, in

Yamaguchi City is the capital city of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 10, 1929. As of February 1, 2010, the city had an estimated population of 198,971 and a population density of 194.44 persons per km². The total area is 1,023.31 ...

is the main art gallery of

Yamaguchi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Yamaguchi Prefecture has a population of 1,377,631 (1 February 2018) and has a geographic area of 6,112 Square kilometre, km2 (2,359 Square mile, sq mi). Y ...

, Japan. Opened in 1979, the gallery has a permanent collection, part of which is exhibited at any one time, and also hosts special exhibitions. The gallery's photographic collection includes an extensive collection of the works of

Katsuji Fukuda __NOTOC__ was a Japanese photographer known for his photographs of still lifes and nudes, and also a writer of practical books about photography. Fukuda was born on 11 January 1899 in Nakanoseki (later part of Hōfu), Yamaguchi (Japan). He moved ...

. Its major photographic exhibitions have included three that showed work after the war: in 1989, an exhibition of eleven photographers of 1965–75; in 1990, of twelve photographers of 1945–55; and in 1991, of eleven photographers of 1955–65. The permanent photographic collection includes works by

Hisae Imai was a Japanese photographer who specialized in the photography of horses. Biography Born in Tokyo in 1931, Imai graduated from Bunka Gakuin () in 1952. Her father owned a photography studio in the Matsuya department store in Ginza, and after ...

Takeji Iwamiya was a Japanese photographer particularly known for his depiction of architecture, gardens, and Japanese crafts. Career Iwamiya was born on 4 January 1920 in Yonago, Tottori, the second son of parents running a shop selling traditional confection ...

Yutaka Takanashi is a Japanese photographer who has photographed fashion, urban design, and city life, and is best known for his depiction of Tokyo. Life and career Takanashi was born on 6 February 1935 in Shirogane-chō, Ushigome-ku (now Shinjuku), Tokyo."Chron ...

, and

Toyoko Tokiwa (1928 – 24 December 2019) was a Japanese photographer best known for her 1957 book of text and photographs ''Kiken na Adabana'' (), and particularly for its portrayal of the red-light district of post- occupation Yokohama, with US servicemen.Tom ...

. The museum is at Kameyama-chō 3–1, Yamaguchi-shi.

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Matsumoto Norihiko is a Japanese writer on photography, and photographer. Born in Onomichi, Hiroshima, on 1 January 1936, Matsumoto graduated from Nihon University in 1958. He started to work for the publishing company while still a student, but went freelance ...

(), ed. ''Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon'' (, Japan's art galleries and photography collections). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2002. . Pp. 160–63.

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Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art
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