1948 Born in Tokyo, Japan
1970 Graduated from Saint Paul’s University, Tokyo
1974 Graduated from Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles
1974 Moved to New York
Grant/Award/Honor
1977 C.A.P.S. (Creative Arts Public Service) Fellowship, New York
1980 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, New York
1982 National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1988 Mainichi Art Prize, Tokyo
1999 International Center of Photography, Fifteenth Annual Infinity Award: Art, New York
2000 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, New School University, New York
2001 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography, Gothenburg, Sweden
2006 PHotoEspaña Prize, Madrid
2009 Praemium Imperiale Award for Painting, Tokyo
2010 Medal with Purple Ribbon, Tokyo
2013 Officier de L'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris
2014 Isamu Noguchi Award, New York
2017 The Royal Photographic Society, Centenary Medal, London
2017 Person of Cultural Merit, Tokyo
2018 National Arts Club Medal of Honor in Photography, New York
