• Main cover of Asakusa showing high-contrast black and white photo
  • Detail of the book spine with embossed lettering
  • Close-up of the exposed thread binding in the book Asakusa
  • Black-and-white street scene during Sanja Matsuri festival
  • Portrait of a tattooed client in Horikazu's studio
  • Black-and-white page from Asakusa by Ronin de Goede showing a turtle shell with figurines and a female portrait.
  • Portrait of a young woman on red paper followed by tree branches.
  • Nude woman on carpet in a dim room, paired with a ceiling lamp detail.
  • Blurry police car at night passing under neon lights in Asakusa.
  • Rear view of tattooed men in a tiled Japanese bathroom.
  • Two nude women reclining on a bed in a floral wallpapered room.
  • Group of tattooed men and women in an intimate low-lit setting.
  • Still life with cards and a woman submerged in a bathtub.
  • Close-up of a full-back Japanese tattoo featuring mythological figures.
  • Group of yakuza in traditional clothing during Sanja Matsuri festival.
  • Group portrait of tattooed men at a Japanese festival from Asakusa by Ronin de Goede.
  • Close-up of tattooed festival participants in black and white from Asakusa by Ronin de Goede.
  • Black-and-white photo of tattooed men walking on the street during a festival, from Asakusa.
  • English text excerpt from the photobook Asakusa by Ronin de Goede.
  • Japanese text excerpt from the photobook Asakusa by Ronin de Goede.
  • Back cover of the photobook Asakusa by Ronin de Goede
  • Book Asakusa partially inserted into its slipcase
  • Front of the slipcase with minimal design
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Ronin de Goede | Zen Foto Gallery

Asakusa - Ronin de Goede

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Asakusa is a black-and-white photobook by Ronin de Goede documenting the ritual, trust, and atmosphere around traditional full-body tattooing in Tokyo’s Asakusa district.

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About the Book

Asakusa is a sustained black-and-white project by Ronin de Goede, built from long-term access to the studio environment of the tattoo master Horikazu and the surrounding social space in Tokyo. The book observes bodies, interiors, streets, and gatherings with a direct, high-contrast approach. It stays close to faces, skin, and texture, without turning the subject into spectacle.

Across the sequence, Asakusa moves between documentary clarity and rougher, blurred moments that recall the Provoke-era “are-bure-boke” sensibility. The result is a photobook about proximity and permission: who is allowed to look, and under which conditions. Ronin de Goede records the environment as a system of gestures, waiting, and routine.

Edition details (for collectors)

  • Publisher: Zen Foto Gallery

  • Binding: Hardcover + slipcase

  • Pages / images: 216 pages, 154 images

  • Size: 267 × 195 mm

  • Language: English / Japanese

  • Limited edition: 1000 copies

  • Publication year: 2020

  • ISBN: 978-4-910244-04-4

About the Author

Ronin de Goede (born 1978, Netherlands) works in analogue black-and-white photography and is known for a tactile, high-contrast visual language. For Asakusa, he developed a long-term documentary approach based on repeated visits and maintained access, focusing on light, shadow, and surface detail. His practice emphasizes handmade output, with work exhibited in Europe and Japan.

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Publisher / Manufacturer: Zen Foto Gallery
Country of origin: Japan
Website: https://zen-foto.jp

Importer

Kirill Korchemkin
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76189 Karlsruhe
Germany

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