is a Japanese writer on photography, and photographer. Born in

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, on 1 January 1936, Matsumoto graduated from

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in 1958. He started to work for the publishing company while still a student, but went freelance in 1963, mostly working for corporate and other magazines. From 1964 his photography was mainly of the theatre.Masaaki Hirakata (), "Matsumoto Norihiko" (); page 288 within ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese. Matsumoto has published numerous books about the history of Japanese photography. Eighteen prints by Matsumoto are in the collection of the

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in the collection, 5 February 2020.

Books by Matsumoto

* ''Mizutani Yaeko 1974–1979'' (). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1980. Photographs by Matsumoto. * ''Kamera o hajimeru hito no tame ni'' (). Tokyo: Ikeda Shoten, 1984. * ''Shōwa o toraeta shashinka no me: Sengo shashin no ayumi o tadoru'' (). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1989. * ''A Collection of Japanese Photographs, 1912–1940.'' Tokyo: Shashinkosha, 1990. * ''Matsumoto Norihiko sakuhin-ten: Nissei gekijō 1964–1971'' (). Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 1995. * ''Shashinka no kontakuto tanken: Ichimai no meisaku wa dō ebareta ka'' (). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1996. * ''Monokurōmu shashin no miryoku'' (). Tonbo no Hon. Tokyo: Shinchōsha, 1998. With Tsuneo Enari. * ''Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon'' (). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2002. * ''Koshiji Fubuki: Ai no sanka'' () = ''Fubuki Koshiji: Hymne à l'amour''. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2003. * ''Shimanami Norumandī "futatsu no toshi" shashinten: Matsumoto Norihiko: Shimanami kaidō 10-shūnen kinen'' (). Onomichi, Hiroshima: Onomichi City Museum of Art, 2009. * ''Toki o kizanda shashin: Hozon ga nozomareru firumu'' (). Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 2011. * ''Shitte imasuka ... Hiroshima Nagasaki no genshi bakudan: Hibaku kara 70-nen'' (). Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 2015.

References

Japanese photographers 1936 births Living people People from Onomichi, Hiroshima Japanese writers Photography critics Historians of photography Artists from Hiroshima Prefecture Nihon University alumni {{Japan-photographer-stub