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 {{Japan-photographer-stub