Masahisa FUKASE
深瀬昌久
Masahisa Fukase was born in the town of Bifuka in Nakagawa District, Hokkaido, in 1934. He graduated from the Nihon University College of Art’s Photography Department in 1956. Fukase became a freelance photographer in 1968 after working at the Nippon Design Center and Kawade Shobo Shinsha Publishers. His major collections include Yugi (English: Homo Ludence) (Chuokoronsha, 1971), Yoko (Asahi Sonorama, 1978), and Karasu (English: Ravens) (Sokyusha, 1986). His major group exhibitions include “New Japanese Photography” (New York MoMA, 1974), “Black Sun: The Eyes of Four” (Oxford Museum of Modern Art, 1985), “By Night” (Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, 1996), and “OUT OF JAPAN” (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002). Fukase has also held countless other solo exhibitions. He is also the winner of prizes such as the 2nd Ina Nobuo Award in 1976 for his exhibition “Karasu” as well as the Special Award at the 8th Higashikawa Photography Awards in 1992. Fukase passed away in 2012.
Publications
2023 - Private Scenes; introduction by Tomo Kosuga and text by Masako Toda, Atelier EXB, Paris, France (French); Akaaka, Kyoto, Japan (Japanese) and Prestel, Munich, Germany (English)
2023 - Masahisa Fukase 1961-1991 Retrospective; essay by Tomo Kosuga, AKAAKA, Kyoto, Japan
2021 - Kill the Pig; essay by Tomo Kosuga, Ibasho & the (M) éditions, Antwerp and Paris, Belgium and France
2021 - Sasuke; essays by Masahisa Fukase and Tomo Kosuga, Atelier EXB, Paris, France, 2021 (English and French); Akaaka, Kyoto, Japan
2019 - Family; essays by Masahisa Fukase and Tomo Kosuga, Mack, London, UK,
2018 - Masahisa Fukase; text and supervised by Tomo Kosuga, introduction by Simon Baker, Editions Xavier Barral, Paris, France, 2018 (English and French); Akaaka, Kyoto, Japan
2017 - Ravens; essays by Akira Hasegawa and Tomo Kosuga, Mack, London, UK
2016 - Hibi; Mack, London, UK
2008 - Karasu (Solitude of Ravens); essay by Akira Hasegawa, Rat Hole, Tokyo, Japan
2004 - hysteric Twelve; Hysteric Glamour, Tokyo, Japan
2004 - bukubuku; essay by Koko Yamagishi, Hysteric Glamour, Tokyo, Japan
1991 - Chichi no Kioku (Memories of Father); IPC, Tokyo, Japan
1991 - Kazoku (Family); essay by Masahisa Fukase, IPC, Tokyo, Japan
1991 - The Solitude of Ravens; essay by Akira Hasegawa, Bedford Arts, San Francisco, CA, United States
1986 - Karasu (Ravens); essay by Akira Hasegawa, Sokyu-sha, Tokyo, Japan
1979 - Neko no Mugiwara Boushi (The Strawhat Cat); essay by Masahisa Fukase, Bunka Publishing Bureau, Tokyo, Japan
1978 - Yohko; essay by Harumi Setouchi, Asahi Sonorama
1978 - Viva! Sasuke; essay by Masahisa Fukase, Petlife-sha, Tokyo, Japan
1978 - Sasuke!! Itoshiki Neko yo (Sasuke!! My Dear Cat); essay by Masahisa Fukase, Seinen Shokan, Tokyo, Japan
1971 - Yūgi (Homo Ludence); essay by Shōji Yamagishi, Chūō-kōron-sha, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - Masahisa Fukase 1961-1991 Retrospective; essay by Tomo Kosuga, AKAAKA, Kyoto, Japan
2021 - Kill the Pig; essay by Tomo Kosuga, Ibasho & the (M) éditions, Antwerp and Paris, Belgium and France
2021 - Sasuke; essays by Masahisa Fukase and Tomo Kosuga, Atelier EXB, Paris, France, 2021 (English and French); Akaaka, Kyoto, Japan
2019 - Family; essays by Masahisa Fukase and Tomo Kosuga, Mack, London, UK,
2018 - Masahisa Fukase; text and supervised by Tomo Kosuga, introduction by Simon Baker, Editions Xavier Barral, Paris, France, 2018 (English and French); Akaaka, Kyoto, Japan
2017 - Ravens; essays by Akira Hasegawa and Tomo Kosuga, Mack, London, UK
2016 - Hibi; Mack, London, UK
2008 - Karasu (Solitude of Ravens); essay by Akira Hasegawa, Rat Hole, Tokyo, Japan
2004 - hysteric Twelve; Hysteric Glamour, Tokyo, Japan
2004 - bukubuku; essay by Koko Yamagishi, Hysteric Glamour, Tokyo, Japan
1991 - Chichi no Kioku (Memories of Father); IPC, Tokyo, Japan
1991 - Kazoku (Family); essay by Masahisa Fukase, IPC, Tokyo, Japan
1991 - The Solitude of Ravens; essay by Akira Hasegawa, Bedford Arts, San Francisco, CA, United States
1986 - Karasu (Ravens); essay by Akira Hasegawa, Sokyu-sha, Tokyo, Japan
1979 - Neko no Mugiwara Boushi (The Strawhat Cat); essay by Masahisa Fukase, Bunka Publishing Bureau, Tokyo, Japan
1978 - Yohko; essay by Harumi Setouchi, Asahi Sonorama
1978 - Viva! Sasuke; essay by Masahisa Fukase, Petlife-sha, Tokyo, Japan
1978 - Sasuke!! Itoshiki Neko yo (Sasuke!! My Dear Cat); essay by Masahisa Fukase, Seinen Shokan, Tokyo, Japan
1971 - Yūgi (Homo Ludence); essay by Shōji Yamagishi, Chūō-kōron-sha, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 - 私景 (Private Scenes); Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China
2024 - 烏 (Ravens); Photo Espana, Madrid, Spain
2023 - 深瀬昌久 1961-1991 レトロスペクティブ (Masahisa Fukase 1961-1991 Retrospective); Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - 眼差しと遊戯 (The Whimsical and Eye); MEM, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Private Scenes; Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2018;
traveled to 10 Corso Como, Milan, Italy
2018 - 総天然色的遊戯 (Chromophotographic Game); Fujifilm Square, Tokyo, Japan,
2018 - 遊戯 (Play); Kyotographie, Kyoto, Japan,
2017 - L’incurable égoïste (The Incurable Egoist); Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
2015 - 救いようのないエゴイスト (The Incurable Egoist); Diesel Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - 鴉 (The Solitude of Ravens); Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000 - La Solitude des corbeaux (The Solitude of Ravens); Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
1992 - 私景 ’92 (Private Scenes ’92); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1991 - 私景 旅の便り (Private Scenes: Letters from Journeys); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan, 1990; traveled to Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
1989 - 西瓜を食う土方巽が… (Tatsumi Hijikata Who Eats a Watermelon…); Enma, Kyoto, Japan
1988 - 父の記憶 (Memories of Father); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1987 - Ravens; Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1985 - 烏景 (Raven Scenes); Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1985 - いろはにほへと (A, B, C…); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1983 - 歩く眼 2 (Walking Eyes 2); Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1983 - 歩く眼 1 (Walking Eyes 1); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1983 - 烏－終章 (Ravens: Last Episode); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan, 1982;
traveled to Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1981 - 烏、東京篇、1981 (Ravens: Tokyo Episode ’81); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, 1981;
traveled to Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
1979 - 鴉、1979 (Ravens 1979); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, 1979; traveled to Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, and Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
1979 - 猫の麦わら帽子 (The Strawhat Cat); Contax Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1978 - 洋子 ’78 (Yoko ’78); Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan, 1978; traveled to Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1977 - 烏 (Ravens); Ginza Nikon Salon, 1976, Tokyo; traveled to Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, 1976, and Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
1961 - 豚を殺せ (Kill the Pig); Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1960 - 製油所の空 (Sky Over an Oil Refinery); Konishiroku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2024 - 烏 (Ravens); Photo Espana, Madrid, Spain
2023 - 深瀬昌久 1961-1991 レトロスペクティブ (Masahisa Fukase 1961-1991 Retrospective); Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2023 - 眼差しと遊戯 (The Whimsical and Eye); MEM, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Private Scenes; Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2018;
traveled to 10 Corso Como, Milan, Italy
2018 - 総天然色的遊戯 (Chromophotographic Game); Fujifilm Square, Tokyo, Japan,
2018 - 遊戯 (Play); Kyotographie, Kyoto, Japan,
2017 - L’incurable égoïste (The Incurable Egoist); Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
2015 - 救いようのないエゴイスト (The Incurable Egoist); Diesel Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008 - 鴉 (The Solitude of Ravens); Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000 - La Solitude des corbeaux (The Solitude of Ravens); Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
1992 - 私景 ’92 (Private Scenes ’92); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1991 - 私景 旅の便り (Private Scenes: Letters from Journeys); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan, 1990; traveled to Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
1989 - 西瓜を食う土方巽が… (Tatsumi Hijikata Who Eats a Watermelon…); Enma, Kyoto, Japan
1988 - 父の記憶 (Memories of Father); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1987 - Ravens; Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1985 - 烏景 (Raven Scenes); Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1985 - いろはにほへと (A, B, C…); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1983 - 歩く眼 2 (Walking Eyes 2); Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1983 - 歩く眼 1 (Walking Eyes 1); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1983 - 烏－終章 (Ravens: Last Episode); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan, 1982;
traveled to Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1981 - 烏、東京篇、1981 (Ravens: Tokyo Episode ’81); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, 1981;
traveled to Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
1979 - 鴉、1979 (Ravens 1979); Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, 1979; traveled to Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, and Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
1979 - 猫の麦わら帽子 (The Strawhat Cat); Contax Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1978 - 洋子 ’78 (Yoko ’78); Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan, 1978; traveled to Ginza Nikon Salon, Tokyo, Japan
1977 - 烏 (Ravens); Ginza Nikon Salon, 1976, Tokyo; traveled to Shinjuku Nikon Salon, Tokyo, 1976, and Osaka Nikon Salon, Osaka, Japan
1961 - 豚を殺せ (Kill the Pig); Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1960 - 製油所の空 (Sky Over an Oil Refinery); Konishiroku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 - Golden Age: Five Masters of Japanese Photography; Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China, traveled to Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China
2020 - Masculinities; The Barbican Centre, London, England traveled to Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany 2020-2021
2016 - Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the United States
2016 - Performing for the Camera; Tate Modern, London, UK
2015 - Another Language: Eight Japanese Photographers; Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
1996 - By Night; Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
1990 - New Documents ’90; Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
1989 - Photography Now; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
1989 - 11人の1965-75: 日本の写真は変えられたか (Eleven Photographers in Japan 1965-75: Has Japanese Photography Changed?); Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
1988 - Revenge of Memories; Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
1986 - Black Sun: The Eyes of Four; Roots and Innovation in Japanese Photography, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1985; traveled to Serpentine Gallery, London, UK, 1986; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 1986; University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, United States,
Paris, New York, Tokyo; Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan,
1984 - Six Contemporary Photographers by Polaroid 20 x 24; Seibu Ikebukuro Art Forum; Tokyo, Japan
1979 - Japan: A Self-Portrait; International Center of Photography, New York, United States, 1979; traveled as Japanese Photography Today and its Originto Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 1979; Palozzo Reale, Milan, Italy; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
1976 - Neue Fotografie aus Japan; Stadtmuseum Graz, Graz, Austria
1976 - 12名の写真家による自選作品「写真売ります」(Favorite Artworks by Twelve Photographers “For Sale”); Shiseido Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1974 - 15人の写真家 (Fifteen Photographers Today); The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
1976 - 写真から写真へ (From Photography/ Towards Photography); Matto Grosso Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1976 - 写真についての写真展 (Exhibition About Photography); Shimizu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1974 - New Japanese Photography; Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
2020 - Masculinities; The Barbican Centre, London, England traveled to Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany 2020-2021
2016 - Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the United States
2016 - Performing for the Camera; Tate Modern, London, UK
2015 - Another Language: Eight Japanese Photographers; Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
1996 - By Night; Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
1990 - New Documents ’90; Toyama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
1989 - Photography Now; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
1989 - 11人の1965-75: 日本の写真は変えられたか (Eleven Photographers in Japan 1965-75: Has Japanese Photography Changed?); Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
1988 - Revenge of Memories; Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
1986 - Black Sun: The Eyes of Four; Roots and Innovation in Japanese Photography, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK, 1985; traveled to Serpentine Gallery, London, UK, 1986; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 1986; University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA, United States,
Paris, New York, Tokyo; Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan,
1984 - Six Contemporary Photographers by Polaroid 20 x 24; Seibu Ikebukuro Art Forum; Tokyo, Japan
1979 - Japan: A Self-Portrait; International Center of Photography, New York, United States, 1979; traveled as Japanese Photography Today and its Originto Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 1979; Palozzo Reale, Milan, Italy; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
1976 - Neue Fotografie aus Japan; Stadtmuseum Graz, Graz, Austria
1976 - 12名の写真家による自選作品「写真売ります」(Favorite Artworks by Twelve Photographers “For Sale”); Shiseido Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
1974 - 15人の写真家 (Fifteen Photographers Today); The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
1976 - 写真から写真へ (From Photography/ Towards Photography); Matto Grosso Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1976 - 写真についての写真展 (Exhibition About Photography); Shimizu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1974 - New Japanese Photography; Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
