BiographIE
- 1939 Born in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture
- 1963 Graduates from Nihon University, Art Department, Photography Section
- 1986 “50 Modern Poets” published by Recruit
- 2004 Series of “Haiku poets” in “Haiku Kai”
- 2004 Begins photographing series “Kitakami River with a Trailer” for Higashi Nippon Broadcasting Company 30 Year anniversary
- 2011 Starts photographing the disaster areas of the Great East Japan earthquake centred around home town of Ishinomaki. Resulting book was published by Shumpusha in 2014
PUBLICATIONS
- 2021 « Goze » Zen Foto Gallery
- 2019 « Goze Asahigraph Reprint » Zen Foto Gallery
- 2017 « Sanya 1968.8.1 – 8.20 » Zen Foto Gallery
- 2016 « Undergrowth » Zen Foto Gallery
- 2015 « Kitakamigawa New Edition » Shumpusha
- 2014 « Ishinomaki – 2011.3.27~2014.5.29 » Shumpusha
- 2005 « Kitakamigawa » Shumpusha
- 1988 « Goze » Aron Shobo
- 1974 « Goze » Nora-sha
EXPOSITIONS
- 2021 “This is Our Land”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
- 2020 “Goze”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
- 2017 “Literary Scholars”, Sokyusha, Tokyo
- 2017 “Doyagai – Day labouring districts of Japan” and “Doyagai – continued”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
- 2016 “Biwa Houshi”, Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
- 2015 “A Village Lullaby”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
- 2014 “Japon Rural, 70s », Mind’s Eye / Galerie Adrian Bondy, Paris
- 2014 “Goze”, Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
- 2014 “Nishiyama Onsen – Empire of Nakedness », Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
- 2013 “Goze”, Zen Foto Gallery, Tokyo
- 1997 Series “Portraits of Tanka Poets” in “Asahi Tanka”
- 1977 “Kusamura”, Shinjuku Minolta Photo Space. Nominated for Ihei Kimura award
PRIX
- 1974 “Goze”, Newcomer Award, The Photographic Society of Japan
COLLECTIONS
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo