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Japan Photographic Society (1924–)
__NOTOC__The is a compact organization of photographers founded in 1924 that has continued to this day. Unrelated to an earlier organization with the same name, the JPS grew out of the and the Kōga-kai (光画会).The account of the early days derives from Iizawa, pp. 19–20, 121. Founded in 1924, its first president was Shinzō Fukuhara, and its other founding members included the amateur photographers Rosō Fukuhara, Kiichirō Ishida, Isao Kakefuda, Maroni Kumazawa, Yasutarō Mori, Masajirō Sakai, Hekisui Yamanaka, and Jiichirō Yasukōchi. Among the members who joined soon after was Yasuzō Nojima, in 1926. From 1925, the JPS has held a joint exhibition once a year. The JPS was suspended in 1944, but restarted in 1946. Members * Rosō Fukuhara * Shinzō Fukuhara * Kiyoshi Nishiyama * Akira Toriyama is a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He first achieved mainstream recognition for his highly successful manga series ''Dr. Slump'', befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Photographic Society (19th Century)
The was a Tokyo-based organization of photographers founded in 1889 that continued until the closing years of the nineteenth century. The JPS started as Japan's first organization for amateur photographers, although professionals later joined as well. Of the fifty-six founding members, twenty-four were foreigners, and among these W. K. Burton served as secretary. The JPS arranged various photographic activities: criticism, modeling sessions, exhibitions and so forth. The members' works were published in the magazine '' Shashin Shinpō.'' The society seems to have folded at some time shortly after 1896, as a result of the bankruptcy of its main sponsor, Kajima Seibei was a Japanese photographer. In 2019, Fujifilm , trading as Fujifilm, or simply Fuji, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, operating in the realms of photography, optics, office and medical electronics, b .... A later organization with the same name is unrelated. Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinzō Fukuhara
was a Japanese photographer. He was born in Kyōbashi-ku, Tokyo, on 25 July 1883, as the fourth son of Arinobu Fukuhara, the head of Apothecary Shiseidō (which in 1927 would be incorporated as Shiseidō) and Toku Fukuhara (). The third brother predeceased his birth, so he was named and treated as the third son. His two other elder brothers also died young, but the next brother, Rosō, would also win fame as a photographer; and, to a lesser degree, his youngest brother Nobuyoshi (信義, b.1897) would too, under the name Tōru Namiki (). Fukuhara first used a camera in 1896, if not earlier. He went to Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ... to study pharmacology in 1908, and after his graduation traveled around England, Germany and Italy before settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosō Fukuhara
was a Japanese photographer noted for a strikingly modern approach to pictorialism. He was born in Ginza on 16 January 1892, as , son of , the head of Apothecary Shiseidō (which in 1927 would be incorporated as Shiseidō) and . His three eldest brothersBy conventional count, his ''two'' eldest brothers: One died so young that he was not counted when Shinzō was given a name indicating that he was the third. died young, but another older brother, Shinzō, would also win great fame as a photographer and the last, Nobuyoshi (信義, b.1897) would win some fame too, under the name . Fukuhara studied French at Keio University (Tokyo) from 1911 to 1917. His photographic activities were amateur but rigorous; his photographs employed both shallow focus and rather incongruous juxtapositions to great effect. Half of a photograph by Fukuhara might be taken up by corrugated metal fencing. Fukuhara died on 29 September 1946 in Nagano Nagano may refer to: Places * Nagano Prefecture, a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiichirō Ishida
Kiichirō, Kiichiro or Kiichirou (written: 麒一郎, 喜一郎 or 季一郎) is a masculine Japanese given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa .... Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese astronomer * (1888–1970), Japanese general * (1867–1952), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan * (1894–1952), Japanese businessman * (1920–1998), Japanese-American sumo wrestler {{DEFAULTSORT:Kiichiro Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isao Kakefuda
is a masculine Japanese given name which was popular during the Shōwa period. Possible writings Isao can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *功, "achievement" *勲, "meritorious" *績, "exploits" *公, "public" *勇男, "brave, man" *勇夫, "brave, man" *勇雄, "brave, masculine" *伊佐夫 *伊佐雄 *伊三男 The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name *, Japanese hammer thrower * Isao Aoki (功, born 1942), Japanese professional golfer *, Japanese ice hockey player * Isao Harimoto (勲, born 1940), Zainichi Korean professional baseball player *Isao Hashizume (功, born 1941), Japanese actor *, Japanese singer and composer *Isao Homma (born 1981), Japanese footballer who plays for Albirex Niigata * Isao Inokuma (功, 1938–2001), Japanese judoka *Isao Iwabuchi (born 1933), Japanese Olympic football player *, Japanese ice hockey player *, Japanese ice hockey player *Isao Kikuchi (born 1921), American graphic desi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maroni Kumazawa
was a Japanese photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe .... Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. References Japanese photographers 1895 births 1958 deaths {{Japan-photographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasutarō Mori
Yasutarō, Yasutaro or Yasutarou is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yasutarō can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples: The characters used for "taro" (太郎) literally means "thick (big) son" and usually used as a suffix to a masculine name, especially for the first son. The "yasu" part of the name can use a variety of characters, each of which will change the meaning of the name ("靖" for peaceful, "保" for preserve, "易" and so on). *靖太郎, "peaceful, big son" *保太郎, "preserve, big son" *易太郎, "divination, big son" *安太郎, "tranquil, big son" Other combinations... *靖太朗, "peaceful, thick, bright" *靖多朗, "peaceful, many, bright" *靖汰朗, "peaceful, excessive, bright" *保太朗, "preserve, thick, bright" *安多朗, "tranquil, many, bright" The name can also be written in hiragana やすたろう or katakana ヤスタロウ. Notable people with the name *, Anglican b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiichirō Yasukōchi
was a Japanese photographer. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. References Japanese photographers 1883 births 1968 deaths {{Japan-photographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasuzō Nojima
was a Japanese photographer. He is particularly well known for his unidealized nudes of "ordinary" Japanese women executed in both pictorialist and modernist styles. Nojima began studying at Keio University in 1906, and began taking photographs two years later. From 1915 to 1920 he ran a gallery, the Misaka Photo Shop, where he had his first solo exhibition in 1920. Around that same time he opened the Kabutoya Gado gallery, which was connected to the shirakaba-ha literary movement. Nojima later operated several other studios, such as the Nonomiya Photography Studio, and Nojima Tei, which was a salon based in his house. He became a member of the Japan Photographic Society in 1928. In 1984 Nojima was posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Louis, Missouri honors those who have made great contributions to the field of photography. History In 1977 the first Hall of Fame and Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Nishiyama
was a versatile Japanese amateur photographer who specialized in landscapes.Tatsuo Shirai, "Seasonal Aspects of Japan" , unpaginated postface to Nishiyama, ''Shunkō shūshoku'' / ''Seasonal Aspects of Japan'' (Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1979). Born in Tokyo in 1893 as Kiyonosuke Nishiyama (), Nishiyama became interested in photography at 15. He intended to become a professional photographer and learned retouching in a photographic studio at Ryōgoku, but never turned professional, instead in 1921 setting up a photographic supplies shop, Heiwadō (), in Nihonbashi, and at about the same time starting up and leading a photographic club, the Pleasant Club (, ''Purezanto Kurabu''), and submitting his photographs to photographic magazines.''Nihon no shashinka'' / ''Biographic Dictionary of Japanese Photography,'' pp. 315–16. In 1922 Nishiyama won the first prize for his submission, taken with a Vest Pocket Kodak, to a competition at the Heiwa Kinen Tōkyō Hakurankai (). A yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |