Rosō Fukuhara
Japanese photographer
Rosō Fukuhara ( 福原 路草 , Fukuhara Rosō , 1892 – 1946) was a Japanese photographer noted for a strikingly modern approach to pictorialism.
He was born in Ginza on 16 January 1892, as Nobutatsu Fukuhara ( 福原 信辰 , Fukuhara Nobutatsu ) , son of Arinobu Fukuhara ( 福原 有信 , Fukuhara Arinobu ) , the head of Apothecary Shiseidō (which in 1927 would be incorporated as Shiseidō ) and Toku Fukuhara ( 福原 とく , Fukuhara Toku ) . His three eldest brothers [1] died young, but another older brother, Shinzō , would also win great fame as a photographer and the last, Nobuyoshi (信義, b.1897) would win some fame too, under the name Tōru Namiki ( 並木 透 , Namiki Tōru ) .
Fukuhara studied French at Keio University (Tokyo) from 1911 to 1917. His photographic activities were amateur but rigorous; his photographs employed both shallow focus and rather incongruous juxtapositions to great effect. Half of a photograph by Fukuhara might be taken up by corrugated metal fencing.
Fukuhara died on 29 September 1946 in Nagano .
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Books showing Fukuhara's works
- (in Japanese) Fukuhara Shinzō, Fukuhara Rosō: Hikari to sono kaichō (福原信三 福原路草:光とその諧調, Shinzō Fukuhara, Rosō Fukuhara: Light and its harmony). Nikon Salon Books 3. Tokyo: Nikkor Club, 1977.
- (in Japanese) Fukuhara Shinzō to Fukuhara Rosō (福原信三と福原路草, Shinzō Fukuhara and Rosō Fukuhara). Nihon no Shashinka 3. Tokyo: Iwanami, 1997. ISBN 4-00-008343-0 .
- Hikari no shijō: Fukuhara Shinzō no sekai (光の詩情:福原信三の世界) / The World of Shinzo Fukuhara: Poetics of Light. Tokyo: Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, 1994.
- Hikari to sono kaichō: Fukuhara Shinzō, Fukuhara Rosō: 1913-nen – 1941-nen (光とその諧調:福原信三・福原路草:1913年 – 1941年) / The Light with Its Harmony: Shinzo Fukuhara / Roso Fukuhara: Photographs 1913 – 1941. Tokyo: Watari-um, 1992. ISBN 4-900398-17-9 .
- (in French) Iizawa, Kohtaro , and Hervé Chandès. Shinzo et Roso Fukuhara . Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, 1994. ISBN 2869250487 .
Other sources
- (in Japanese) Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers ( 『日本写真家事典』 , Nihon shashinka jiten ) . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8
External links
- (in Japanese) Shinzō and Rosō Fukuhara at Shiseido. A large collection of their photographs, and some other materials.
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