Haruo Tomiyama
Encyclopedia
is a versatile Japan
ese photographer, active since the 1960s.
(Tokyo
) on 25 February 1935, Tomiyama dropped out of evening high school in 1956 to study photography for himself.
From 1960 he was employed as a photographer for the new magazine Josei Jishin; from 1963 he was employed by Asahi Shinbunsha (publisher of Asahi Shinbun
), and in the following year he started "Gendai gokan" for the company's news weekly Asahi Journal. The series — the literal meaning of whose title is something like "a sense for the contemporary language" — won Tomiyama the 1966 newcomer's prize of Nihon Shashin Hihyōka Kyōkai . In 1966 Tomiyama became a freelance, making extensive travels abroad.
Tomiyama's book Sadogashima , a collection of photographs of Sado island
published in 1978/79, won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for a work of photography and the PSJ annual award.
In 1994 Tomiyama was shown the archive of glass plates
by the then-forgotten Sado-based amateur photographer Tomio Kondō
. He printed many of these and acted as editor in chief for the first major collection of Kondō's works. This won him the PSJ annual award for a second time.
Tomiyama's works are in the permanent collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese photographer, active since the 1960s.
Life and work
Born in KandaKanda, Tokyo
See also Kanda, Fukuoka and the disambiguation page for Kanda. is a district in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It encompasses about thirty neighborhoods...
(Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
) on 25 February 1935, Tomiyama dropped out of evening high school in 1956 to study photography for himself.
From 1960 he was employed as a photographer for the new magazine Josei Jishin; from 1963 he was employed by Asahi Shinbunsha (publisher of Asahi Shinbun
Asahi Shimbun
The is the second most circulated out of the five national newspapers in Japan. Its circulation, which was 7.96 million for its morning edition and 3.1 million for its evening edition as of June 2010, was second behind that of Yomiuri Shimbun...
), and in the following year he started "Gendai gokan" for the company's news weekly Asahi Journal. The series — the literal meaning of whose title is something like "a sense for the contemporary language" — won Tomiyama the 1966 newcomer's prize of Nihon Shashin Hihyōka Kyōkai . In 1966 Tomiyama became a freelance, making extensive travels abroad.
Tomiyama's book Sadogashima , a collection of photographs of Sado island
Sado, Niigata
is a city located on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. Since 2004, the city has comprised the entire island, although not all of its total area of 855.26 km2 is urbanized...
published in 1978/79, won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award for a work of photography and the PSJ annual award.
In 1994 Tomiyama was shown the archive of glass plates
Photographic plate
Photographic plates preceded photographic film as a means of photography. A light-sensitive emulsion of silver salts was applied to a glass plate. This form of photographic material largely faded from the consumer market in the early years of the 20th century, as more convenient and less fragile...
by the then-forgotten Sado-based amateur photographer Tomio Kondō
Tomio Kondo
Kondō was born on 24 January 1900 to a landowning family in Kanazawa village . He started with a camera at 18, and also had a keen interest in archaeology...
. He printed many of these and acted as editor in chief for the first major collection of Kondō's works. This won him the PSJ annual award for a second time.
Tomiyama's works are in the permanent collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
The is an art museum focused on photography. The museum was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is located in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo...
and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The in Tokyo, Japan, is the foremost museum collecting and exhibiting contemporary Japanese art.This Tokyo museum is also known by the English acronym MOMAT...
.
Exhibitions
- "Japan Today". ICPInternational Center of PhotographyThe International Center of Photography is a photography museum, school, and research center in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
(ManhattanManhattanManhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
), 1978. - Digital photography exhibition for the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Beijing Art MuseumWanshou TempleThe Wanshou Temple is a temple located at the Suzhou Jie in Beijing. In addition to being a Buddhist temple, the Wanshou Temple also houses the Beijing Art Museum....
, 1999. - "Zen shūgyō" . Wako (GinzaGinzais a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi.It is known as an upscale area of Tokyo with numerous department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses. Ginza is recognized as one of the most...
, Tokyo), 2002. - "Tomiyama Haruo no Sadogashima" . Canon Salon (Tokyo), 2003.
- "Gendai gokan: our day" . JCII Photo Salon (Ichibanchō, Chiyoda-kuChiyoda, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards in central Tokyo, Japan. In English, it is called Chiyoda ward. As of October 2007, the ward has an estimated population of 45,543 and a population density of 3,912 people per km², making it by far the least populated of the special wards...
, Tokyo), 2008. - "Maboroshi no chōtokkyū Ajia-go" . Gallery Walk, Shiodome Media Tower (ShinbashiShinbashiis a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, located south of Ginza, west of Tsukiji, east of Toranomon and north of Hamamatsucho.-History:Shinbashi was the Tokyo terminus of the first railway in Japan in 1872...
, Tokyo), 2009.
Books of Tomiyama's work
- Tōkyō no 12-shō . Kyoto: Tankōshinsha, 1963. With Yasaburō Ikeda and Kiyoshi Fujikawa. The title means "Twelve chapters of Tokyo".
- Gendai gokan . Eizō no Gendai 6. Tokyo: Chūōkōronsha, 1971.
- Sadogashima . Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1979. A large book of black and white photographs of Sado islandSado, Niigatais a city located on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. Since 2004, the city has comprised the entire island, although not all of its total area of 855.26 km2 is urbanized...
. Captions and text in Japanese. - Chūgoku . 3 vols. Tokyo: Nihon Kōtsū Kōsha, 1982.
- Jūnidaime Ichikawa Danjūrō: Shūmei zenkiroku . Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1985. ISBN 4-582-65403-7. Photographs of Ichikawa Danjūrō XIIIchikawa Danjuro XIIis a Japanese actor. He is the twelfth kabuki actor to hold the illustrious name Ichikawa Danjūrō.He is the eldest son of Ichikawa Danjūrō XI. He first appeared on stage in 1953 under his birth name Natsuo Horikoshi, and in 1958 took the name Ichikawa Shinnosuke...
. - Hokuō ni mau hannya . Tokyo: the photographer, 1986. The title means "Paññā dancing in northern Europe".
- Gendai gokan: 1961–1999 . Beijing, 1999.
- Zen shūgyō . Tokyo: Sōtōshū Shūmuchō, 2002. On zenZenZen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen...
training, published by the SōtōSotoSōtō Zen , or is, with Rinzai and Ōbaku, one of the three most populous sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism.The Sōtō sect was first established as the Caodong sect during the Tang Dynasty in China by Dongshan Liangjie in the 9th century, which Dōgen Zenji then brought to Japan in the 13th century...
school. - Gekkō no kizuna: Wakaki Ikeda Daisaku, 1972-nen no kioku . Tokyo: Usio, 2002. ISBN 4-267-01656-9. Photos taken in 1972 of the Buddhist magnate Daisaku IkedaDaisaku Ikedais president of Sōka Gakkai International , a Nichiren Buddhist lay association which claims 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and peace research institutions.-Life and establishment of SGI:...
, from the Sōka Gakkai publisher. The title means "The bonds of moonlight: Young Daisaku Ikeda, memories of 1972." - Gendai gokan: 1960–2004 our day . Tokyo: Kōdansha, 2004. ISBN 4-06-212396-7.
- Gendai gokan: 1960–2008 our day . JCII Photo Salon Library 207. Tokyo: JCII, 2008.
Other books with contributions by Tomiyama
- Ningen kakumei no kiroku / The Document of Human Revolution. Tokyo: Shashin-hyōronsha, 1973. With Yasuhiro IshimotoYasuhiro IshimotoIshimoto was born on 14 June 1921 in San Francisco, California, where his parents were farmers. In 1924, the family left the United States and returned to his parents' hometown within present-day Tosa, in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan...
. About Sōka Gakkai. - Nihon no banka: Ushinaware yuku kurashi no katachi . Tokyo: Kadokawa-shoten, 1979. With Tetsurō Morimoto.
- Kyōgeki . 2 vols. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1980. With others.
- Shigosen no matsuri: Yamamoto Yasue no kai kōen . Tokyo: Iwanami Hall, 1980. With Junji KinoshitaJunji Kinoshitawas perhaps the foremost playwright of modern drama in postwar Japan. He was also a translator and scholar of the plays of Shakespeare.-Life and Career:...
. Title means "Festival of the meridian: Lectures of the Yasue Yamamoto society". - Tōkyō: Toshi no shisen / Tokyo: A City Perspective. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1990. Exhibition catalogue.
- Nihon shashin no tenkan: 1960 nendai no hyōgen / Innovation in Japanese Photography in the 1960s. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1991. Exhibition catalogue.
- Sado mangekyō . Matsumoto: Kyōdo Shuppansha , 1994. ISBN 4-87663-264-2. Tomiyama is the editor. A generous anthology of photography of Sado islandSado, Niigatais a city located on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, in the Chūbu region of Japan. Since 2004, the city has comprised the entire island, although not all of its total area of 855.26 km2 is urbanized...
by Tomio KondōTomio KondoKondō was born on 24 January 1900 to a landowning family in Kanazawa village . He started with a camera at 18, and also had a keen interest in archaeology...
, showing family life, farming, tourism, new technology, popular spectacles, and much else. The title means "Sado kaleidoscope".