__NOTOC__ is a Japanese photographer noted for his photographs of nudes. Ichimura was born, with the family name Hamaguchi,His name in ''kanji'' was or is (Kasahara, "Ichimura Tetsuya"). The likeliest readings of the character are Takashi and Ryū. Kasahara does not explain when or how Hamaguchi became Ichimura. in

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on 10 June 1930. As a young adult Ichimura moved to

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, where he studied for a year at

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, took various jobs, and chanced to meet

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, who aroused his interest in photography. Ichimura won a special award at the , held at

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, Tokyo, in 1956. He quickly moved to nude photography, and had his first solo exhibition, "Love & Lost", in Fuji Photo Salon in 1963. He also participated in exhibitions overseas: "New Japanese Photography" in

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(7 Works owned by MoMA) in 1974 and an exhibition of eight Japanese photographers in

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in 1976. From the late 1970s Ichimura branched out to photographs of Japanese iconography and landscape, particularly that of his native Nagasaki.

Books by Ichimura

*''Konna sei no hanashi mo aru'' (). Tokyo: Besutoserāzu, 1970. Text by

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, photographs by Ichimura. *''Seidan to nūdo no fūkei'' (). Tokyo: Besutoserāzu, 1970. *''Kyōki no utage Salome'' (Salome). Tokyo: Jitsugyō no Nihon sha, 1970. *''Come Up.'' Tokyo: Shashinhyōronsha, 1971. *''Onna to otoko: Imayō shunga'' (). Gendai Shashinka Shirīzu. Tokyo: Ado angen, 1972. With

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. *''Shashin no shisō'' (). Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1978. *''Nihon no kokoro'' () / ''Impressions of Japan.'' Tokyo: Canon Club, 1978. *''Onna soshite daraku...'' (). Tokyo: Besutoserāzu, 1983. . *''Nagasaki'' (). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1988. . *() / ''Sakura Blossom''. Tokyo: Nippon Camera-sha, 1992. *''Body: Mega・sexual photo.'' Tokyo: Hanashi no Tokushū, 1994. . *''Ichimura Tetsuya feromon sakuhinshū: "Shunga" erotic picture do H'' (："Shunga" erotic picture do H). Tokyo: Wanimagajinsha, 1995. . *''Tsuyu: Neo-waisetsu shashinshū'' (). Tokyo: Hokuō Shobō / Japan Mix, 1997. .

Other books with photographs by Ichimura

* ''Nihon nūdo meisakushū'' (日本ヌード名作集, Japanese nudes). ''Camera Mainichi'' bessatsu. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1982. Pp. 228–33 show Ichimura's work. * Szarkowski, John, and

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. ''New Japanese Photography.'' New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1974. (hard), (paper). Includes six pages of photographs by Ichimura.

Notes

References

* Kasahara Michiko (笠原美智子). ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' ( / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . P. 43. Japanese photographers 1930 births Living people Artists from Nagasaki Prefecture Nihon University alumni People from Nagasaki {{Japan-photographer-stub