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Japan: The writer Shiga Naoya (1883 - 1971), Ken Domon (1909 - 1990), 1951

Japan: The writer Shiga Naoya (1883 - 1971), Ken Domon (1909 - 1990), 1951

Naoya Shiga (20 February 1883 – 21 October 1971) was a Japanese novelist and short story writer active during the Taisho and Showa periods of Japan.

Ken Domon (25 October 1909 – 15 September 1990) is one of the most renowned Japanese photographers of the 20th century. He is most celebrated as a photojournalist, though he may have been most prolific as a photographer of Buddhist temples and statuary.

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