Yoshikazu Shirakawa
1935 – April 5, 2022 was a Japanese photographer. Shirakawa was born in Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture. Shirakawa is particularly well known for his book Himalayas, published by Harry N. Abrams in 1971.
Yoshikazu Shirakawa
- Born
- 1935 · Ehime Prefecture.
- Died
- 2022
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- photographer
- Education
- Nihon University
- Honours
- Kikuchi Kan Prize · Medal with Purple Ribbon
- Languages
- Japanese
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1935 – April 5, 2022 was a Japanese photographer. Shirakawa was born in Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture. Shirakawa is particularly well known for his book Himalayas, published by Harry N. Abrams in 1971.
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Born at Ehime Prefecture in 1935, died in 2022.
Yoshikazu Shirakawa studied at Nihon University. The recorded working language is Japanese. Distinctions recorded are Kikuchi Kan Prize and Medal with Purple Ribbon.
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- 1.白川義員さんが死去 写真家、南極大陸撮影. The Sankei News. 23 May 2022.
- 2.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
- 3.Tokyo Art Beat. Yoshikazu Shirakawa.
- 4.Himalayas.
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- Himalayas, preface by Arnold Toynbee & preface by Sir Edmund Hillary. New York: Harry N. Abrams (1971)
- The Alps, text translated by Max A. Wyss, introduction by Chris Bonington. London: Thames and Hudson (1973)
- (Translated from the German edition, Majestät der Alpen, by J. Maxwell Brownjohn)
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