Kōji Satō (photographer)

was a renowned Japanese amateur photographer, particularly in the 1930s.

Satō was born in Kumagaya, Saitama on 1 November 1911. His name nihongo|Kōji|佐藤虹児| was adopted one. [His original given name was nihongo2|長吉; its reading may well have been Chōkichi but Kaneko does not specify this.] From the age of 13 Satō had a Thornton reflex camera; on his graduation from school he took photographs in his free time from his work in a bicycle wholesaler.

From 1931 his photographs appeared in "Camera" and "Shashin Geppō," and from 1933 in "Shashin Salon." Satō's works were selected for the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1940.

After the war, Satō continued his photographic activities. [After the war he changed the characters for Kōji from nihongo2|虹児 to nihongo2|虹ニ.] He died on 30 May 1955.

Published photographs

*"Nihon kindai shashin no seiritsu to tenkai" (日本近代写真の成立と展開) / "The Founding and Development of Modern Photography in Japan." Tokyo: Tokyo Museum of Photography, 1995. Plate 122: nihongo|Man in black cape|黒マントの男|Kuromanto no otoko, 1937.
*"Satō Kōji no shashin" (佐藤虹ニの写真). 2001.

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References

*ja icon Kaneko Ryūichi (金子隆一). "Satō Kōji". "Nihon shashinka jiten" (日本写真家事典) / "328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers." Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese. P. 155.
*ja icon "Nihon no shashinka" (日本の写真家) / "Biographic Dictionary of Japanese Photography." Tokyo: Nichigai Associates, 2005. ISBN 4-8169-1948-1. Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese. Pp. 196–7.