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

, a photographer who was active during the Showa era,Ken Domonwas born on October 25, 1909, in Takamachi, Sakata-machi, Akumi-gun, Yamagata Prefecture (present-day Aioi-cho, 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

September 15, 1990,He died of heart failure on

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