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“100 Years of Japan’s First Female Photo Journalist Tsuneko Sasamoto”

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Tsuneko Sasamoto

Famed as Japan’s first female news photographer, Tsuneko Sasamoto continues to actively report on events even at the age of 100. Born in Tokyo in 1914 she began to work for the Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun newspaper through which she came into contact with the “Photography Association” and started her career as a photo journalist, documenting the visit of the Hitler Youth to Japan and celebrations of the women of the Tripartite, along with the Japan - America Student Conference and various other important scenes on the eve of the pacific war. After the war she took on work as a freelance photographer and recorded the movement against the Japan‐U.S. Security Treaty, as well as interviewing artistic and literary greats such as Taro Okamoto and Oya Bunko. And after a certain pause in her activities she returned to the camera in 1985 following Chiyo Uno and Setsuko Migishi, amongst other cultural women figures born in the Meiji period. This exhibition celebrates her 100th year with a reflection on her inspiring career.

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Tsuneko Sasamoto x Takeji Muno - A Century of Dialogue
Date: 4/5(Sat) 14:00-15:15
Venue: Yokohama Joho Bunka Center 6F Hall
Reservation required. For further details please refer to the official website.

Schedule

Apr 5 (Sat) 2014-Jun 1 (Sun) 2014

Opening Hours Information

Hours	10:00-17:00
Closed	Monday Open on a public holiday Monday but closed on the following day. Closed during the New Year holidays.

Fee

Adults ¥510, University Students ¥410, High School Students ¥300, Free for Junior High School Students and below

Venue

Newspark - The Japan Newspaper Museum
https://newspark.jp/en/

Location

Yokohama Joho Bunka Center, 11 Nihon Odori, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 231-8311

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Access

Direct walk from the Joho Bunka Center exit of Nihon-odori Station on the Minatomirai line, 10 minute walk from exit 1 at Kannai Station on the Blue line, 10 minute walk from Kannai Station on the JR Negishi line.

Phone

045-661-2040

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