1945      Born in Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture

 

1963      After graduating from high school becomes a Yamagata prefectural employee

 

1964      Enters Hosei University

 

1969      Graduated from Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, Hosei Univ.

 

                     Works as a truck driver

 

1970      Works as a shipbuilder

 

                     Starts taking photos

 

1972      Goes aboard a deep-sea tuna fishing boat

 

1973      Becomes a darkroom technician

 

Enters the 14^th Japan Advertising Photographers’ Association (APA) Exhibition, and receives an award

 

                     Works at Doi Technical Photo

 

                     Starts taking portrait photos of people at Senso-ji Temple

 

1974      Receives the APA Special Award

 

1976      Takes stage photos (of Bando Tamasaburo)

 

              National Theatre (Small Theatre)

 

              Shinbashi Enbujo Theatre

 

              Chunichi Gekijo Theatre (Nagoya)

 

              (Macbeth, Izayoi seishin, Kamikakete sangotaisetsu)

 

1977      Works as building maintenance technician

 

1980      Works as seasonal worker at automobile factory

 

1981      Wanders about in Southeast Asia

 

1984      Becomes freelance photographer

 

1987      Publishes a collection of photographs, Otachi no Shozo: Senso-ji keidai [Ecce homo: Portraits of kings]. (Yatate Shuppan)

 

1988      Receives the APA Newcomer’s Award

 

                     Receives the 3^rd Ina Nobuo Award

 

1992      Publishes India. (Misuzu Shobo)

 

1994      Accepts position of Lecturer, Dept. of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Musashino Art University

 

1996      Publishes Ya-Chimata: Otachi no kairo [Ya-Chimata: A gallery of kings]. (Misuzu Shobo)

 

1999      Publishes Tokyo Meiro [Tokyo Labyrinth]. (Shogakukan)

 

                     Publishes Indo ya Gassan [India and Gassan]. (Hakusuisha)

 

2000      Receives the 2^nd Photography Sagamihara Festival Grand Prix

 

2001      Publishes Shiawase: Indo daichi no kodomotachi [Shanti: Children of India]. (Fukuinkan)

 

2003      Appears in TBS television program, Jonetsu Tairiku.

 

                     Publishes Persona. (Soshisha)

 

2004      Receives the 23^rd Domon Ken Award for collection of photographs, Persona.

 

                     Receives the Photographic Society of Japan (PSJ) Annual Award

 

Photography for book: Ueda, Makoto. Shugo Jutaku Monogatari [The Story of Collective Housing]. (Misuzu Shobo)

 

2005      Publishes Perusona [Persona]. (Soshisha)

 

              Publishes In-between 8: Hiroh Kikai, Portugal, Malta. (EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee)

 

2006      Photography for book: Miyako, Harumi. Messeeji [The Message]. (Juritsusha)

 

2007      Publishes Tokyo Mutan – labyrinthos [Tokyo Dreams – labyrinthos]. (Soshisha)

 

2008      Publishes Asakusa Portraits. (ICP, Steidl)

 

2010      Publishes Anatolia. (Crevis)

 

2011      Publishes Tokyo Portraits. (Crevis)

 

2012      Publishes Me to kaze no kioku: Shashin o meguru esee [The Memories of the Eye and Wind: Essays about photography]. (Iwanami Shoten)

 

2014      Publishes Seken no hito [The Public]. (Chikumashobo)

 

2015      Publishes Dare o mo sukoshi wa suki ni naru hi: Memekuri biboryoku [Days You Come to Like Anyone a Little: A day-to-day memorandum for the eye]. (Bungeishunju)

 

2016      Publishes Tokyo View. (Kazetabisha)

 

                     Publishes Kutsuzoko no herikata [The Way Shoe Soles Wear Out]. (Chikumashobo)

 

2017      Publishes India 1979-2016. (Crevis)

 

2018      Photography for book: Yamaoka, Junichiro. Kinoshita saakasu yondaiki [The Story of Kinoshita Circus] (Toyo Keizai)

 

2019      Publishes Persona Saishusho [Persona: The Final Chapter]. (Chikumashobo)

 

                     Publishes Shanti: Persona in India. (Chikumashobo)