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Richard K. Diran (born November 3, 1949) is an American adventurer and gemologist who has also been a painter, trader in gemstones, restaurateur, and art dealer.〔 He is most notable as the author and photographer of the book ''The Vanishing Tribes of Burma'', which was published in 1997. ==Biography== Diran is the son of Edward K. and Dorothy Diran of San Mateo, California. He graduated from San Mateo High School in 1968. Diran was in the first graduating class of the California Institute of the Arts in 1972. He moved to Japan where he earned a ''Black Belt'' in karate in 1974, after which he returned to California, where he graduated from the Gemological Institute of America in 1978 Later Diran and his Japanese wife, Junko, owned the Fuki-ya Japanese Restaurant in the Japan Center (San Francisco) (1978–1989). An article in ''The Goldsmith'' magazine claimed that it was the first Robatayaki restaurant in the United States.〔 Andy McCoy remembers Diran as part of the party scene in Bangkok in the early 80s.〔 Diran pleaded guilty to a felony charge of importing photos from Thailand of 3 children engaging in sex acts. Diran told the FBI that he took photos in his hotel room in Pattaya, Thailand, with three young girls he had hired to pose. He was sentenced by the United States District Court in San Francisco in 1992 .〔Viets, Jack. "U.S.Charges S.F. Man for Photos of Sex Acts." San Francisco Chronicle, December 14, 1990, Final Edition ed., News sec.〕〔(Francisco/Guilty Plea in Import of Child Pornography." The San Francisco Chronicle [Three Star Edition], March 4, 1992 )〕 Diran, who first visited Burma in 1980 as a buyer of gemstones,〔 traveled throughout Myanmar and Cambodia for more than two decades, exploring the art, the then still rarely-visited temples, and visiting still remote tribal peoples as he took photographs and acquired antiquities and gems.〔〔〔 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「Richard K. Diran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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