was a renowned Japan

Japan

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ese photographer who specialized in the photography of horses.

Born in Tokyo in 1931, Imai graduated from Bunka Gakuin  in 1952. She had her first solo exhibition in 1952; from the 1970s, most of her numerous solo exhibitions were of photographs of horses.

Imai died on 17 February 2009.

Imai's photographs are represented in the permanent collections of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

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, Nihon University

Nihon University

Nihon University is the largest university in Japan. Akiyoshi Yamada, the minister of justice, founded Nihon Law School in October 1889....

, Museum of Modern Art

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 (NYC), George Eastman House

George Eastman House

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 (Rochester, NY), BnF

Bibliothèque nationale de France

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 (Paris), Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

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, Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art

Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art

, in Yamaguchi City is the main art gallery of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.Opened in 1979, the gallery has a permanent collection, part of which is exhibited at any one time, and also hosts special exhibitions....

, Kawasaki City Museum and Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts

The is a gallery of photography in the Kiyosato regionof the city of Hokuto, Yamanashi .The gallery was founded in 1995; Eikoh Hosoe has been its director since its inception....

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