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A collection of works by Japanese photographer Akira Toriyama (1898-1994) "Photographs by Akira Toriyama". His main occupation is an ophthalmologist, and he has served as director and president of Showa Medical University (Showa University School of Medicine). He has also received the Order of the Sacred Treasure. On the other hand, he has been doing photography as a hobby for a long time, and as a member of the photography group "Japan Shashinkai" presided over by Shinzo Fukuhara, he has left numerous works as an amateur. After his death, a large number of negatives and prints were discovered by university officials, leading to the publication of a collection of his works like this one. Based on the theory of "light and its gradation" advocated by Fukuhara, "avant-garde photography" spread in the photography world from the 1930s to the pre-war period, from photographs taken mainly of natural scenery. Many impressive images are recorded, including unique ones that also have the spirit of A text by Ryuichi Kaneko, a leading Japanese photography historian, is published.