BORN
1957
Gamagori-City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

é, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, 2004

Selected Artwork

Monographs

2000
"A Box of Ku" XI, Sepia International, Inc. and The Alkazi Collection of Photography, New York, NY
"A Box of Ku" XI, Spiral Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1999
"A Box of Ku X," Gallery Sincerite, Toyohashi, Japan
"A Box of Ku X," Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

1998
"A box of Ku X," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1997
"A box of Ku IX," Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"A box of Ku IX," Kohji Ogura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

1996
"A box of Ku VIII," Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY

1995
"A box of Ku VI," Gallery Nayuta, Yokohama, Japan

1994
"A box of Ku V," Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"A box of Ku IV," Parco, Kichijyoji

1993
"A box of Ku III," Gallery Sincerite, Toyohashi
"A box of Ku II," Hosomi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"A box of Ku I," Gallery White Art, Tokyo, Japan

1988
"PNEUMA," Shibuya Seibu Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Naturarist Notes (A creature, A Still Life) VI," One-Oh-Nine, Tokyo, Japan

1987
"Naturarist Notes (A creature, A Still Life) V," Seibu Art Spot, Chiba
"Naturarist Notes (A creature, A Still Life) IV," Graphic Station, Tokyo, Japan
"Naturarist Notes (A creature, A Still Life) III," Sibuya Seibu Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1986
"Naturarist Notes (A creature, A Still Life) II," Gallery Sin, Kouchi
"Naturarist Notes (A creature, A Still Life) I," Kodak Photo Salon, Ginza and Osaka, Japan

1999
"Modena per la Fotografia 1999," Modena, Italy
"Attack!," Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, Holland

1998
"Waterproof," EXPO '98, Lisboa
"Medialogue Photography in Contemporary Japanese Art '98," Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

1996
"Contemporary Japanese Photography," Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
"Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition," Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1995
"A box of Ku VII," Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
"A box of Ku VII," Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"The 1st Tokyo International Photo Biennale, A Box of Ku VII," Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan

1994
"Intimate Memories," A.O.J. Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
"Flower Studies," Shapiro Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1990
"Spiral Take Art Collection," Aoyama Spiral Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1988
"New Age Art Exhibition," Shinjuku Isetan Department Store, Tokyo, Japan
"Japan and India Sculpture Camping Documentary Photography, Gallery am, Tokyo, Japan
"Japanese Avantgardo," Ken Damy Gallery, Mirano, Italy
"New From Tokyo 11 Japanese Photographers"
"Fotofest '88," Houston, TX

1987
"Torino International Photo Biennale, Torino, Italy

1979-81
"Group CAN.TA.TA," Tokyo, Japan

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
The International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA