Shinzo Fukuhara
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was a renowned Japanese
photographer.
He was born in Kyōbashi-ku, Tokyo
, on 25 July 1883, as the fourth son of Arinobu Fukuhara , the head of Apothecary Shiseidō (which in 1927 would be incorporated as Shiseidō
) and Toku Fukuhara . The third brother predeceased his birth, so he was named and treated as the third son. His two other elder brothers also died young, but the next brother, Rosō
, would also win fame as a photographer; and, to a lesser degree, his youngest brother Nobuyoshi (信義, b.1897) would too, under the name Tōru Namiki .
Fukuhara first used a camera in 1896, if not earlier. He went to Columbia University
to study pharmacology in 1908, and after his graduation traveled around England, Germany and Italy before settling in Paris in 1913. While there he certainly viewed much art and is likely to have seen various exhibitions of post-Impressionist works; Iizawa sees the influence of artists such as Seurat in Fukuhara's photographs later collected as “Paris and the Seine”.
Fukuhara died on 4 November 1948.
The twenty-four plates are also shown in Yamada, pp. 5–29.
Fourteen plates are shown in Yamada, pp. 55–82.
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The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
photographer.
He was born in Kyōbashi-ku, 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 July 1883, as the fourth son of Arinobu Fukuhara , the head of Apothecary Shiseidō (which in 1927 would be incorporated as Shiseidō
Shiseido
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) and Toku Fukuhara . The third brother predeceased his birth, so he was named and treated as the third son. His two other elder brothers also died young, but the next brother, Rosō
Roso Fukuhara
was a Japanese photographer noted for a strikingly modern approach to pictorialism.He was born in Ginza on 16 January 1892, as , son of , the head of Apothecary Shiseidō and...
, would also win fame as a photographer; and, to a lesser degree, his youngest brother Nobuyoshi (信義, b.1897) would too, under the name Tōru Namiki .
Fukuhara first used a camera in 1896, if not earlier. He went to Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
to study pharmacology in 1908, and after his graduation traveled around England, Germany and Italy before settling in Paris in 1913. While there he certainly viewed much art and is likely to have seen various exhibitions of post-Impressionist works; Iizawa sees the influence of artists such as Seurat in Fukuhara's photographs later collected as “Paris and the Seine”.
Fukuhara died on 4 November 1948.
Paris and the Seine
- Pari to Seinu / Paris et la Seine. Shashin Geijutsusha, 1922. Facsimile ed. Tokyo: Kokushokankōkai, 2007. ISBN 9784336044877. New ed. JPS, 1935. Online at Shiseido)
The twenty-four plates are also shown in Yamada, pp. 5–29.
Paris and the Seine, continued
The ten plates of Le nouveau Paris et la Seine were published one per month in the magazine Shashin Geijutsu , from November 1922 through September 1923 (there was a break in January. They are shown in Yamada, pp. 30–44.Hikari to Sono Kaichō
- Fukuhara Shinzō Shashin Gashū: Hikari to Sono Kaichō . Shashin Geijutsusha, 1923.
- Shinpen fūkei . Shiseido, 1930.
Fourteen plates are shown in Yamada, pp. 55–82.
West Lake
- Saiko fūkei / Beautiful West Lake. Tokyo: JPS, 1931. A collection of twenty-four numbered plates (about 16×21 cm), and one smaller plate as a frontispiece. A supplementary title page announces the book in English as Light with It Harmony; it has no Japanese-language counterpart. (online at Shiseido).
Matsue
- Matsue fūkei / The Old Town of Matsue. JPS, 1935. (online at Shiseido)
Hawai'i
- Hawai fūkei / The Sunny Hawaii. JPS, 1937. (online at Shiseido)
Texts by Fukuhara
- Tabi no shashin satsuei annai . Asahi Shinbunsha, 1937.
- Fukuhara Shinzō zuihitsu: Shashin o kataru . Musashi Shobō, 1943.
- Fukuhara Shinzō ronsetsu: Shashin geijutsu . Musashi Shobō, 1943.