Iwao Yamawaki
, born Iwao Fujita, was a Japanese photographer and architect who trained at the Bauhaus.Sischy, Ingrid (ed); Yamawaki, Iwao (1999), ''Iwao Yamawaki''. Göttingen: Edition 7L, Steidl. Early life and education Born in Nagasaki, Yamawaki studied architecture at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now the Tokyo University of the Arts) from 1921 to 1926.Williamson, Beth (2016Bauhaus student, Iwao Yamawaki 1930–2 (Tate Gallery)(Accessed: 8 January 2017). After his graduation he worked as an architect for the Yokogawa Construction Company and began to take photographs, which he submitted to the publications and competitions of ''Kenchiku gakkai'' (the Society for Architectural Research).Čapková, Helena, (2014)''Transnational Networkers—Iwao and Michiko Yamawaki and the Formation of Japanese Modernist Design'' in Journal of Design History vol.27, no.4 He was active in theatre circles as a costume and set designer and in 1926 he founded the ''Ningyō-za'' theatre in Tokyo with Ko ...
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