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Kichiya

Born 1961 and raised in Shirokanedai, Minato, Tokyo. Graduated from Keiō University. Adopted the title “Kichiya, Ukiyo Photographer” in 2013, after beginning his project of re-creating Utagawa Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo in photographs to juxtapose past with present. Held his first solo exhibition in December 2017 at the Gallery 2 in Nikon Plaza Shinjuku.

LATEST
A Yoshiwara Revival: A Century After the Great Kantō EarthquakeINSIGHT | Dec 20, 2023
Celebrating New Year in Kasumigaseki CULTURE | Jan 2, 2019
Foxfire Fantasy on New Year’s Eve: Hiroshige and Ōji Inari ShrineCULTURE | Dec 25, 2018
To Live and Dye in Edo: Hiroshige’s Take on Kanda Kon’ya-chōTRAVEL | Oct 5, 2018
Saruwaka-machi by Night: Hiroshige’s Harvest MoonTRAVEL | Oct 2, 2018
“Grandpa’s Teahouse, Meguro” Then and Now: Vanished View of a Pastoral PastTRAVEL | Sep 13, 2018
“Bamboo Yards, Kyōbashi Bridge”: Expressway Echoes of an Elegant SpanTRAVEL | Sep 3, 2018
“Asakusa River, Ōkawa Riverbank, Miyato River” : A Once-Bustling Beginning to a Hakone PilgrimageTRAVEL | Aug 28, 2018
Altered Views at a Shinjuku Shrine: “Kumano Jūnisha Shrine at Tsunohazu”TRAVEL | Aug 23, 2018
Shopping in Past and Present: “View of Nihonbashi Tōri-itchōme”TRAVEL | Aug 9, 2018
Asakusa Past and Present: “Komagata Hall and Azuma Bridge”TRAVEL | Aug 7, 2018
Tokyo’s Wild West: “Benten Shrine, Inokashira Pond” TRAVEL | Jun 19, 2018
Tanabata in Times Past: “Tanabata Festival in the Flourishing City”TRAVEL | Jun 5, 2018
Moat No More: “Paulownia Garden at Akasaka”TRAVEL | May 29, 2018
Flowers Are Forever: “Horikiri Iris Garden”TRAVEL | May 22, 2018
An East Tokyo Waterway: “Ayase River and Kanegafuchi” TRAVEL | May 15, 2018
Carp Over the Kanda River: “Suidō Bridge and Surugadai”TRAVEL | May 1, 2018
Plum Trees Past and Present: “Plum Garden at Kamata”TRAVEL | Apr 24, 2018