs above. Debris and broken render cover the floor across the vestibule. A sliding glass door at the far end faces an empty road, with tree-covered hills beyond.

Kuwashima Orthopaedic Clinic is in Yubari, southern Hokkaido. The shoe-change at the genkan was the standard arrival routine for staff and patients across the working life of the clinic. Yubari's population peaked at over 100,000 in the 1960s during the coal mining boom and collapsed below 10,000 over the following decades as successive mines closed. The clinic was abandoned at some point in that arc.

04 FROM THE FIELD NOTES

The genkan of Kuwashima Hospital. A wooden shoe rack lines the back wall, cubby holes still holding uwabaki slippers in neat pairs. Beside it, open shelving stretches toward the corner. Plaster and concrete rubble cover the recessed entry floor. Broken glass lies near the sliding door. Grey light pushes through frosted panels, catching the grit and dust. Outside, bare hillside and a single conifer. The air smells of damp wood and calcium powder.

Brett Patman

The series

Kuwashima Hospital

2016 · 26 photographs

Kuwashima Hospital sits in Yubari, on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The town's population peaked above one hundred thousand in the 1960s and has since fallen below seven thousand. The hospital is abandoned.

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05 SIZE GUIDE

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