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Memorial Day for Showa-era photographer Ken Domon (Yamagata Prefecture)

Domon Ken, a photographer active during the Showa era, was born on October 25, 1909 in Takamachi, Sakata Town, Akumi District, Yamagata Prefecture (now Aioimachi, Sakata City).

His diverse activities include photojournalism, portraits, snapshots, and photographing traditional cultural properties such as temples and Buddhist statues, and he is considered one of Japan's leading photographers after the Second World War

He died of heart failure on September 15, 1990,

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