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3 unusual facts about Shisei Kuwabara


Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts

Exhibitions have generally been thematic, but photographers with solo retrospectives have included Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Shisei Kuwabara and others.

Shisei Kuwabara

-- Like most Japanese exhibition catalogues, "Works by 25 Photographers" has no ISBN. --> In 1960 he graduated from the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Tokyo Photo School (later Tokyo College of Photography).

Tsuwano, Shimane

-- Yes, really: "photographics" with an "s" on the end. --> the name since April 1, 2004 of what was previously the Tsuwano Documentary Photograph Gallery; this features photographs by and is named after Shisei Kuwabara, famous for his work in Minamata and Korea.



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