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Born
in San Francisco, 1921. Moved to Kochi Prefecture,
Japan, with his parents, 1924. After graduating
from Kochi Prefectural Agricultural High School,returned
to the United States, 1939. Entered the Photography
Department of the Chicago Institute of Design, 1948.
Studied with Harry Callahan and AaronSiskind. Graduated
from the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute
of Technology, 1952. Moved to Japan, 1953. Traveled
to the United States, staying in Chicago, 1958-1961.
Returned to Japan, 1961. Obtained Japanese citizenship,
1969.
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| Awards |
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Young
Photographer's Contest, Life Magazine (1950), Moholy
Nagy Prize(1951 and 1952), Photographer's
Prize, Japan Photo Critics Association (1957), Mainichi
Art Award (1970), Ministry of Education's
Art Encouragement through the Selection of Excellence
Award (1978), Annual Award, The Photographic Society
of Japan (1978), Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon
from the Japanese Government (1983), Arles Citizen
of Honor Award (1994), Person of Cultural Merit(1996),
named a Man of Cultural Distinction by Japanese
government.
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| Selected One-person Exhibitions |
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"Yasuhiro Ishimoto: The Mandalas of
the TwoWorlds at the Kyoo Gokoku-ji", The National
Museum of Art, Osaka (1999), "Yasuhiro Ishimoto:
A Tale of Two Cities", The Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago (1999), "Yasuhiro Ishimoto: Chicago and
Tokyo", Tokyo Metropolitan Museumof Photography,
Tokyo (1998), "KATSURA", P.G.I.Shibaura (1998),
"Yasuhiro Ishimoto: Flow", P.G.I. (1998), "Yasuhiro
Ishimoto: Chicago Years", P.G.I. (1997), "Yasuhiro
Ishimoto: The Chicago Years", Laurence Miller
Gallery, New York (1997), "Yasuhiro Ishimoto: Remembrance
of Things Present", National FilmCenter, The National
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (1996), "Joy of Color",
P.G.I.Shibaura (1996), "Recent Works: Never the
Same" and "Ise Shrine", P.G.I.(1995), "Yasuhiro
Ishimoto: KATSURA and Recent Works", Recontres Internationales
de la Photographie, Arles (1994), "Fallen Leaves
and Crashed Cans", P.G.I. (1992), "The Photography
of Yasuhiro Ishimoto: 1948-1989", Yurakucho ArtForum,
Tokyo (1990), "KATSURA", P.G.I. (1989), "HANA",
P.G.I. (1988), "Machi- Hito - Katachi", P.G.I. (1986),
"Chicago, Chicago II" and "Yamanote - Line29", P.G.I.
(1983), ""KATSURA", Seibu Otsu Hall, Otsu (1983),
"Chicago, Chicago" and "Someday, Somewhere", P.G.I.
(1982), "The Eleven - Faced Goddess ofMercy of Kokoku",
Seibu Otsu Hall, Otsu (1981), "Mandala of Two Worlds",
TheSeibu Museum of Art, Tokyo (1977), "Chicago,
Chicago", Nihonbashi ShirokiyaDepartment Store,
Tokyo (1962), Museum of Modern Art, New York, New
York (1961), The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
(1960), Takemiya Gallery, Tokyo (1954)
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
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"The World and the Ephemeral", Recontres
Internationales de la Photographie, Arles (1999),
"Waterproof", EXPO '98, Lisbon (1998), "City Images
in Photography from the Museum Collection", National
FilmCenter, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
(1997), "Modern Photography", Yokohama Museum of
Art, Yokohama (1996), "When Harry Met Aaron: Chicago
Photography 1946-1971", The Museum of Contemporary
Photography, Columbia College, Chicago (1996), "Together
Again", Gallery 312, Chicago (1996), "ChicagoPhotography
1935-1965", James Danziger Gallery, New York (1996),
"1953 Shedding Light on Art in Japan", Meguro Museum
of Art, Tokyo (1996), "Photographyand The National
Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 1953-1995", National
Film Center, The National Museum of Modern Art,
Tokyo (1995), "SITE WORK: Architecturein Photography
since Early Modernism", Photographers' Gallery,
London (1991), "Photographs in Japan 1955-1965",
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum, Yamaguchi(1991), "Innovation
in Japanese Photography in the 1960s", Tokyo Metropolitan
Museum of Photography, Tokyo (1991), "Eight Japanese
Photographers", P.G.I. (1988), "The Photographer
and the City", The Contemporary Museum, Chicago(1977),
"New Japanese Photography", Museum of Modern Art,
New York (1974), "The Family of Man", Museum of
Modern Art, New York (1955)
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| Public Collections |
| National Museum
of Modern Art, Tokyo; Tokyo MetropolitanMuseum of Photography,
Tokyo; Museum of Modern Art, New York U.S.A.; Art Institute
of Chicago, Chicago U.S.A.; Nihon University, Tokyo |
| Publication |
| Yasuhiro Ishimoto,
(Japanese Photographers 26) Iwanami Shoten (1997), Yasuhiro
Ishimoto: Remembrance of Things Present, National Film
Center, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (1996),
Ise Shrine, Iwanami Shoten (1995), HANA, Chronicle Books,
San Francisco (1989), HANA, Kyuryudo (1988), Chicago,Chicago
II, Libro, Tokyo (1983), Katsura Villa, Iwanami Shoten
(1983), The World of Tadayoshi Sato, Modern Sculpture
Center, Tokyo (1982), The Eleven - Faced Goddess of
Mercy of Kokoku, Iwanami Shoten (1982), Mandalaof Two
Worlds: The Legend of Shingonin, Heibon Sha (1977),
KATSURA, Chuoukoron Sha (1971), Chicago, Chicago, Bijutsushuppan
Sha (1969), KATSURA: Tradition and Creation in Japanese
Architecture, Yale University Press and Zokei Sha<co-authors/
Walter Gropius and Kenzo Tange> (1960), Someday,
Somewhere, Geibishuppan Sha (1958) |
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