Monk of Kita Kamakura by Shigeichi Nagano, Asia, Contemporary Japanese Photography, Black-and-White Limited Edition

Monk of Kita Kamakura, 1950 by Shigeichi Nagano is a black and white photograph from an extensive documentary photography series of Japan that Nagano shot on assignment. The image is hand-signed on recto (front left margin) by the photographer and numbered: 87/100. This is an archival pigment print on Hahnemule Fine Art paper. Printed 2005 under the direction of the photographer the 19" x 13" work is from the portfolio "Masters of Modern Photography. Japan", Swaminathan Foundation in Japan edition, Tokyo.Provenance: Private Collector***Artist’s Bio:Shigeichi Nagano was born in Japan in 1925. A graduate in economics, Nagano planned on a desk job until a chance meeting with an old friend who hired Nagano as an editor for a new magazine. In 1949, Nagano worked freelance and traveled all over Japan, taking pictures. From 1954 he worked on a series: The Five O’clock Salaryman (1959). In 1960 he received the Photographer of the Year award from the Japan Photo Critics Association and the Ina