Michiko Matsumoto (松本 路子, Matsumoto Michiko, born 1950) is a Japanese photographer.
She was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 1950, and in 1974 graduated from Hosei University (Tokyo). She is currently based in Tokyo.
She started in the 1980s with several series of portraits of artists living in various countries and the principal dancers of major dance companies.
She has published 10 books of photography. Her works are in the collections of a number of museums internationally.
1974 "Yoko Ono in New York" 3points, Tokyo
1978 "Women Come Alive" Pepe, Tokyo
1978 "In South East Asia" Hankyu Art Gallery, Osaka
1981 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Space Niki, Tokyo
1983 "Portraits of New York Women" Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Sapporo
1986 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Parco SR6, Tokyo
1988 "Portraits ~ Women Artists" Soho Photo Gallery, New York U.S.A
1989 "Portraits of Dancers 1" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
1990 "Portraits of Women Artists" Keihan Art Gallery, Osaka
1990–1998 "Portraits of Dancers 2–5" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
1998 "Dancers" Dentsu Kosan Gallery, Tokyo
1999 "Nicolas Le Rishe in Paris" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
2000 "White on White" Heart & Color, Tokyo
2001 "Ruzimatov in St. Petersburg" Egg Gallery, Tokyo
2002 "Homage to Niki de Saint Phalle" Gallery Colorium,Tokyo, Prinz, Kyoto
2004 "Meditative Body, Awaked City" Gallery 21、Tokyo
2004 "Sessions" Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
2005 "Rose Passion" Gallery Colorium, Tokyo
2007 "Cloths with Soul" Gallery le bain, Tokyo
2007 "Meditative Body — from St. Petersburg" Gallery Tosei, Tokyo
2009 "The Name of Roses" Junkudo, Tokyo
2010 "The Witches Tea Party" (Portraits of Niki de Saint Phalle) Tokinowasuremono, Tokyo
2013 "Les Femmes Artistes" LIBRAIRIE 6
2016 "Portraits " The Museum of Contemporary Art Karuizawa, Nagano
1987 "Contemporary Japanese Photography" Toured Europe
1988 "Faces of 20th Century by Distinguished Photographers" Asahi Gallery, Tokyo
1990 "Women Photographers" Nikon Salon, New York,
1995 "Objects, faces and Anti-Narratives" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
1998-2000 "Women Photographers from Japan" Toured U.S.A.
2003 "Mon Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo
2006 "Photographs of Kazuo Oono" Fukushima Photo Museum
2007 "Works from the Photographic Art in Japan" Shanghai Art Museum, China
2008 "Visions des Artistes Feminines" Gallery 21, Tokyo
2008 "Esprit de Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo
2008 "Vision of America III" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2010 "Onna Tachidomaranai Jyoseitachi "(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
2010 "Human Images of 20th Century ~All photographs are portraits~"(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
Nobiyaka onna-tachi のびやかな女たち) / Women Come Alive. Tokyo: Hanashi no Tokushū-sha, 1978. (in English)(in Japanese) Portraits of women.
Shōzō Nyūyōku no onna-tachi (肖像ニューヨークの女たち) / Portraits of New York women. Tokyo: Tōjusha, 1983. (in Japanese)
Ochiai Keiko, Matsumoto Michiko no heya (落合恵子・松本路子の部屋) / Série Chambre 4. Tokyo: Ōbunsha, 1985. ISBN 4-01-071344-5. (in Japanese) With Keiko Ochiai.
Niki do Sanfāru (ニキ・ド・サンファール) / Portrait of Niki de Saint Phalle. Tokyo: Parco, 1986. ISBN 4-89194-127-8. (in English) (in Japanese) About Niki de Saint Phalle.
Portraits: Josei ātisto no shōjō (Portraits 女性アーティストの肖像) / Portraits: Women Artists. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1995. ISBN 4-309-90152-2. (in Japanese)
Dancers: Erosu no shōjō (Dancers エロスの肖像). Kodansha, 1998. ISBN 4-06-209239-5 (in Japanese) Portraits of dancers.
Portraits: 54-nin no josei ātisto-tachi (Portraits 54人の女性アーティストたち). Kyoto: Kyōto Shoin, 1999. ISBN 4-7636-1745-1. (in Japanese) Portraits of 54 women artists.
Haretara bara hiyori (晴れたらバラ日和) / Rose Passion. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2005. ISBN 4-473-03246-9. (in Japanese)
Tamashii no nuno: Monsūn-Ajia 12-jin no josei-sakka-tachi (魂の布 モンスーンアジア12人の女性作家たち). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2007. ISBN 978-4-473-03410-6. (in Japanese) Portraits of 12 women artists of "monsoon Asia".
Yōroppa bara no namae o meguru tabi (ヨーロッパ バラの名前をめぐる旅) / The Seven Roses Story. Tokyo: Media Factory, 2009. ISBN 978-4-8401-2711-0. (in Japanese)
Ｎippoｎno Ｂara（ 日本のバラ）"Japanese Roses"Tankosha
"100 Cherry blossoms in Tokyo" Tankosha
"Sarasa" (Printed Cotton) Tankosha
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Museum of Liberty Osaka, Osaka
Museum of Josei University, Tokyo
Niki Museum, Nasu, Tochigi
The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
