Ryūichi Kaneko
author
Ryūichi Kaneko was a prominent Japanese photography historian, critic, photobook collector, and curator. He was a significant figure in documenting the history of Japanese photography, particularly through his work as a curator at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, where he served from its founding in 1990. Kaneko was also known for his research and work as a monk at the Shōgyōin temple in Tokyo. He amassed a vast personal collection of approximately 20,000 photobooks and magazines, which served as a primary resource for his scholarly contributions to the field of Japanese visual culture.[1,2,3]
Themes
- Japanese photography history
- photobooks
- curation
Books
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Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70sauthor
Works by Ryūichi Kaneko
- Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s 2009 · Percent Books · book · English
- Nihon shashin zenshū (The Complete History of Japanese Photography) 1988 · Shogakukan · book · Japanese Twelve-volume survey
Works about Ryūichi Kaneko
- Kaneko Ryūichi and the History of Japanese Photography Duke University Press · journal · English