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Susumu Matsushima
__NOTOC__ was a Japanese photographer famous for portraits of women, fashion photography, and nudes. Matsushima was born on 5 January 1913 in Ushigome, Tokyo. He studied at Tōkyō Kōtō Kōgei Gakkō (, later incorporated within Chiba University), where a fellow-student was Gen Ōtsuka. On graduating in 1933, he joined Jiji Shinpō-sha, but soon quit and moved to Nikkatsu, where he worked as a photographer, focusing especially on portraits of women, which he also submitted to '' Photo Times'' and other photographic magazines. After the war Matsushima went freelance, working on portraits of women, fashion, and the like. In 1948 he created the group Shashinka Shūdan () with Fujio Matsugi, Sankichi Ozaki and others. He continued to work prolifically after this. Matsushima was an honorary member of the Japan Professional Photographers Society and the Japan Photographers Association Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsushima Susumu 1956
is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. There are some 260 tiny islands (''shima'') covered in pines (''matsu'') – hence the name – and it is considered to be one of the Three Views of Japan. Nearby cultural properties include Zuigan-ji, Entsū-in, Kanrantei, and the Satohama shell mound. Views A well-known haiku describes the islands as so striking that the poet is at a loss for words: While often attributed to Matsuo Bashō, the earliest known publication is in the ''Matsushima Zushi'' (松島図誌), published in 1820 over a century after Bashō's death, which attributes it to the ''kyōka'' poet Tawara-bō (田原坊). While Bashō did visit Matsushima in ''Oku no Hosomichi'', its only haiku about Matsushima was written by his travel comparison Kawai Sora. Four views of Matsushima There are four well-known spots to view the Matsushima, known as the , , , and . Image:matsushima otakamori08Dec07.jpg, Magnificent View: The view from Otakam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankichi Ozaki
was a renowned Japanese photographer A photographer (the 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 photographers As in other .... References *''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese. Japanese photographers 1912 births 1994 deaths {{Japan-photographer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
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