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is a Japanese photographer, a member of Magnum Photos who has specialized in photographing the far east. Born in Kanda (Tokyo), Kubota studied politics at Waseda University, graduating in 1962.〔Yoshiko Suzuki (, ''Suzuki Yoshiko''), "Kubota Hiroji", ''Nihon shashinka jiten'' () / ''328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers'' (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ISBN 4-473-01750-8), p.113. 〕 In 1961 he met the Magnum photographers René Burri, Elliott Erwitt, and Burt Glinn.〔(Biography ) of Kubota, Magnum Photos. Accessed 20 December 2009.〕 He then studied journalism and international politics at the University of Chicago, and became an assistant to Erwitt and Cornell Capa, in 1965, a freelance photographer.〔 Kubota photographed the 1968 US presidential election and then Ryūkyū islands before their return to Japan in 1972. He then photographed Saigon in 1975, North Korea in 1978, and China in 1979–85, and the USA in 1988–92, resulting in books and exhibitions.〔 Kubota won the Mainichi Art Prize in 1980,〔 and the Annual Award of the Photographic Society of Japan in 1981.〔(List of past winners ) of the PSJ awards, PSJ. Accessed 20 December 2009.〕 Three of his publications won him the first Kodansha Publishing Culture Award in 1970: "Black People", and essays on Calcutta and the Ryūkyū islands.〔(List of past award winners ), Kodansha. Accessed 7 December 2009.〕 ==Exhibitions by Kubota== *"The President's People." Neikrug Gallery (New York), 1976.〔 *. Nikon Salon (Tokyo), 1976.〔 *"Daigan no nagare" (). Odakyu Department Store, 1976.〔 *"Keirin mugen" (). Matsuya (Ginza), 1982.〔 *"On China." ICP (New York), 1982.〔 *"Chūgoku mange" (). Matsuya (Ginza), 1986.〔 *"Korea: Above the 38th Parallel." ICP (New York), 1986.〔 *"Magnum en Chine" The Rencontres d'Arles festival, Arles, France, 1988. *"China." Tokyo Fuji Art Museum (Tokyo), 1991〔 *"From Sea to Shining Sea: A Portrait of America." Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), 1992〔 *"Out of the East: Recent Photographs of Asia." Equitable Gallery (New York), 1997〔 *"China: Fifty Years inside the People's Republic." Asia Society (New York), 1999–2000 〔 *"Can We Feed Ourselves?" Asia Society (New York); School of Oriental and African Studies (London), 2001/2002〔 *"USA 1963–69 and Burma 1970–78." Photo Gallery International (Shibaura, Tokyo), 2009.〔(List of exhibitions ), photography-now.com. Accessed 20 December 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hiroji Kubota」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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