Eiichi Matsumoto
Eiichi Matsumoto was a Japanese photographer. During World War II he worked as a photojournalist for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, covering the firebombing of several Japanese cities. Following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he was sent to photograph the aftermath.
Eiichi Matsumoto
- Born
- 1915
- Died
- 2004
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- photographer
- Honours
- Imperial Prize of Japan Academy
- Languages
- Japanese
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Eiichi Matsumoto was a Japanese photographer. During World War II he worked as a photojournalist for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, covering the firebombing of several Japanese cities. Following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he was sent to photograph the aftermath.
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Eiichi Matsumoto is recorded as having received Imperial Prize of Japan Academy.
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1915
Eiichi Matsumoto was born in 1915.
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Eiichi Matsumoto died in 2004.
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- 1.in lang ja Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. nihongo 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers 『日本写真家事典』 Nihon shashinka jiten . Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8
- 2.Ives, Mike. After Atomic Bombings, These Photographers Worked Under Mushroom Clouds. The New York Times. 6 August 2020.
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