About Tsune Sugimura
Lived 1926 – 1991 (aged 64–65). Tsune Sugimura was a Japanese photographer.
was a Japanese photographer. He was the author of 44 books, the most popular of which were Living Crafts of Okinawa, which is a photographic documentary on traditional crafts from Okinawa, The Enduring Crafts of Japan (1968), and Hachijo: Isle of Exile (1973).
He was also among the photographers included in Bessatsu Atorie Atarashii Shashin, a 1957 special issue that Ryūichi Kaneko later described as a printed forum in which prewar avant-garde figures such as Kansuke Yamamoto briefly intersected with younger postwar photographers including Kiyoji Ōtsuji, Ikkō Narahara, Hisae Imai, and Yasuhiro Ishimoto.
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Who was Tsune Sugimura?
Japanese photographer (1926–1991)
When was Tsune Sugimura born?
Tsune Sugimura was born in 1926 in Nara.
When did Tsune Sugimura die?
Tsune Sugimura died in 1991.
What was Tsune Sugimura's occupation?
Tsune Sugimura was a photographer.
What nationality was Tsune Sugimura?
Tsune Sugimura was Japanese.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Tsune Sugimura. https://biography.guide/tsune-sugimura/
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