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Yasuzō Nojima

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Yasuzō Nojima (野島 康三, Nojima Yasuzō; 1889-1964) was a Japanese photographer.[1] He is particularly well known for his unidealized nudes of "ordinary" Japanese women executed in both pictorialist and modernist styles.[2] His work ranged from kaiga shugi shashin (pictorial photography) to Shinkō shashin (new/straight photography) in the early twentieth century.[3]

Early life

Nojima began studying at Keio University in 1906, and began taking photographs two years later.

Photographic career

From 1915 to 1920 he ran a gallery, the Misaka Photo Shop, where he had his first solo exhibition in 1920. Around that same time he opened the Kabutoya Gado gallery, which was connected to the shirakaba-ha literary movement. Nojima later operated several other studios, such as the Nonomiya Photography Studio, and Nojima Tei, which was a salon based in his house.[4]

He became a member of the Japan Photographic Society in 1928.[4]

In 1984 Nojima was posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum.[5]

Famous works

References

  1. (in Japanese) Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (『日本写真家事典』, Nihon shashinka jiten). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8
  2. Philip Charrier, "Nojima Yasuzō's Primitivist Eye: 'Nude' and 'Natural' in Early Japanese Art Photography," Japanese Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (May 2006): 47-68.
  3. "NOJIMA Yasuzo: Modern Japan through Nojima's Lens". The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK). Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  4. C. A. Xuan Mai Ardia (20 October 2014). "Yasuzō Nojima: The Complex Nudity of Ordinary Form". theculturetrip.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. "Yasuzō Nojima". International Photography Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.