Domon Ken Award

The Domon Ken Award (土門拳賞, Domon-Ken-shō) is one of Japan's photographic awards.

Awards
 yearphotographer
1 1982Tadao Mitome
2 1983Masatoshi Naitō
3 1984Kazuyoshi Nomachi
4 1985Tsuneo Enari
5 1986Taku Aramasa
6 1987Hiroshi Suga
7 1988Takeshi Nishikawa
8 1989Ichirō Tsuda
9 1990Manabu Miyazaki
10 1991Bishin Jumonji
11 1992Kōichi Imaeda
12 1993Hiromi Nagakura
13 1994Yoshikazu Minami
14 1995Kiyoshi Sumiyoshi
15 1996Katsumi Sunamori
16 1997Issei Suda
17 1998Seiichi Motohashi
18 1999Takeshi Mizukoshi
19 2000Osamu Kanemura
20 2001Yoshino Ōishi
21 2002Toshiya Momose
22 2003Ryūichi Hirokawa
23 2004Hiroh Kikai
24 2005Eiichirō Sakata
25 2006Hideaki Uchiyama
26 2007Ikuo Nakamura
27 2008Hiromi Tsuchida
28 2009Mitsuhiko Imamori[1]
29 2010Ryūichirō Suzuki[2][3]
30 2011Naoki Ishikawa[4]
31 2012Yutaka Takanashi[5]

The award was started in 1981 by the Mainichi Newspapers to mark the 110th birthday of the Mainichi Shimbun, its daily newspaper and main publication, in honor of the photographer Ken Domon. It has been awarded every year since 1982.

The Domon Ken Award is given to a single established photographer for a published book of documentary photographs. Together with sample photographs, an announcement is made in Sunday Mainichi (and previously in Camera Mainichi as well). Award-winning works are shown in the Ginza Nikon Salon and the Domon Ken Photography Museum.

The major rival to this award for attention in the mass media is the Kimura Ihei Award, given annually to one or more newcomers.

Notes
  1. 写真展：今森光彦さん、希少な昆虫を４０カ国で撮影「生物多様性知って」 ／京都 Archived August 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Mainichi Shinbun, 17 August 2008. (in Japanese) Accessed 2010-08-29.
  2. 土門拳賞に鈴木龍一郎さん Archived March 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Sankei News, 18 March 2010. (in Japanese) Accessed 2010-08-29.
  3. Notice for an exhibition at the Ginza Nikon Salon for Suzuki as the Domon prize winner. Within exhibition notices for May 2010, Nikon. Accessed 19 March 2013.
  4. Notice for an exhibition at the Ginza Nikon Salon for Ishikawa as the Domon prize winner. Within exhibition notices for May 2011, Nikon. Accessed 19 March 2013.
  5. Notice for an exhibition at the Ginza Nikon Salon for Takanashi as the Domon prize winner. Within exhibition notices for May 2012, Nikon. Accessed 19 March 2013.
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