Shogakukan Children Publishing Culture Award
1 appearances
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Edition 59 (2010) award
Nobuo Onishi
おおにし のぶお
Onishi Nobuo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1968-06-12 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan → Ikeda, Ibi District, Gifu, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- photographer, film director, author, educator
- Active Years
- 1992-
- Affiliations
- Graduate School of Information Science and Arts (IAMAS) - faculty, Borderless Art Museum NO-MA (director)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Sogo Photographic School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Tokyo Sogo Photographic School
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | EARTH VISION — Best Work (16th) | The Village That Became Water | — | EARTH VISION International Environmental Film Festival | winner |
| — | Japan Picture Book Award (8th) | Grandma Became a Tree | — | Japan Picture Book Award Committee | winner |
| — | Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Prize (58th) — Grand Prize | Buta Niku | — | Sankei Shimbun | grand prize |
| — | Shogakukan Children's Publishing Prize (59th) | Buta Niku | — | Shogakukan | winner |
| 2025 | Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Prize (72nd) — Grand Prize | Hikiishi and 24 Tofu Shops | — | Sankei Shimbun | grand prize |
| 2021 | Agricultural Journalist Award (36th) | Hohare Pass — One Hundred Years of Tokuyama Village Sunk by a Dam | — | Agricultural Journalists Association | winner |
| 2019 | Gifu Prefecture Arts and Culture Award | — | — | Gifu Prefectural Government | recipient |
| 2025 | Japan Photographic Society Award — Cultural Promotion Prize | — | — | Japan Photographic Society (Public Interest Foundation) | recipient |
EARTH VISION — Best Work (16th)
2007
Work:
The Village That Became Water
Organization:
EARTH VISION International Environmental Film Festival
Result:
winner
Japan Picture Book Award (8th)
Work:
Grandma Became a Tree
Organization:
Japan Picture Book Award Committee
Result:
winner
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Prize (58th) — Grand Prize
Work:
Buta Niku
Organization:
Sankei Shimbun
Result:
grand prize
Shogakukan Children's Publishing Prize (59th)
Work:
Buta Niku
Organization:
Shogakukan
Result:
winner
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Prize (72nd) — Grand Prize
2025
Work:
Hikiishi and 24 Tofu Shops
Organization:
Sankei Shimbun
Result:
grand prize
Agricultural Journalist Award (36th)
2021
Work:
Hohare Pass — One Hundred Years of Tokuyama Village Sunk by a Dam
Organization:
Agricultural Journalists Association
Result:
winner
Gifu Prefecture Arts and Culture Award
2019
Organization:
Gifu Prefectural Government
Result:
recipient
Japan Photographic Society Award — Cultural Promotion Prize
2025
Organization:
Japan Photographic Society (Public Interest Foundation)
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Sankei Children’s Publishing Culture Award
2 appearances
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Edition 58 (2011) grand prize
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Edition 72 (2025) grand prize
Works
Major Works
The Village That Became Water
2007 Documentary (film) / PhotobookA documentary following residents who remained in Tokuyama Village as it was flooded by a dam. Also published as a photo book documenting the village's memory.
dams and submerged villagesmemory and lossmarginal communities
Adaptations
- [Film] The Village That Became Water / 大西 暢夫 (2007)
Grandma Became a Tree
2002 photo picture bookA picture book told in photographs, portraying nature, human life and generational continuity with a gentle viewpoint.
naturegenerational continuityeveryday life documentation
Buta Niku
2010 children's book / photo picture bookA photo-based picture book for children with themes of farming and food.
agriculturefood educationlocal culture
Hikiishi and 24 Tofu Shops
2024 children's bookA children's book using photographs to convey the lives of tofu makers and craftsmen, introducing local skills and culture.
craftspeoplelocal industryeveryday skills
Hohare Pass — One Hundred Years of Tokuyama Village Sunk by a Dam
2020 documentary photo book / reportageA photographic and written account of Tokuyama Village's century-long history, following the lives of people in a village submerged by a dam.
local historydam issueslife histories
Bibliography
- Grandma Became a Tree
- Each and Every Person — Psychiatric Ward I Photographed
- The Night of the Tsunami — Memories of 3.11
- With the Honeybees — Beekeeper Koji Kakuta
- Becoming Soil Here
- From Silkworms to Thread and Cotton
- With Shiitake — Mushroom Farmer Kiyoharu Nakamoto
- Buta Niku
- The Village That Became Water — The Story of Elders Who Lived in a Village Sunk by a Dam
- Living in Tokuyama Village — Seasonal Memories
- Hohare Pass — One Hundred Years of Tokuyama Village Sunk by a Dam
- The Flame Connects
- Gentle Shapes
Adaptations
- The Village That Became Water (film)
- Traces of Family: Memories of 3.11 (film)
- The Flame Connects (film)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- documentary-oriented photographic expressionempathetic, human-centered perspectivequiet, observational depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- submerged villages and damslife at the marginscraftspeople and traditional industriesdocumenting psychiatric closed wardsportraits of outsider artists (art brut)
Legacy
Over decades he has produced documentary photography and films addressing marginal communities and social issues across Japan, while also earning recognition for children's photo picture books. He has contributed to supporting artists with disabilities and regional cultural preservation.
Museums
- Borderless Art Museum NO-MA Omihachiman, Shiga, Japan
Academic Societies
- Japan Photographic Society
Quotes
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I believe that the record of having watched this place for a long time is what matters most.
Source: NHK Heart-Net (interview) (2018)
Trivia
- He commuted to Tokuyama Village from Tokyo by off-road bike, a roughly 10-hour (one-way) journey.
- In 2023 he became director of the Borderless Art Museum NO-MA.
- Active both as a photographer and as a documentary film director.