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Japan: The writer Takami Jun, Ken Domon (1909 - 1990), 1948

Japan: The writer Takami Jun, Ken Domon (1909 - 1990), 1948

Jun Takami (30 January 1907 – 17 August 1965) was the pen-name of a Japanese novelist and poet active in the Showa period of Japan. His real name was Takami Yoshio.

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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