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Shinzo Maeda

まえだ しんぞう

Maeda Shinzo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1922-06-03 （Ongata Village, Minamitama District, Tokyo Prefecture (now Shimoongata, Hachioji, Tokyo)）
Died
1998-11-21 age 76
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Photographer
Active Years
1954-1998

Education

Tokyo Prefectural Textile Dyeing School, Color Dyeing Department
Color Dyeing Department
Period: 1935-?
Country: Japan
Takushoku University, Department of Agricultural Development
Department of Agricultural Development
Period: 1941-1943
Year of Graduation: 1943
Country: Japan
Accelerated graduation

Awards

Japan Photographic Society Annual Award
1984
Work: Kamikochi
Organization: Japan Photographic Society
Result: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award Special Prize
1985
Work: Okumikawa
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
Result: 受賞
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Fourth Class
1996
Category: 勲四等
Organization: Cabinet Office (Honours)
Result: 受章
Biei Town Special Meritorious Citizen Award
1998
Category: 特別功労者章
Organization: Biei Town
Result: 受章
Japan Photographic Society Award for Cultural Promotion
1999
Category: 文化振興賞
Organization: Japan Photographic Society
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Radiant Early Summer Wheat

1977 Landscape Photography
landscapenature

Bibliography

  • Seasons of My Hometown
  • Colors of Japan
  • Rivers and Mountains of My Hometown
  • Moment of Encounter
  • Four Seasons

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Tanke Style
Recurring Motifs
hillslight and shadow

Health

  • Acute Heart Failure
    1998-11-21
    cause of death

Legacy

He significantly influenced Japanese landscape photography.

Museums

  • Takushinkan Photo Gallery Biei, Hokkaido Opened in 1987

Academic Societies

  • Japan Photographic Society

Archives

  • Works housed at Takushinkan

In Popular Culture

  • used in Microsoft advertisements

Quotes

  • The moment of encounter is important in landscape.
    Source: Interview

Trivia

  • Revival of Takune wheat cultivation due to 'Radiant Early Summer Wheat'.