was a Japanese
photographer
A photographer (the Greek language, 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 photographe ...
. He was the author of 44 books, the most popular of which were ''Living Crafts of Okinawa'' (1973), which is a photographic
documentary on traditional crafts from
Okinawa
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city ...
, ''The Enduring Crafts of Japan'' (1968),
and ''Hachijo: Isle of Exile'' (1973).
References
*''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers.'' Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. .
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Japanese photographers
1926 births
1991 deaths
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