Emi Anrakuji

Emi Anrakuji (born 1963) is a Tokyo-based legally blind Japanese photographer who makes self-portraits. She has produced a number of books with Nazraeli Press and her work is held in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. In 2006 Anrakuji won the New Photographer Prize of the Higashikawa Prize in Higashikawa, Japan.

Early life and education Anrakuji was born in Tokyo, Japan, where she also studied oil painting at Musashino Art University. Soon after graduation, she was diagnosed with a brain tumor that ultimately caused the loss of sight in one eye.

Career Anrakuji's photography subjects are consistently herself.

Her work is frequently exhibited in solo shows at Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan.

Publications Books by Anrakuji Hmmt?. Osaka: Warp, 2005. . Anrakuji. Portland: Nazraeli, 2006. . e hagaki. One Picture Book 40. Portland: Nazraeli, 2007. . Edition of 500 copies. IPY. Portland: Nazraeli, 2008. . Misho. Portugal: Shinto, 2017. Edited by Rui Ribeiral and Paulo Nozolino . With an essay by Anrakuji. Edition of 250 copies. Balloon Position. Kyoto: Araaka Art, 2019. . Edition of 500 copies.

Books with others Witness #2 (Number Two): Daido Moriyama. Portland: Nazraeli, 2007. By Daidō Moriyama, Anrakuji, and Ken Kitano. .

Awards 2006: Winner, New Photographer Prize, Higashikawa Prize, Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan 2019: Shortlisted, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards, for Balloon Position