was a Japanese

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particularly known for his depiction of architecture, gardens, and Japanese crafts.

Career

Iwamiya was born on 4 January 1920 in

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, the second son of parents running a shop selling traditional confectionery. An uncle of his ran a commercial photography studio, and this triggered the boy's interest in photography; but as a high school student he was keenest on baseball. After graduation from high school he worked

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), where he entered the Mitsuwa photography club (, ''Mitsuya shashin kurabu''), led by Bizan Ueda and Nakaji Yasui. Following success in a photographic contest arranged by '' Asahi Shinbun'', Iwamiya was invited to join the Tampei Photography Club and went on to become an assistant of Yasui's. He joined the

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in 1939 but left after half a year and in 1941 was sent to

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as a photographer. Iwamiya returned to ainlandJapan before the end of the war, and after the war opened a photofinishing shop serving a US base at

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). While recuperating from

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in 1954, he photographed a

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factory nearby in

; these photographs won the gold medal in the second Fuji Photo Contest, and were exhibited in the Matsushima Gallery (, ''Matsushima gyararī'') in

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(Tokyo), as Iwamiya's first solo show. He also exhibited in West Germany, and at around this time got to know

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, who exerted a great influence on him. In 1955 he set up Iwamiya Photos (, ''Iwamiya fotosu'') for commercial photography. Iwamiya's photographs of

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were exhibited at the Osaka

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and elsewhere in 1956; these would later appear in book form. Two of Iwamiya's apprentices went on to be famous photographers in their own right.

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joined Iwamiya's studio in 1951 and was encouraged by Iwamiya in his photographic work in Kamagasaki.

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joined Iwamiya's studio in 1959 and was taken under Inoue's wing until Moriyama's departure for Tokyo in 1961. From 1962, Iwamiya brought out a considerable number of books, mostly depicting Japanese crafts and architecture; several won awards. In 1966 he became a professor of

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. Iwamiya died in Osaka on 26 June 1989.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

*"Iwamiya Takeji-ten" ().

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), Matsushima Gallery (, ''Matsushima gyararī'', Tokyo), 1955.List of exhibitions, ''Sengo shashin / Saisei to tenkai'' () / ''Twelve Photographers in Japan, 1945–55'' (Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, 1990), pp. 205–206.List of exhibitions of Iwamiya's works
,

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. Accessed 5 March 2009. *"Sado" ().

(Osaka), Matsushima Gallery (Tokyo), 1956. (Photographs of

) *"Hawai" ().

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(Osaka),

(Tokyo), 1960. (Photographs of Hawai'i) *"Katachi" ().

(Osaka),

(Tokyo), 1963. *"Ankōru Watto" (). Ginza

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(Tokyo), 1964. (Photographs of

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) *"Kyūtei no niwa" ().

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), 1968. *"Expo '70 Iwamiya Takeji shashin-ten" ().

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(Osaka), 1970. *"Foto irasutorēshon arufoto" (). Imahashi Garō (, Osaka), Art Gallery U (Tokyo), 1970. * itle unknown Honolulu,The source does not specify the name of the gallery. 1970. *"Sumi to sue to watakushi to" (). Pentax Gallery (Tokyo), 1974. *"Butsuzō no imēji" ().

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) 1976. *"Mita, totta" (). Naniwa Photopia GalleryName inferred from the Japanese script. (, , Osaka), 1974. *"Mita, totta" ().

(Tokyo and Osaka), 1975. (Photographs of Spain and Portugal) * (). Imai Gallery (Osaka), 1975. *"Hyōkai" (). Shinsaibashi Gallery (Osaka), 1975. (Oil paintings) *"Iwamiya Takeji shashin-ten" ().

(Tokyo), 1976. *"Butsuzō no imēji" ().

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) 1976. *"Sumi to watakushi to" (). Shinsaibashi Gallery (Osaka), 1977. *"Kyō no katachi" (). Asahi Kaikan (Kyoto), 1976. *"Iwamiya Takeji shashin-ten" (). Asahi Kaikan (Kyoto and

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), 1976. *"Serigurafī to Tapistorī" (). Shinsaibashi Gallery (Osaka), 1977. *"Shirukusukurīn ni yoru 'mado'" (). Shinsaibashi Gallery (Osaka and Tottori), 1977. *"Works from 30 years".

(Tokyo and Osaka), Wakita Gallery (

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), Tokushima Arts Foundation for Culture (Tokushima),

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(Tottori), Imai Gallery (

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), 1977. *"Sumi to serigurafi" (). Iida Garō Bekkan (. Tokyo), 1977. *"Serigurafu-ten" (). Mingei Garō (,

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), Imai Gallery (Yonago), 1978. *"Nepāru no katachi" ().

(Osaka), Shinjuku Minolta Photo Space (Tokyo),

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, 1979. *"Indo ni okeru butsuzō, shinzō, megamizō" (). Ban Garow (, , Osaka), 1980. *"Mucho Sol: Taiyō ga ippai" (). Canon Salon (Tokyo, Osaka, and

), 1980. *"Suiboku-ga to insatsu inku" (). Nakamura Garō (, Osaka), 1981. *"Sobyō" (). Shinsaibashi Gallery (Osaka), 1981. *"Iwamiya Takeji-ten" (). Shinjuku Olympus Gallery (Tokyo), Naniwa Photopia Gallery (, , Osaka), 1981. *"Iwamiya Takeji no me: 35-nen no kiseki-ten" (). Minolta Photo Space (Osaka), 1981. *"Butsuzō no imēji" () Nagase Photo Salon (Tokyo), 1981. *"Iwamiya Takeji-ten" (). Professional Space,Town not specified in source. 1982. *"Fotorama no tabi: Indo, Nepāru" ().

(Osaka), 1982. *"Yōroppa no hikari to kage" (). Minolta Photo Space (Tokyo), 1982. *"Iwamiya Takeji-ten" (). Olympus Gallery (Tokyo), 1982. *"Kioku: Yōroppa kikō" (). Minolta Photo Space (Tokyo, Osaka and

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), 1982–83. *"Butsuzō no imēji" () Osaka, 1982. *"Sho, __ sobyō" (). Shinjuku Olympus Gallery (Tokyo), 1982. *"Mitsu no mezotto ni yoru onna shirīzu" (). Chaya Garō (. Osaka), 1984. *"Ankōru" (). Ginza Wako Hall (Tokyo), Keihan Gallery of Arts and Science (Osaka), 1987. *"Abstraction". Kodak Photo Salon (Tokyo and Osaka), 1987. *"The Image of the Buddha". Bijutsu Gyararī Itami (,

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), 1987. *"Portrait". Pentax Forum (Tokyo and Osaka), 1989. *"Ima ni ikiru" (). Navio Art Museum (

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, Osaka), 1989. *"Iwamiya Takeji-ten" (). Yonago City Museum of Art (Yonago), 1990. *"Yomigaeru Borobudūru" ().

(Tokyo and Osaka), 1990. *"Ima ni ikiru" ().

(Tokyo and Osaka), 1990. *"Iwamiya Takeji-ten" (). Brain Center Gallery (, ''Burēn sentā gyararī''), 1996. *"Iwamiya Takeji sakuhin-ten: Sengo kara 1970 nendai made no sakka katsudō" (). JCII Photo Salon (Tokyo), 1996. *"Iwamiya Takeji: Kekkai no bi" (). Photo Art Gallery, Canon Sales Makuhari head office building (, ''Kyanon hanbai Makuhari honsha biru Fotoāto gyararī'', Chiba), 1996. *"Iwamiya Takeji no shashin sekai 1946–1975: Works from 30 years" ().

(Osaka), 2001. *"Iwamiya Takeji: Ima ni ikiru" (). Museum of Arts and Crafts, Itami (Itami), 2001. *"Iwamiya Takeji no shashin sekai / Ima ni ikiru" ().

(Osaka), 2001. *"Takeji Iwamiya: Photo and Drawing Exhibition".

(Osaka), January–February 2007.Takeji Iwamiya: Photo and Drawing Exhibition
", Osaka Contemporary Art Center. Accessed 7 March 2009.

Selection of other exhibitions

*"Tōkyō dai-ikkai demokurāto bijutsuten" (). Matsushima Gallery (, ''Matsushima gyararī'', Tokyo), 1952. *Tanpei 8-nin shashinten" (). Tokyo, 1952. (Work by eight members of the Tampei Photography Club) *"Subjektive Fotografie 2".

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, 1954–55. *"Iwamiya Takeji Horiuchi Hatsutarō-ten" (). Fuji Film Gallery (Tokyo), 1955. Work by Iwamiya and Hatsutarō Horiuchi) *"Rokunin-ten / Akiyama Shōtarō, Hayashi Tadahiko, Horiuchi Hatsutarō, Ueda Shōji, Midorikawa Yōichi, Iwamiya Takeji" (). Fuji Film Gallery (Tokyo), 1959. (Work by

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, Tadahiko Hayashi, Hatsutarō Horiuchi,

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, and

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) *"Sannin-ten / Akiyama Shōtarō, Nakamura Masaya, Iwamiya Takeji" (). Pentax Gallery (Tokyo), 1969 and annually thereafter. (Work by

, Masaya Nakamura, and Iwamiya) *"Ei-Q to Demokurāto-ten" (). Umeda Kindai Bijutsukan (), 1974. (On

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and the "Democrat" group) *"Butsuzō no imēji-ten" (). Ginza Wako Hall (Tokyo), Amagasaki Cultural Center (

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), museum of

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(Seoul), 1975. *"Sengo shashin / Saisei to tenkai" () / Twelve Photographers in Japan, 1945–55.

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(Yamaguchi), 1990. *"Ueda Shōji to sono nakama-tachi: 1935–55" (). Yonago City Museum of Art (Yonago), 1992. (Exhibition of works by

and his friends) *"Maeda Tōshirō, Itō Tsugurō, Iwamiya Takeji" (.

, March–April 2008. An exhibition of Tōshirō Maeda, Tsugurō Itō, and Iwamiya.

Works in permanent collections

Works by Iwamiya are in the permanent collections of the following institutions: * Canon Marketing Japan; 30 works acquired in the 1990sCV of Iwamiya
, Osaka Contemporary Art Center. Accessed 11 March 2009. *

; 735 works acquired in the 1990s *

(Osaka) *

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; 30 works acquired in the 1990s *

( Yamaguchi City); 12 works acquired in the 1990s

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(), ed., ''Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon'' (, Japan's art galleries and photography collections; Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2002; ) . P. 161. * Yonago City Museum of Art; 735 works acquired in the 1990s

Books showing Iwamiya's works

*''Sadogashima'' () / ''Sado Island.'' Kadokawa Shashin Bunko 34. Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1956. Black-and-white photographs of

. Captions and text in Japanese only (despite the color photographs and English title on the cover). *''Nikkō'' (). Nihon no yashiro (). Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1962. Photographs of

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() and Toshio Fukuyama (). *''Katachi: Nihon no denshō'' (). Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1962. Two volumes. Text by Shūji Takashina (). **1. ''Ki kami tsuchi'' () **2. ''Ishi kane suji take'' () *''Sado'' (). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1962. Photographs of

. *''Katachi: Japanese Pattern and Design in Wood, Paper, and Clay.'' New York: Abrams, 1963. London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1964. Text by Donald Richie. *''Design and Craftsmanship of Japan: Stone, Metal, Fibers and Fabrics, Bamboo.'' Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1963. New York: Abrams, 1965. *''Le Japon des formes: Bois, papier, argile.'' Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha; Fribourg: Office du Livre; Paris: Société Française du Livre, 1963. Text by Atsuko N. Nii and Donald Richie, translation by Edith Combe. *''Forme giapponesi.'' Milano, Silvana editoriale d'arte, 1963. Text by Atsuko N. Nii and Donald Richie. *''Tōshōgū'' (). Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1963. Photographs of

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. Text by Isamu Kurita () and Kiyofumi Yajima (). *''Japon, beauté des formes: Pierre, métal, fibres, bambou.'' Tokyo, Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1964. *''Die Schönheit japanischer Formen: Stein, Metall, Textilien, Stroh, Bambus.'' Tokyo, Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1964. *''Itsukushima'' (). Nihon no yashiro (). Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1964. Photographs of

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. Text by Masatake Uwayokote () and Toshio Fukuyama. *''Nihon no shi'' () Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1965. *''Nihon no yashiro'' (). Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1965. *''Impressions of Japan.'' Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 1965. *''Kyō'' () / ''Kyoto in Kyoto.'' Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha, 1965. Photographs of

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. *''Ishi no tera'' (). Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha, 1965. Text by Isamu Kurita. *''Yamato no sekibutsu'' (). Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha, 1965. Text by Tatsuko Hoshino. *''Kekkai no bi: Koto no dezain'' (). Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha, 1966. Text by Teiji Itō (). *''Ryūkyū'' (). Nihon no kōgei (). Tokyo: Tankōsha, 1966. Photographs of the

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. Text by Seikō Hokama (). *''Kamera kikō: Ryūkyū no shinwa'' (). Tokyo: Tankōsha, 1966. Photographs of the

. Text by Torigoe Kenzaburō (). *''Tōka no bi: Koto no dezain'' (). Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha, 1967. Photographs of lanterns. Text by Teiji Itō. *''The World of the Japanese Garden: From Chinese Origins to Modern Landscape Art.'' New York: Weatherhill, 1968. *''Kyōto no niwa: Karā'' (). Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha, 1968. Photographs of the gardens of Kyoto. Text by Michio Takeyama (). *''Kyūtei no niwa'' (). Kyoto: Tankō Shinsha, 1968. Photographs of Japanese palace gardens. **1. ''Sentō Gosho'' (). Photographs of

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and Teiji Itō. **2. ''Katsura Rikyū'' (). Photographs of Katsura Detached Palace. Text by

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and Teiji Itō. **3. ''Shugakuin Rikyū'' (). Photographs of Shugakuin Detached Palace. Text by

and Teiji Itō. *''Arte del objeto japonés / Art of the Japanese Object / Art de l'objet japonais / Kunst des japanischen Gegenstands.'' Text by Maria Lluïsa Borràs. Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, 1969. *''Nihon Bankokuhaku no kenchiku'' () / ''The Edifice in Expo 70.'' Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1970. Photography by Iwamiya,

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, and Shōzō Kitadai of the buildings of

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). *''Imperial Gardens of Japan: Sento Gosho, Katsura, Shugaku-in.'' New York: Weatherhill, 1970. . 1978. , . Text by Teiji Itoh,

, and Loraine Kuck. *''Shinpen Kyūtei no niwa 2'' (). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 1971. *''Kyōto'' (). Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1971. *''The Japanese Garden: An Approach to Nature.'' New Haven: Yale University Press, 1972. . Text by Teiji Ito, translation by

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. *''Kyōto no miryoku. Karā: Rakuchū'' (). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 1972. Photographs of

. Text by Naokatsu Nakamura (). *''Nihon no niwa'' (). Tokyo: Chūōkōronsha, 1972. Text by Itō Teiji and Yūsaku Kamekura (). *''Nihonkai'' (). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 1972. Photographs of the

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. *''Nihon no kokoro: Hyakunin isshu'' (). Special Winter 1972 issue of '' Taiyō'' (). Tokyo:

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'', is by Iwamiya. *''The Graphic Design of Yusaku Kamekura.'' New York: Weatherhill, 1973. Text by

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, Masaru Katsumi, and

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. *''Ōsaka'' (). Osaka: Toppan Sēruzu, 1973. Photographs of

. Text by Takeshi Ōtaka (). *''Tōrō'' (). Tokyo: Shūeisha, 1973. Photographs of garden lanterns. Text by Masatarō Kawakatsu (). *''Shiragi no sekibutsu'' (). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1974. Photographs, by Iwamiya and , of stone Buddhist statuary of

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. Text by . *''Nihon no teien'' (). Tokyo: Shūeisha, 1974. Photographs of Japanese gardens. Text by Osamu Mori (). *''Nihon no senshoku'' (). Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1975. Photographs of Japanese dyed and woven materials. Text by Tomoyuki Yamanobe (). *''Butsuzō no imēji: Shashinten'' (). Osaka: Osaka University of Arts, 1975. Catalogue of an exhibition of photographs of Buddhist statuary. *''Iwamiya Takeji shashinshū'' () / ''Takeji Iwamiya Works from 30 Years.'' Tokyo: Nihon Shashin Kikaku, 1976. A retrospective of Iwamiya's work. *''Kyō no niwa'' (). Tokyo: Kokusai Jōhōsha, 1976. Photographs of the gardens of

. Text by Kantō Shigemori (). *''Sado'' () / ''Sado.''

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2. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1977. Black-and-white photographs of

. With a short text in English, but the captions are in Japanese only. *''Karā Kyūtei no niwa'' (). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 1977. Color photographs of the gardens of Japanese palaces. **''Sentō Gosho'' (). Photographs of

. Text by

and Teiji Itō. **''Katsura Rikyū'' (). Photographs of Katsura Detached Palace. Text by

and Teiji Itō. **''Shugakuin Rikyū'' (). Photographs of Shugakuin Detached Palace. Text by

and Teiji Itō. *''The Japanese Garden.'' 2nd ed. Tokyo: Zokeisha, 1978. . Text by Itō Teiji. Translation of ''Nihon no niwa.'' *''Kyō: Iro to katachi'' (). Nihon no Bi (). Tokyo: Shūeisha, 1978. *''Nihon no katachi'' (). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 1978. Text by Mitsukuni Yoshida () and Yoshio Hayakawa () *''Kyōto: Iwamiya Takeji jisenshū'' (). Osaka: Toki Shobō, 1979. Photographs of

. *''Forms, Textures, Images: Traditional Japanese Craftmanship in Everyday Life.'' New York: Weatherhill, 1979. . Text by Mitsukuni Yoshida and Richard L. Gage. *''Mokuzen shingo'' (). Osaka: Iwamiya Takeji Shashin Jimusho, 1980. A collection of writings by Iwamiya. *''Ankōru: Iwamiya Takeji shashinshū'' (). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1984. . Photographs of

. Text by Yoshiaki Ishizawa ). *''Utsukushii Hyōgo'' () / ''The Beautiful Hyogo.'' Hyōgo: Hyōgo Prefecture, 1986. Iwamiya is editor and contributing photographer. *''Radakku mandara: Iwamiya Takeji shashinshū'' (). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1987. . Color photographs of

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and its

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s. *''Iwamiya Takeji-ten: Ima ni ikiru'' (). Tokyo: PPS Tsūshinsha, 1989. . Exhibition catalogue. *''Ajia no butsuzō: Iwamiya Takeji shashinshū'' (). Tokyo: Shūeisha, 1989. 2 vols. . Photographs of Asian Buddhist statuary. Text by Takashi Koezuka (). *''Sengo shashin / Saisei to tenkai'' () / ''Twelve Photographers in Japan, 1945–55.'' Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, 1990. Despite the alternative title in English, almost exclusively in Japanese. Photographs by Iwamiya, pp. 115–21; text pp. 205–208. *''Japanese Gardens: Images, Concepts, Symbolism.'' Tokyo: Hitachi, 1990. *''Borobudūru: Iwamiya Takeji shashinshū'' (). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1990. . Black-and-white photographs of

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. *''Les cimes de l'éveil: Monastères bouddhiques du Ladakh.'' Paris: Hologramme, 1990. Text by Gilles Béguin. *''Ueda Shōji to sono nakama-tachi: 1935–55'' (, Shōji Ueda and his friends, 1935–55). Yonago, Tottori: Yonago City Museum of Art, 1992. Catalogue of an exhibition held in February–March 1992, with works by Iwamiya on pp. 131–42. *''Iwamiya Takeji sakuhin-ten: Sengo kara 1970 nendai made no sakka katsudō'' (). JCII Photo Salon Library 55. Tokyo: JCII Photo Salon, 1995. Catalogue of an exhibition of Iwamiya's works from the end of the war till the 1970s.. *''Katachi: Classic Japanese Design.'' San Francisco: Chronicle, 1999. . Text by Kazuya Takaoka. *''Nihon no katachi'' () / ''Katachi: Japanese Sacred Geometry.'' Tokyo: Pie, 1999. . Text by Kazuya Takaoka (). 2005. . *''Kyōdo-sakka Iwamiya Takeji-ten zuroku: Shashin de toraeta bi to fūdo'' (). Amagasaki, Hyōgo: Amagasaki Cultural Center, 2001. Exhibition catalogue. *''Ajia e no shiten: Anri Karutie-buresson / Iwamiya Takeji'' (). Osaka: Osaka University of Arts Museum, 2002. Exhibition of photographs of Asia by

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and Iwamiya.

References

External links

Site about Iwamiya
1997.

hosted by Osaka Contemporary Art Center.
Iwamiya at Fujifilm Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Iwamiya, Takeji Japanese photographers Academic staff of Osaka University of Arts Photography academics 1920 births 1989 deaths Artists from Tottori Prefecture Photography in India People from Yonago, Tottori