Photo Exhibition: Japan World Heritage (Temples and Shrines II)

• Jan 29, 2020 ~ Feb 29, 2020
• 9 am - 5 pm
• The Japan Foundation, Yangon
  No. 70, Nat Mauk Lane (1), Bahan township, Yangon

The Japan Foundation, Yangon brings you the fifth photo exhibition of “Beauty of World Heritage in Japan” photo exhibition series. This time, as the continual exhibition of previous “Temples and Shrines” exhibition, we will exhibit as “Temples and Shrines II” which showcase invaluable historic temples and shrines. The photos include Todai-ji temple, temple of world’s biggest wooden building, two Kamo Shrines: Kyoto’s oldest shrines, Toshogu Shrine where Tokugawa Ieyasu is enshrined and many more which stand out for their cultural longevity.

About Photographer
Mizuno Katsuhiko was born in the Kamigyou ward of Kyoto city in 1941. He is a graduate of the Department of Literature, Doshisha University, and he completed a postgraduate course at the Tokyo Sogo Photography College. He has specialized in photographing the scenery of Kyoto since 1969. He has also contemplated the traditional culture of Japan, and so he has continued to come forth with works in the editorial category.

In 2000, he in augured his own photo gallery spaces, the Machiya Shashinkan or “Townhouse Photo Hall”, opening it to the public. His Landscapes for small spaces won the gold prize in the Home & Garden category of the Fore Word 2002 Book of the Year Award, sponsored by Fore World Magazine. He is a member of the Japan Photographers Association and the Japan Photographic Art Society. He has had 140 books published, the majority of which have been photo collections.