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Yasuhiro Ishimoto

Yasuhiro Ishimoto

Japanese-American, 1921

WA-00027710

San Francisco, CA, USA

PhotographyPhotography

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

347

Works in Collection

391

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ2139869 ULAN500036883

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Japanese Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1974

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Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

No image

Diogenes with a Camera V

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1961

No image

Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1960–1961

No image

Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

No image

The Family of Man

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

No image

Always the Young Strangers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1953

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearMoMA· 93%✓
LocationMoMA· 93%✓
NationalityMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (3)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/yasuhiro-ishimoto
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/yasuhiro-ishimoto
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2834
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Yasuhiro Ishimoto was a Japanese photographer who shaped the visual language of postwar documentary and architectural photography. Working primarily in black and white, he combined precise compositional geometry with an acute sensitivity to light and shadow, creating images that ranged from industrial landscapes to intimate street studies. His work bridged Japanese and American photographic traditions, influencing how modernist form was understood through the camera lens.

Source: Christies Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (347)

98-35-0036, Tokyo

98-35-0036, Tokyo

1998 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.2 × 28.4 cm (8 × 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.8 cm (11 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

98-35-0002, Tokyo

98-35-0002, Tokyo

1998 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.1 × 28.4 cm (7 15/16 × 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.8 cm (11 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

98-35-0014, Tokyo

98-35-0014, Tokyo

1998 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.1 × 28.4 cm (7 15/16 × 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.7 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

97-35-0085, Tokyo

97-35-0085, Tokyo

1997 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20 × 28.2 cm (7 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

97-35-0217, Tokyo

97-35-0217, Tokyo

1997 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20 × 28.3 cm (7 7/8 × 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1996 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20.1 × 28.2 cm (7 15/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tokyo

1996 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20 × 28.2 cm (7 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

#186, Tokyo

1995 · Gelatin silver print, printed later

Image: 24 × 23.9 cm (9 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 35.8 × 27.8 cm (14 1/8 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

#191, Tokyo

1995 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24.1 × 23.7 cm (9 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.); Paper: 35.7 × 27.8 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

#190, Tokyo

1995 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 23.9 × 23.7 cm (9 7/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Paper: 35.7 × 27.8 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

#184, Tokyo

1994 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20 × 28.3 cm (7 7/8 × 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

#180, Tokyo

1994 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 20 × 28.3 cm (7 7/8 × 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 35.6 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

#193, Tokyo

1994 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24 × 23.9 cm (9 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 35.7 × 27.8 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Surrounding Hills Belonging to the Ise Shrine)

Untitled (Surrounding Hills Belonging to the Ise Shrine)

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22 × 28.3 cm (8 11/16 × 11 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.7 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ishi Tsubo (Stone-Ringed Trenches at the Naiku, or Inner Shrine)

Ishi Tsubo (Stone-Ringed Trenches at the Naiku, or Inner Shrine)

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.3 × 22.2 cm (11 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 27.7 cm (14 1/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22 × 28.2 cm (8 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.); Paper: 28 × 35.5 cm (11 1/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.2 × 22.1 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 27.8 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Ise Bay)

Untitled (Ise Bay)

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.2 × 28.2 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (11 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Roof from Under the Eaves)

Untitled (Roof from Under the Eaves)

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.3 × 22.2 cm (11 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.7 × 27.9 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 22.1 × 28.5 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.); Paper: 27.8 × 35.7 cm (11 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Notched Horizontal Wall Planks)

Untitled (Notched Horizontal Wall Planks)

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.3 × 22.2 cm (11 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.6 × 27.8 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28 × 22.1 cm (11 1/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.5 × 27.8 cm (14 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 28.4 × 22.2 cm (11 3/16 × 8 3/4 in.); Paper: 35.7 × 27.9 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

#196, Tokyo

1993 · Gelatin silver print

Image: 24 × 23.5 cm (9 1/2 × 9 5/16 in.); Paper: 35.7 × 27.8 cm (14 1/16 × 11 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (2)

347 published of 388 catalogued · 374 with image

Art Institute Chicago
306 published306 img
MoMA
41 publishedof 82 catalogued68 img

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Untitled, from the series "Katsura" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled, from the series "Katsura" (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Movements1

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US