Japan Washi Photo Association

​About HISTRY

Photographer Nobuaki Tanaka, chairman of the Japan Washi Photography Association, participated in International councilof museums ICOM held in Kyoto in 2019.

He exhibited his folding screen works of giant Japanese paper photographs of naked people in art galleries and museums in 150 countries.

As a result, I was officially invited by Orenburg Regional Museum （Rossiya）of The Fine Arts ·to hold a large-scale Japan Washigraph Exhibition.　※Rossiya museum Tourlist

The following year, in 2020, the Japan Washi Photo Association was established by several photographers and secretariat staff, including vice president Shigeto Ogawa.

In recognition of their international cultural exchange with ICOM-affiliated museums in Russia, Nobuaki Tanaka and his wife Yuma Masuzono became individual members of ICOM in the same year.

Since its establishment, the Japan Washi Photography Association has steadily developed every year through many twists and turns.

In Japan, the athalie collectors exhibition was held at a historic art salon in Minami Aoyama. In Japan, the athalie collectors exhibition was held at a historic art salon in Minami Aoyama.
Following this trend, a two-month large-scale exhibition and sale was held at the Imperial Hotel Plaza Tokyo. The Japan Washi Photo Association's WashigraphPhoto has become well known and has been purchased by several art collectors.