Daido Moriyama | Eikoh Hosoe
August 1st — August 16th, 2025　Oepning Friday, August 1st from 5-7 pm

Wada Garou Tokyo is pleased to present a commemorative exhibition of works by Daido Moriyama and Eikoh Hosoe in celebration of our gallery’s relocation.

The exhibition features selected works from Daido Moriyama: Ango, a book project inspired by Ango Sakaguchi’s literary masterpiece In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom. The publication combines Moriyama’s iconic 1972 Cherry Blossoms series—originally featured in Camera Mainichi—with newly photographed images of cherry blossoms. Designed and published by graphic designer Satoshi Machiguchi, the book showcases Moriyama’s hauntingly dark vision of the sakura.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Yukio Mishima’s birth.
Eikoh Hosoe’s iconic series Barakei (Ordeal by Roses), on view in this exhibition, was photographed between 1961 and 1962. At the time, Hosoe was 28 years old, and assisting him was none other than 22-year-old Daido Moriyama. Boldly capturing Mishima’s raw physicality and erotic presence, Hosoe’s deeply personal vision continues to captivate audiences to this day.
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We warmly invite you to visit this inaugural exhibition in our new space.

Daido Moriyama Untitled  Digital gelatin silver print, 432×356mm, 2017

Eikoh Hosoe Ordeal by Roses #15  gelatin silver print, 279×356 mm

Daido Moriyama (1938 - )
Born in Osaka, Daido Moriyama began his career assisting photographers Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe before becoming independent in 1964. Known for his raw, high-contrast, and grainy style—often described as “are, bure, boke” (rough, blurred, out of focus)—he made a major impact on Japanese photography through his involvement with the avant-garde magazine Provoke (1968–70).
 
Moriyama has held solo exhibitions at major institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Fondation Cartier, and in 2012, he became the first Japanese recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Center of Photography. His 2012 Tate Modern show with William Klein was internationally acclaimed.
Recent highlights include solo exhibitions in Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, São Paulo, and Beijing. In 2019, he received the prestigious Hasselblad Award. He remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary photography today.

Eikoh Hosoe (1933 - 2024)
Born in Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture and raised in Tokyo, Hosoe received the top prize in the student division of the Fuji Photo Contest in 1951. After graduating from the Tokyo College of Photography (now Tokyo Polytechnic University) in 1954, he began working as a freelance photographer.
In 1959, he co-founded the independent photographer agency VIVO with Shomei Tomatsu, Ikko Narahara, and Kikuji Kawada, among others. Hosoe has held numerous exhibitions in Japan and abroad, while also dedicating himself to education through university teaching and workshops.
He has also contributed to the field by building public collections and mentoring younger generations.
 
In 2003, he was awarded the Special 150th Anniversary Medal by the Royal Photographic Society in the UK. In 2010, he was named a Person of Cultural Merit in Japan, and in 2017, he received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
He is currently Professor Emeritus at Tokyo Polytechnic University and has served as the inaugural Director of the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts since 1995.

INFORMATION
Daido Moriyama | Eikoh Hosoe
August 1st - 16th, 2025​
Open 1:00 – 6:30 pm
Closed on Sundays, Mondays, and public holidays.

Ginsei Bldg. 7F, 7-12-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 1040061

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