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Name
  
Nakaji Yasui

Role
  
Photographer

Died
  
March 15, 1942, Japan


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Nakaji Yasui (安井 仲治, Yasui Nakaji) (December 15, 1903 - March 15, 1942) was one of the most prominent photographers in the first half of the 20th century in Japan.

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Life

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Yasui was born in Osaka and became a member of the Naniwa Photography Club (浪華写真倶楽部, Naniwa Shashin Kurabu) in 1920s and also became a member of the Tampei Photography Club (丹平写真倶楽部, Tanpei Shashin Kurabu) in 1930.

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His photographs cover a wide range from pictorialism to straight photography, including photomontages. He appreciated every type and kind of photographs without any prejudice and tried not to reject any of them even during wartime.

Works

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  • Wandering Jew (流氓ユダヤ, Robou Judaya) photographs of Jewish people who fled from the Nazis to Kobe (Japan) in the 1930s — in collaboration with several other photographers in the Tampei Shashin Club, such as Osamu Shiihara, Kaneyoshi Tabuchi and Tōru Kōno
  • Yamane Circus Group (山根曲馬団, Yamane Kyokubadan) series

    • Exhibitions in Japan

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  • Nakaji Yasui (安井仲治展) at Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (兵庫県立近代美術館) and Seibu Contemporary Art Gallery (西武百貨店コンテンポラリーアートギャラリー), 1987
  • Nakaji Yasui (安井仲治展) at Watarium, Tokyo, 1993
  • Nakaji Yasui 1903–1942, The Photography (安井仲治展) at Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo (渋谷区立松濤美術館) and Nagoya City Art Museum (名古屋市美術館), 2004 and 2005

    • Nakaji Yasui Nakaji Yasui Taka Ishii Gallery

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    References

    Nakaji Yasui Wikipedia
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