Yutaka Takanashi
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is a Japanese
photographer who has photographed fashion, urban design, and city life, and is best known for his depiction of Tokyo
.
), Tokyo
. In 1943 he was evacuated to Saitama
(Saitama
). In 1953 he graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Aoyama High School and entered the photography department of Nihon University
. He was given a Canon IVSb (his first camera).
In 1956 Takanashi's photographs won prizes within Sankei Camera magazine. He graduated from university in 1957, and tried but failed to enter various news companies, settling for work in the darkroom
in Ginza
of the photographer Osamu Yagi . His university graduation work was published in the September issue of Sankei Camera. After meeting Kiyoji Ōtsuji
, he entered Kuwasawa Design School in 1959, graduating from it in 1961.
In May 1960 he had his first one-man show, "Somethin' Else", in Ginza Garō. For the series of the same title, which continued to his second exhibition, Takanashi walked around Tokyo with a tripod-mounted camera taking frontal images on 4×5 inch sheet film
parallel to the building or other scene photographed.
In 1961 he joined Nippon Design Center in which he did commercial photography; he also married Reiko Mizoguchi.
In 1970 Takanashi resigned from Japan Design Center.
Takanashi had a tenured position at Tokyo Zokei University
from 1980 until 2000 (a full professor from 1983), whereupon he retired but continued teaching there part time.
From 1992, Takanashi, Genpei Akasegawa and Yūtokutaishi Akiyama
have worked together in the group Raika Dōmei
.
Takanashi won the Annual Award of the Photographic Society of Japan
twice, in 1984 and 1993.
.
.
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
photographer who has photographed fashion, urban design, and city life, and is best known for his depiction of Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
.
Life and career
Takanashi was born on 6 February 1935 in Shirogane-chō, Ushigome-ku (now ShinjukuShinjuku, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the busiest train station in the world and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration center for the government of Tokyo.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population...
), Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. In 1943 he was evacuated to Saitama
Chichibu, Saitama
is a city in Saitama, Japan. As of April 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 68,701, with a household number of 26,230. The total area is 577.69 km²....
(Saitama
Saitama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which a large amount of residents commute each day.- History...
). In 1953 he graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Aoyama High School and entered the photography department of 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....
. He was given a Canon IVSb (his first camera).
In 1956 Takanashi's photographs won prizes within Sankei Camera magazine. He graduated from university in 1957, and tried but failed to enter various news companies, settling for work in the darkroom
Darkroom
A darkroom is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of light sensitive photographic materials, including photographic film and photographic paper. Darkrooms have been created and used since the inception of photography in the early 19th century...
in Ginza
Ginza
is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi.It is known as an upscale area of Tokyo with numerous department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses. Ginza is recognized as one of the most...
of the photographer Osamu Yagi . His university graduation work was published in the September issue of Sankei Camera. After meeting Kiyoji Ōtsuji
Kiyoji Otsuji
was a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:...
, he entered Kuwasawa Design School in 1959, graduating from it in 1961.
In May 1960 he had his first one-man show, "Somethin' Else", in Ginza Garō. For the series of the same title, which continued to his second exhibition, Takanashi walked around Tokyo with a tripod-mounted camera taking frontal images on 4×5 inch sheet film
Sheet film
Sheet film is large format and medium format photographic film supplied on individual sheets of acetate or polyester film base rather than rolls. Sheet film was initially supplied as an alternative to glass plates...
parallel to the building or other scene photographed.
In 1961 he joined Nippon Design Center in which he did commercial photography; he also married Reiko Mizoguchi.
In 1970 Takanashi resigned from Japan Design Center.
Takanashi had a tenured position at Tokyo Zokei University
Tokyo Zokei University
is a private university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1966 by Japanese female art educator, fashion designer and design journalist, Yoko Kuwasawa . It is a four-year art college offering both bachelor's and master's degrees in studio arts....
from 1980 until 2000 (a full professor from 1983), whereupon he retired but continued teaching there part time.
From 1992, Takanashi, Genpei Akasegawa and Yūtokutaishi Akiyama
Yūtokutaishi Akiyama
is a Japanese engraver artist, photographer, and occasional politician.Born 1935 in Tokyo, Akiyama studied engraving at Musashino Art School, the predecessor of Musashino Art University, and then worked as an industrial designer for an electrical company...
have worked together in the group Raika Dōmei
Raika Dōmei
is a group of three Japanese photographers and their associates who have worked together on exhibitions and books since 1992.-History and concept:In 1992, the artist, novelist and old-camera enthusiast Genpei Akasegawa, the artist Yūtokutaishi Akiyama, and the photographer Yutaka Takanashi met at...
.
Takanashi won the Annual Award of the Photographic Society of Japan
Photographic Society of Japan
Since its inception, the Photographic Society of Japan has annually presented a large number of awards.-1952–1956:-1957–1984:-1985–1993:-1994–2003:-2004–2008:-2009–2010:...
twice, in 1984 and 1993.
Solo exhibitions
- "Somethin' Else". Ginza Garō (GinzaGinzais a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi.It is known as an upscale area of Tokyo with numerous department stores, boutiques, restaurants and coffeehouses. Ginza is recognized as one of the most...
, Tokyo), 1960. - "Hyōteki" . Ginza Garō (Ginza, Tokyo), 1962.
- "Tenshi kikō" . Wako (Ginza, Tokyo), 1974.
- "Machi" . Minolta Photo Space (Tokyo), 1978.
- "Jinzō" . Minolta Photo Space (OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
), 1979. - "Tōkyōjin 1978–1982" / "Tokyoites 1978–1982". Olympus Gallery (Tokyo), 1982.
- "Jinzō II" . Minolta Photo Space (Tokyo), 1986.
- "Tokyo-jin 1978–1983". Espace Japon (ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
), 1986. - "Miyako no kao: 1986–1988" / "Visages of a Metropolis 1986–1988". Inax Gallery 2 (KyōbashiKyobashiis the name of a bridge as well as the geographical region around it. Two regions with this name exist in Japan, one is in Tokyo and one lies in Osaka. It refers to a bridge connecting roads to the capital in castle towns.-Tokyo:...
, Tokyo), 1988. - "Sorezore no machi" / "Each Town". Setagaya Art MuseumSetagaya Art MuseumThe is an art gallery in Setagaya, Tokyo.The gallery, which opened in 1986, has a permanent collection, some of which is on show at any time, and mounts exhibitions....
(SetagayaSetagaya, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English...
, Tokyo), 1988. - "Magajīn" / "Magazine". Ginza Canon Salon (Tokyo), 1988.
- "Toshi e/kara ten" . Frog (Tokyo), 1989.
- "Hatsukuni" / "Pre-landscape". Minolta Photo Space (Tokyo), 1992.
- "Tōkyō Ginza sandaiki" . Gallery Art-Graph (Tokyo), 1995. One exhibition in a series of three, the other exhibitors being Shigeichi NaganoShigeichi NaganoBorn on 30 March 1925 in Ōita City, Nagano studied economics at Keio University . On graduating, he joined a trading company, but soon resigned. He was recruited by Natori Yōnosuke for Weekly Sun News ; and in 1949 moved to Iwanami Shoten where, again under Natori, he did the photography for about...
and Osamu KanemuraOsamu Kanemurais a renowned Japanese photographer.-References:...
. - "Shikku suru shashinka: Takanashi Yutaka 'hōhōron' no kanata e, ten" . Guardian Garden (Tokyo), 1996.
- "Takanashi Yutaka gyararī" / "Yutaka Takanashi Gallery". Canon Makuhara Wonder Museum (Chiba CityChiba, Chibais the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960,000....
), 1999. - "Interlude". Art Gallery C-Square, Chukyo UniversityChukyo Universityis a private university in Aichi, Japan, with campuses in Nagoya and Toyota.-External links:*...
(Nagoya), June–July 2000. - "Tōkyō Zōkei Daigaku taishoku kinen shashin-kōza-ten: Takanashi Yutaka 'Shashin, hito ni yotte'" . Tokyo Zokei UniversityTokyo Zokei Universityis a private university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1966 by Japanese female art educator, fashion designer and design journalist, Yoko Kuwasawa . It is a four-year art college offering both bachelor's and master's degrees in studio arts....
Yokoyama Memorial Manzù Art Museum (HachiōjiHachioji, Tokyois a city located in Tokyo, Japan, about 40 kilometers west of the center of the special wards of Tokyo.As of January 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 551,901 and a population density of 2,962.27/km². The total area is 186.31 km². It is the eighth largest city in the...
, Tokyo), 2000. - "Chimeiron" / "Genius Loci, Tokyo". Konica Plaza (Tokyo), 2000.
- "Windscape — shasō kara" . Visual Arts Gallery (Osaka), 20.
- "Warera no emono wa itteki no hikari" . Photographers' Gallery (ShinjukuShinjuku, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the busiest train station in the world and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration center for the government of Tokyo.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population...
, Tokyo), January 2003. - "Wind Scape". Shoo Museum of the Arts (ShōōShoo, Okayamais a town located in Katsuta District, Okayama, Japan.As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 11,342 and a density of 209.61 persons per km². The total area is 54.09 km².This town is said to be the place Kintarō died.-External links:*...
, OkayamaOkayama Prefectureis a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Okayama.- History :During the Meiji Restoration, the area of Okayama Prefecture was known as Bitchū Province, Bizen Province and Mimasaka Province.- Geography :...
), 2003. - "Nostalghia". Photographers' Gallery (Shinjuku, Tokyo), September 2004.
- "Hatsukuni" / "Pre-landscape". Shadai Gallery (Tokyo Polytechnic UniversityTokyo Polytechnic Universityis a private university in Honchō, Nakano, Tokyo. Its nickname is Shadai . It was formerly known as Tokyo College of Photography .The university was founded as Konishi Professional School of Photography in Shibuya in 1923...
, NakanoNakano, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. In English, it calls itself Nakano City .As of April 1, 2011, the ward has an estimated population of 311,690 with a household number of 176,936 and a density of 19,992.94 persons per km². The total area is 15.59 km².-Geography:Five special wards...
, Tokyo), September –October 2006. - "Kakoi machi" . Canon Gallery S (MinatoMinato, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
, Tokyo), March–June 2007. - "Takanashi Yutaka: Hikari no fīrudonōto" / "Yutaka Takanashi: Field Notes of Light". National Museum of Modern Art, TokyoNational Museum of Modern Art, TokyoThe in Tokyo, Japan, is the foremost museum collecting and exhibiting contemporary Japanese art.This Tokyo museum is also known by the English acronym MOMAT...
, January–March 2009. - "Yutaka Takanashi: Photography 1965-74". Galerie Priska Pasquer (CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
), April-June 2010.
Selection of other joint exhibitions
This list does not include the exhibitions of Raika DōmeiRaika Dōmei
is a group of three Japanese photographers and their associates who have worked together on exhibitions and books since 1992.-History and concept:In 1992, the artist, novelist and old-camera enthusiast Genpei Akasegawa, the artist Yūtokutaishi Akiyama, and the photographer Yutaka Takanashi met at...
.
- "Gendai shashin no 10-nin" / "Ten Artists of Contemporary Japanese Photography". National Museum of Modern Art, TokyoNational Museum of Modern Art, TokyoThe in Tokyo, Japan, is the foremost museum collecting and exhibiting contemporary Japanese art.This Tokyo museum is also known by the English acronym MOMAT...
, 1966. - "Dai-10-kai Nihon gendai bijutsuten" . Tokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumTokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumThe is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan. It is located in Ueno Park.-External links:**...
, 1971. - "15-nin no shashinka" / "15 Photographers Today". National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1974.
- "Neue Fotografie aus Japan". Kunsthaus GrazKunsthaus GrazThe Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria...
, and elsewhere, 1976. - "PhotokinaPhotokinaThe photokina is the world's largest trade fair for the photographic and imaging industries. The first photokina was held in Cologne, Germany, in 1950, and it is now held biannually in September at the koelnmesse Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre...
'78" (CologneCologneCologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
), 1978. - "Pari, Nyūyōku, Tōkyō" / "Paris—New York—Tokyo". Tsukuba Museum of Photography 1985 (TsukubaTsukuba, Ibarakiis a city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It is known as the location of the , a planned city developed in the 1960s.As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 207,394 and a population density of 730 persons per km². Its total area is 284.07 km².Mount Tsukuba, particularly well-known...
, Ibaraki), 1985. - "11-nin no 1965–75: Nihon no shashin wa kaeraretaka" / "11 Photographers in Japan, 1965–75". Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of ArtYamaguchi 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....
, 1989. - "Toshi no shisen" / "Tokyo: A City Perspective". Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of PhotographyTokyo Metropolitan Museum of PhotographyThe is an art museum focused on photography. The museum was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is located in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo...
, June–July 1990. - "Sengo bunka no kiseki 1945–1995" / "Japanese Culture: The 50 Postwar Years". Meguro Museum of Art, TokyoMeguro Museum of Art, TokyoThe is an art gallery in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.The building was opened in November 1987. Designed by Nihon Sekkei , it is of reinforced concrete construction, with one basement floor and three floors above ground, and has floor space of 4059 square metres....
(MeguroMeguro, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It calls itself Meguro City in English.Meguro hosts fifteen foreign embassies and consulates. One of Tokyo's most exclusive residential neighborhoods is located in Meguro....
, Tokyo), and elsewhere, 1995. - "25-nin no 20-dai no shashin" / "Works by 25 Photographers in their 20s". Kiyosato Museum of Photographic ArtsKiyosato Museum of Photographic ArtsThe 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....
(TakaneTakane, Yamanashiwas a town located in Kitakoma District, Yamanashi, Japan.On November 1, 2004 Takane was merged with the towns of Hakushū, Nagasaka and Sutama, and the villages of Akeno, Mukawa and Ōizumi, all from Kitakoma District, to form the new city of Hokuto....
, Yamanashi), 1995. - "85/05: Maboroshi no Tsukuba Shashin Bijutsukan kara no 20-nen" . Sendai Mediatheque (Sendai), April–May 2005.
- "Unasera di Tōkyō: Anohi anotokio: Zanzō no Tōkyō monogatari 1935–1992" . Setagaya Art MuseumSetagaya Art MuseumThe is an art gallery in Setagaya, Tokyo.The gallery, which opened in 1986, has a permanent collection, some of which is on show at any time, and mounts exhibitions....
(SetagayaSetagaya, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English...
, Tokyo, April–May 2005. - "Meganeura 2005" / "ICANOF Media Art Show 2005 'Meganeura'". Hachinohe City Museum of Art (HachinoheHachinohe, Aomori- Neighbouring municipalities :Aomori Prefecture*Sannohe District**Hashikami**Gonohe**Nanbu*Kamikita District**OiraseIwate Prefecture*Karumai-History:...
, Aomori), September–October 2005. - "Barabara ni natta karada" / "Body in Pieces". Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, October–December 2006.
Permanent collections
Takanashi's works are held by:- Setagaya Art MuseumSetagaya Art MuseumThe is an art gallery in Setagaya, Tokyo.The gallery, which opened in 1986, has a permanent collection, some of which is on show at any time, and mounts exhibitions....
(SetagayaSetagaya, Tokyois one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo in Japan. It is also the name of a neighborhood within the ward. The ward calls itself the City of Setagaya in English...
, Tokyo) - National Museum of Modern Art, TokyoNational Museum of Modern Art, TokyoThe in Tokyo, Japan, is the foremost museum collecting and exhibiting contemporary Japanese art.This Tokyo museum is also known by the English acronym MOMAT...
- Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of PhotographyTokyo Metropolitan Museum of PhotographyThe is an art museum focused on photography. The museum was founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, and is located in Meguro-ku, a short walk from Ebisu station in southwest Tokyo...
- Tokyo Zokei UniversityTokyo Zokei Universityis a private university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1966 by Japanese female art educator, fashion designer and design journalist, Yoko Kuwasawa . It is a four-year art college offering both bachelor's and master's degrees in studio arts....
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of ArtYamaguchi 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....
Books by Takanashi
- Toshi e . And Tōkyōjin nōto . Izara Shobō, 1974. The two books were published as a pair.
- Reduced size reproduction of both volumes: New York: Errata, 2010. ISBN 978-1-935004-15-3.
- Machi . Tokyo: Asahi Shinbun, 1977. The pages of the book itself have no captions or text; a brochure supplied with the book identifies the precise address of every photograph.
- Jinzō . Shin'ya Soshosha, 1979.
- Shin Oku no hosomichi / The New "Oku no Hosomichi" Revisited. Nihon no Kokoro. Tokyo: Shūeisha, 1982. Fifty views along "Oku no hosomichiOku no Hosomichi, translated alternately as The Narrow Road to the Deep North and The Narrow Road to the Interior, is a major work by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō considered "one of the major texts of classical Japanese literature."...
". - Tōkyōjin 1978-1983 . Tokyo: Shoshi Yamada, 1983.
- Takakura Ken shashinshū Eizō 25 1983.
- Miyako no kao / Visages of a Metropolis. Tokyo: IPC, 1989. ISBN 4-87198-796-5.
- Menbō yakujo: Jinbutsu shashin kuronikuru . Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1990. ISBN 4-582-27721-7.
- Hatsukuni / Pre-Landscape. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1993. ISBN 4-582-27727-6.
- Chimeiron / Genius Loci, Tokyo. Tokyo: Mainichi Communications, 2000. ISBN 4-8399-0438-3.
- Raika no me . Tokyo: Mainichi Communications, 2002. ISBN 4-8399-0708-0.
- Nosutarujia / Nostalghia. And Windscape. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 2004. ISBN 4-582-27756-X. The two were published as a pair; the much smaller Windscape accompanying Nostalghia.
- Kakoi machi / Kakoi-machi. Tokyo: Creo, 2007. ISBN 978-4-87736-116-7. Color photographs of Tokyo and its environs. The captions (month and place) are in English only, the (little) other text is in Japanese only.
- Photography 1965–1974. Berlin: Only Photography, 2010. ISBN 978-3-9812537-2-6.
- Yutaka Takanashi: Toshi-e. Books on Books 6. Errata Editions, 2010. ISBN 978-1935004-10-3. Reduced reproduction of the content of Toshi-e and Tōkyōjin. With text by Gozo Yoshimasu and Gerry BadgerGerry BadgerGerald David "Gerry" Badger is a writer about, and curator of photography, and a photographer.The two volumes of The Photobook: A History, which Badger co-wrote with Martin Parr, won the 2006 book award for photography from the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation...
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Other works with contributions by Takanashi
This list does not include the books published as by Raika DōmeiRaika Dōmei
is a group of three Japanese photographers and their associates who have worked together on exhibitions and books since 1992.-History and concept:In 1992, the artist, novelist and old-camera enthusiast Genpei Akasegawa, the artist Yūtokutaishi Akiyama, and the photographer Yutaka Takanashi met at...
.
- 15-nin no shashinka / 15 Photographers Today. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1974.
- With Takahiko Okada . Toshi wa yume mizu . Tokyo: Shoshi Yamada, 1979.
- Raimei no kubikazari: Takiguchi Shūzō ni . Tokyo: Raimei no kubikazari Kankōkai, 1979.
- 11-nin no 1965–75: Nihon no shashin wa kaeraretaka / 11 Photographers in Japan, 1965–75. Yamaguchi: Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art, 1989.
- Tōkyō: Toshi no shisen / Tokyo: A City Perspective. Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1990. Exhibition catalogue. Photographs from the series "Tokyoites" appear on pp. 116–21.
- 25-nin no 20-dai no shashin / Works by 25 Photographers in their 20s. Takane, Yamanashi: Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, 1995. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Kiyosato Museum of Photographic ArtsKiyosato Museum of Photographic ArtsThe 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....
in 1995. Parallel text in Japanese and English. - "Sengo bunka no kiseki 1945–1995" / "Japanese Culture: The 50 Postwar Years". Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1995. ISBN 4-02-258599-4. Catalogue of the exhibition at Meguro Museum of Art, TokyoMeguro Museum of Art, TokyoThe is an art gallery in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.The building was opened in November 1987. Designed by Nihon Sekkei , it is of reinforced concrete construction, with one basement floor and three floors above ground, and has floor space of 4059 square metres....
, and elsewhere. - With Gōzō Yoshimasu . Warera no emono wa itteki no hikari . Photographers' Gallery File 2. Tokyo: Photographers' Gallery, 2003.
- Unasera di Tōkyō: Anohi anotokio: Zanzō no Tōkyō monogatari 1935–1992 . Tokyo: Setagaya Museum of Art, 2005.
- Shigeyuki Toshima , ed. Meganeura 2005 / ICANOF Media Art Show 2005 "Meganeura". ICANOF catalogue 5. ISBN 4-903301-00-1.
On Takanashi
- Shikku suru shashinka: Takanashi Yutaka 'hōhōron' no kanata e, ten . Taimutoneru 3. Tokyo: Guardian Garden, 1996. Discusses works from Somethin' Else to Genius Loci.
- Takanashi Yutaka / Takanashi Yutaka. Nihon no Shashinka 35. Tokyo: Iwanami, 1998. ISBN 4-00-008375-9. A survey of Takanashi's work in black and white, with 48 plates.
- Tōkyō Zōkei Daigaku taishoku kinen shashin-kōza-ten: Takanashi Yutaka "Shashin, hito ni yotte" . Tokyo: Tokyo Zokei University, 2000.
- Hikari no fīrudonōto / Field Notes of Light. Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2009.
External links
- Profile of Takanashi from Fujifilm (fotonoma.jp).