Bukō Shimizu
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Shimizu was born on 12 October 1913 in Chichibu, the eldest son of the family running a photography studio in Kumaki, Chichibu.[1] His unusual given name, Bukō, is written with the same characters as those used for Mount Bukō; the family had intended it to be pronounced Takekatsu, but when interviewed in his late seventies Shimizu did not remember "Takekatsu" as having been used.[2] In 1929, Shimizu's father suddenly gave up working at the family's photography studio in Chichibu,[3] and the 16-year-old Bukō had to teach himself photographic technique (even the manufacture of photographic paper) from books bought second hand in order to keep the business running[2] From around 1937 he also energetically photographed the topography and people of Chichibu.[1][4]
Shimizu provided the photographs for a large number of books about the Chichibu area. In 1972 he won the annual award of the Photographic Society of Japan.[5]
Shimizu also wrote much about Chichibu; a three-volume collection of his writings was published in 1983.[3] He worked on behalf of the area's libraries and drama, and towards creation of Chichibu National Park.[4]
Shimizu died on 23 January 1995.[4]
Photographs by Shimizu are in the permanent collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.[3]
Books by Shimizu
- Chichibu no kao hyakunin (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Chichibu: Chichibu no kao hyakunin-shū Dōjinsha, 1954.
- Chichibu-ji (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Shinseiki-sha, 1958.
- Oku-Chichibu: Yamatabi to fūdo (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Yamakei Bunko. Tokyo: Yamato Keikoku-sha, 1962. With Seiichirō Asami (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler).
- Chichibu gensōkō: Kannon reijō, sono kokoro to fūdo (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Mokujisha, 1968.
- Chichibu: Shimizu Bukō sakuhinshū (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Mokujisha, 1969.
- Chichibu hika: Chichibu jiken no kokoro to fūdo (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Shinjūsha, 1971.
- Chichibu minzoku: Kōchi no hitobito (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Mokujisha, 1971.
- Chichibu: Furusato no kokoro (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). 2nd ed. Tokyo: Mokujisha, 1972.
- Chichibu sankei (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Shinjūsha, 1974.
- Chichibu jōdo: Chichibu kannon reijō shashinshū (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Shinjūsha, 1976.
- Bukō-zan (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Mokujisha, 1976.
- Chichibu senchū no kiroku (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Mokujisha, 1977.
- Mitsumine-san: Shashinshū (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Mokujisha, 1978.
- Chichibu matsuri (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Chichibu: Chichibu Matsuri Hozon Iinkai, 1979. With Hisashi Chishima (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Expanded edition. Tokyo: Gensōsha, 1984.
- Ningen Chichibu: Kage to hida no naka ni (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tokyo: Shinjūsha, 1980.
- Chichibu (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Furusato no omoide: Shashinshū Meiji–Taishō–Shōwa. Tokyo: Kokusho Kankō-kai, 1983. Edited by Shimizu and Hisashi Chishima.
- Chichibu: Shimizu Bukō-shū (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). 3 vols. Tokyo: Gensōsha, 1983. Writing by Shimizu.
- 1. Fūdokō (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler).
- 2. Yama to seikatsu (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler).
- 3. Shashin saijiki (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler).
- Chichibu bandō kannon reijō (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Shin-jinbutsu-ōrai-sha, 1984. Template:ISBN.
- Chichibu-gaku nyūmon: Waga-ai suru fūdo e (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Sakitama Sōsho. Urawa: Sakitama Shuppankai, 1984. Template:ISBN. Edited by Shimizu.
- Chichibu-ji 50-nen (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Tonbo no Hon. Tokyo: Shinchōsha, 1986. Template:ISBN. With Hisashi Chishima.
- Chichibu jinja (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Sakitama Bunko 2. Urawa: Sakitama Shuppankai, 1989. Template:ISBN. Text by Hisashi Chishima.
- Shimizu Bukō sensei kenshō-hi shunkō kinenshi (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler). Chichibu: Shimizu Bukō sensei kenshō-kai, 1998.
Notes
- ↑ a b Teruo Okai (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler, potted biography of Shimizu, Nihon rettō shashin jinhyōden: Fūdo to shashin no kōkei (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), Photo Contest bessatsu (Tokyo: Nihon Shashin Kikaku, 1992), p.132. Template:In lang
- ↑ a b Shimizu in conversation with Teruo Okai, in Nihon rettō shashin jinhyōden: Fūdo to shashin no kōkei, pp. 132–36.
- ↑ a b c Mihashi Sumiyo (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), "Shimizu Bukō", Nihon shashinka jiten (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; Template:ISBN), p.175. Template:In lang (Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.)
- ↑ a b c Nihon no shashinka (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler) / Biographic Dictionary of Japanese Photography (Tokyo: Nichigai Associates, 2005; Template:ISBN), p.248. Template:In lang(Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.)
- ↑ List of award winners, PSJ. Template:In lang Accessed 20 October 2010.
External links
- Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler. Saitama prefectural website.Template:In lang