Life

Yasui was born in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

 and became a member of the Naniwa Photography Club in 1920s and also became a member of the Tampei Photography Club

Tampei Photography Club

The was a group based in Osaka from 1930 until 1941 that promoted avant-garde and, toward the end, socially concerned photography.The group was founded around the photographer Bizan Ueda, among photographers who bought their supplies from the Tampei Pharmacy in Shinsaibashi, Osaka...

  in 1930.

His photographs cover a wide range from pictorialism

Pictorialism

‎Pictorialism is the name given to a photographic movement in vogue from around 1885 following the widespread introduction of the dry-plate process. It reached its height in the early years of the 20th century, and declined rapidly after 1914 after the widespread emergence of Modernism...

 to straight photography

Straight photography

Pure photography or straight photography refers to photography that attempts to depict a scene as realistically and objectively as permitted by the medium, renouncing the use of manipulation....

, including photomontage

Photomontage

Photomontage is the process and result of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining a number of other photographs. The composite picture was sometimes photographed so that the final image is converted back into a seamless photographic print. A similar method, although one that does not...

s. He appreciated every type and kind of photographs without any prejudice and tried not to reject any of them even during wartime.

Works

photographs of Jewish people who fled from the Nazis to Kobe

Kobe

, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...

 (Japan) in the 1930s — in collaboration with several other photographers in the Tampei Shashin Club, such as Osamu Shiihara, Kaneyoshi Tabuchi

Kaneyoshi Tabuchi

was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:*Nihon shashinka jiten / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8....

 and Tōru Kōno

Toru Kono

was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:...

 series

Exhibitions in Japan

• Nakaji Yasui (安井仲治展) at Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (兵庫県立近代美術館) and Seibu Contemporary Art Gallery (西武百貨店コンテンポラリーアートギャラリー), 1987
• Nakaji Yasui (安井仲治展) at Watarium, Tokyo, 1993
• Nakaji Yasui 1903–1942, The Photography (安井仲治展) at Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo (渋谷区立松濤美術館) and Nagoya City Art Museum
  Nagoya City Art Museum
  The Nagoya City Art Museum is located in the city of Nagoya in central Japan.The museum building itself was constructed by Kisho Kurokawa, one of the leading Japanese architects, from 1983-1987....
  
  (名古屋市美術館), 2004 and 2005

External links

Some information on Nakaji Yasui with sample photographs From the "Wandering Jew" series