The is a Japanese photography award. The award has been given every year since 1975 (except 1983) by the Asahi Shimbun Company, publisher of ''

Asahi Shimbun is one of the four largest newspapers in Japan. Founded in 1879, it is also one of the oldest newspapers in Japan and Asia, and is considered a newspaper of record for Japan. Its circulation, which was 4.57 million for its morning edition and ...

'' and the magazine ''

Asahi Camera was a Japanese monthly photographic magazine, published from April 1926 until July 2020, when it was discontinued due to declining circulation. History and profile The first issue was that for April 1926.During the twentieth century, Japanese mon ...

'', in honor of the photographer

Ihei Kimura was a Japanese photographer, known for his portrayal of Tokyo and Akita Prefecture. Life and work Born on 12 December 1901 in Shitaya-ku (now Taitō-ku), Tokyo, Kimura started taking photographs when very young but his interest intensified whe ...

. It is given to one or more new photographers whose work has been exhibited or published during the previous year and is announced in ''Asahi Camera'': its original name, soon shortened, was ''Asahi Kamera Kimura Ihei Shashin-shō'' (). The award is usually given to a single photographer. In 2000, the unprecedented awarding of three prizes, each to a female photographer, caused a stir. Its major rival for attention in the mass media is the

Domon Ken Award The Domon Ken Award (土門拳賞, ''Domon-Ken-shō'') is one of Japan's photographic awards. The award was started in 1981 by the Mainichi Newspapers to mark the 110th birthday of the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', its daily newspaper and main publication ...

, given annually to a single photographer, usually one with a longer career than those who win the Kimura Award.

Winners

Notes

Bibliography

* ''Kimura Ihei Shashinshō no nijūnen'' (, "20 years of the Kimura Ihei Award". Mōru, 1995. . With sample photographs from each of the award-winners (more from each of them than appear in the later, thirty-year compilation). * ''Kimura Ihei Shashinshō no kiseki: 1975–1999'' (, "Remains of the Kimura Ihei Award: 1975–1999"). An exhibition catalogue. * ''Sanjūroku fotogurafāzu: Kimura Ihei Shashinshō no sanjūnen'' (, "36 photographers: 30 years of the Kimura Ihei Award"). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbun, 2005. . With sample photographs from each of the award-winners.

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