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山沢栄子YAMAZAWA Eiko

1899 – 1995-07-16

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  • Names

    山沢栄子

    YAMAZAWA Eiko (index name)

    Yamazawa Eiko (display name)

    山沢栄子 (Japanese display name)

    やまざわ えいこ (transliterated hiragana)

  • Date of birth
    1899
  • Birth place
    Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture
  • Date of death
    1995-07-16
  • Gender
    female
  • Fields of activity
    Photography

Wikipedia

Eiko Yamazawa (山沢 栄子, Yamazawa Eiko, February 19, 1899–July 16, 1995) was a renowned Japanese photographer. She studied nihonga at Private Women's School of Fine Arts. She studied oil painting at California School of Fine Arts where she worked with Consuelo Kanaga. In 1931 she opened a portrait studio in Osaka. In 1950 she established the Yamazawa Institute of Photography in Osaka. In 1960 she moved to abstraction.
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2023-02-20