{"history":[],"article":{"id":"9b18525d-0f2f-429c-87b5-88c3f818f208","title":"Kishin Shinoyama","slug":"kishin-shinoyama","content":":::summary\n![Shinoyama at Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, 2015](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Kissin///Shinoyama///2015.jpg)\n**Name:** Kishin Shinoyama \n**Native Name:** 篠山紀信 \n**Birth Name:** Shinoyama Kishin \n**Birth Date:** December 3, 1940 \n**Birth Place:** [Shinjuku](https://bliptext.com/articles/shinjuku-tokyo), [Tokyo](https://bliptext.com/articles/tokyo), [Japan](https://bliptext.com/articles/empire-of-japan) \n**Death Date:** January 4, 2024 \n**Death Place:** Tokyo, Japan \n**Nationality:** Japanese \n**Known For:** Photography \n**Spouse:** Saori Minami (m. 1979) \n**Native Name Lang:** ja \n**Children:** 1 \n:::\n\n# \nKishin Shinoyama (篠山紀信) was a Japanese photographer.\nHe is well-known for having photographed the covers for [John Lennon](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-lennon) and [Yoko Ono](https://bliptext.com/articles/yoko-ono)'s albums, [Double Fantasy](https://bliptext.com/articles/double-fantasy) and [Milk and Honey](https://bliptext.com/articles/milk-and-honey-album).\nBefore his marriage to [Saori Minami](https://bliptext.com/articles/saori-minami) in 1979, he took a majority of the photographs for her album covers with [CBS/Sony](https://bliptext.com/articles/cbs-sony).\n\n# Life and work\nShinoyama graduated from [Nihon University](https://bliptext.com/articles/nihon-university).\nHe worked with the Light Publicity agency while still a student, and freelanced after graduation.\nShinoyama put out a large number of books of photographs of girls, dressed, mostly undressed, and nude.\nOn November 10, 2009, Shinoyama's home and office were searched by police on suspicion of public indecency.\nThe searches stemmed from concerns regarding nude photos he allegedly took in public of two women in August 2008 for his book 20XX TOKYO.\nOn May 26, 2010 the court found Shinoyama guilty of public indecency and defiling a place of worship for photographing at [Aoyama Cemetery](https://bliptext.com/articles/aoyama-cemetery).\nHe was fined 300,000 [Yen](https://bliptext.com/articles/yen).\nShinoyama was married to [Saori Minami](https://bliptext.com/articles/saori-minami) and their son is actor Akinobu Shinoyama.\nKishin Shinoyama died on January 4, 2024, at the age of 83.\n# [Kishin Shinoyama and two female models, Southern France, 1975. The photograph was taken during a workshop of '6èmes Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie', Arles, 1975, on a nude beach near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. The feet shown in the upper-right corner are American photographer Ralph Gibson's. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Kishin///Shinoyama///1975a.jpg]\n# [Shinoyama teaching (workshop in S. France, 1975). | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Japanese///photographer///Kishin///Shinoyama///and///nude///female///models.jpg]\n\n# Books\n\n## Books devoted to Shinoyama's works\nThis list is incomplete.\n\n## Other books showing Shinoyama's works\n**Works**\nThis list is incomplete.\n激写文庫 (1) 水沢アキの情熱 - Gekisha Bunko (1) Aki Mizusawa's Passion\n激写文庫 (2) 山口百恵の時代から - Gekisha Bunko (2) From the time of Momoe Yamaguchi\n激写文庫 (3) 10人の10代物語 - Gekisha Bunko (3) 10 teenage stories\n激写文庫 (4) 松本小雪という不思議少女 - Gekisha Bunko (4) A mysterious girl named Koyuki Matsumoto\n激写文庫 (5) わたしの部屋みせてあげる - Gekisha Bunko (5) I'll show you my room\n激写文庫 (6) 感謝状8人のアイドル様 - Gekisha Bunko (6) Letters of appreciation to 8 idols\n激写文庫 (7) 休日の少女たち - Gekisha Bunko (7) Girls on Holiday\n激写文庫 (8) 女優の秘密 - Gekisha Bunko (8) The secret of an actress\n激写文庫 (9) 恋人ごっこ - Gekisha Bunko (9) Lover Pretend\n激写文庫(10) いさ子の夏・奈津子の冬 - Gekisha Bunko (10) Isako's Summer/Natsuko's Winter\n激写文庫(11) 樋口可南子・贅沢な時間 - Gekisha Bunko (11) Kanako Higuchi/luxurious time\n激写文庫(12) 旅をしましょう、いっしょに - Gekisha Bunko (12) Let's travel together\n激写文庫(13) 3つの密室 - Gekisha Bunko (13) Three Secret Rooms\n激写文庫(14) シシリーの風カリフォルニアの太陽 - Gekisha Bunko (14) Wind of Sicily, Sun of California\n激写文庫(15) TOKYO 7 GIRLS – Gekisha Bunko (15) TOKYO 7 GIRLS\n激写文庫(16) 名取裕子・明日嵐がくる - Gekisha Bunko (16) Yuko Natori/Tomorrow the storm will come\n激写文庫(17) 高樹沙耶・メガロポリス・トーキョー - Gekisha Bunko (17) Saya Takagi/Megalopolis Tokyo\n激写文庫(18) 洞口依子・8年が過ぎた - Gekisha Bunko (18) Yoriko Horaguchi – 8 years have passed\n激写文庫(19) 青山知可子・亜熱帯 - Gekisha Bunko (19) Chikako Aoyama/Subtropical\n激写文庫(20) 寺田まなみ・雪がやんで泣いた - Gekisha Bunko (20) Manami Terada cried when the snow stopped\n激写文庫(21) レイコ&麗奈 - Gekisha Bunko (21) Reiko & Reina\n激写文庫(22) 20歳の光と影 - Gekisha Bunko (22) The light and shadow of a 20-year-old\n激写文庫(23) あれ以前それ以前 - Gekisha Bunko (23) Before that, before that\n激写文庫(24) 充分な青春 - Gekisha Bunko (24) Sufficient Youth\n激写文庫(25) 5 QUEENS – Gekisha Bunko (25) 5 QUEENS\n激写文庫(26) はじまりの春、おわりの冬 - Gekisha Bunko (26) The beginning of spring, the end of winter\n激写文庫(27) 鷲尾いさ子 CIAO!\n- Gekisha Bunko (27) Isako Washio CIAO!\n激写文庫(28) 今日のために生まれた - Gekisha Bunko (28) Born for today\n激写文庫(29) 美しい悪戯 - Gekisha Bunko (29) Beautiful mischief\n激写文庫(30) 三人関係 - Gekisha Bunko (30) Three-person relationship\n1. Kanako Higuchi - 樋口可南子+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-98039-X\n2. Keiko Oginome - 荻野目慶子 + 篠山紀信写真集 – ISBN 4-255-98040-3\n3. Riona Hazuki - 葉月里緒菜 + 篠山紀信写真集 – ISBN 4-255-98041-1\n4. Harue Miyamoto - 宮本はるえ+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-98042-X\n5. Luna Nagai - 永井流奈+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-98043-8\n6. Rie Miyazawa – Santa Fe : 宮沢りえ New edition.\n- ISBN 4-255-99011-5\n7. Masahiro Motoki - 本木雅弘+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99012-3\n8. Hinano Yoshikawa - 吉川ひなの+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99013-1\n9. Yu Daiki - 大輝ゆう+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99014-X\n10. Ami Koitabashi - 小板橋愛美+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99015-8\n11. Saki Takaoka - 高岡早紀+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99026-3\n12. Shinobu Otake - 大竹しのぶ+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99027-1\n13. Mai Hosho - 宝生舞+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99028-X\n14. Aya Kokumai - 国舞亜矢+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99029-8\n15. Rico Morishita - 森下璃子+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99030-1\n1. Accidents TOKYO しのぶ&シノヤマキシン Shinobu & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00029-8\n2. Accidents TOKYO レモン&シノヤマキシン Lemon & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00030-1\n3. Accidents TOKYO MARIA&シノヤマキシン MARIA & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00031-X\n4. Accidents TOKYO ナオ&リオ&シノヤマキシン Nao & Rio & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00032-8\n5. Accidents TOKYO 貴子&シノヤマキシン Takako & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00033-6\n6. Accidents TOKYO みゆき&シノヤマキシン Miyuki & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00056-5\n7. Accidents TOKYO AMI&シノヤマキシン AMI & shinoyamak ishin – ISBN 4-255-00057-3\n8. Accidents TOKYO めぐみ&シノヤマキシン Megumi & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00058-1\n9. Accidents TOKYO 美穂&シノヤマキシン Miho & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00059-X\n10. Accidents TOKYO リカ&シノヤマキシン Rika & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00060-3\n11. Accidents TOKYO けいこ&シノヤマキシン Keiko & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00157-X\n12. Accidents TOKYO あやか&シノヤマキシン Ayaka & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00158-8\n13. Accidents TOKYO あい&シノヤマキシン Ai & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00159-3\n\n# Discography\n**Field recordings**\n\n# Awards","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T09:42:17.402Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T09:42:17.402Z","search_vector":"'kishin':1 'shinoyama':2","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Kishin Shinoyama \n**Native Name:** 篠山紀信 \n**Birth Name:** Shinoyama Kishin \n**Birth Date:** December 3, 1940 \n**Birth Place:** [Shinjuku](https://bliptext.com/articles/shinjuku-tokyo), [Tokyo](https://bliptext.com/articles/tokyo), [Japan](https://bliptext.com/articles/empire-of-japan) \n**Death Date:** January 4, 2024 \n**Death Place:** Tokyo, Japan \n**Nationality:** Japanese \n**Known For:** Photography \n**Spouse:** Saori Minami (m. 1979) \n**Native Name Lang:** ja \n**Children:** 1 \n \n\n# \nKishin Shinoyama (篠山紀信) was a Japanese photographer.\nHe is well-known for having photographed the covers for [John Lennon](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-lennon) and [Yoko Ono](https://bliptext.com/articles/yoko-ono)'s albums, [Double Fantasy](https://bliptext.com/articles/double-fantasy) and [Milk and Honey](https://bliptext.com/articles/milk-and-honey-album).\nBefore his marriage to [Saori Minami](https://bliptext.com/articles/saori-minami) in 1979, he took a majority of the photographs for her album covers with [CBS/Sony](https://bliptext.com/articles/cbs-sony).\n\n# Life and work\nShinoyama graduated from [Nihon University](https://bliptext.com/articles/nihon-university).\nHe worked with the Light Publicity agency while still a student, and freelanced after graduation.\nShinoyama put out a large number of books of photographs of girls, dressed, mostly undressed, and nude.\nOn November 10, 2009, Shinoyama's home and office were searched by police on suspicion of public indecency.\nThe searches stemmed from concerns regarding nude photos he allegedly took in public of two women in August 2008 for his book 20XX TOKYO.\nOn May 26, 2010 the court found Shinoyama guilty of public indecency and defiling a place of worship for photographing at [Aoyama Cemetery](https://bliptext.com/articles/aoyama-cemetery).\nHe was fined 300,000 [Yen](https://bliptext.com/articles/yen).\nShinoyama was married to [Saori Minami](https://bliptext.com/articles/saori-minami) and their son is actor Akinobu Shinoyama.\nKishin Shinoyama died on January 4, 2024, at the age of 83.\n# [Kishin Shinoyama and two female models, Southern France, 1975. The photograph was taken during a workshop of '6èmes Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie', Arles, 1975, on a nude beach near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. The feet shown in the upper-right corner are American photographer Ralph Gibson's. | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Kishin///Shinoyama///1975a.jpg]\n# [Shinoyama teaching (workshop in S. France, 1975). | upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Japanese///photographer///Kishin///Shinoyama///and///nude///female///models.jpg]\n\n# Books\n\n## Books devoted to Shinoyama's works\nThis list is incomplete.\n\n## Other books showing Shinoyama's works\n**Works**\nThis list is incomplete.\n激写文庫 (1) 水沢アキの情熱 - Gekisha Bunko (1) Aki Mizusawa's Passion\n激写文庫 (2) 山口百恵の時代から - Gekisha Bunko (2) From the time of Momoe Yamaguchi\n激写文庫 (3) 10人の10代物語 - Gekisha Bunko (3) 10 teenage stories\n激写文庫 (4) 松本小雪という不思議少女 - Gekisha Bunko (4) A mysterious girl named Koyuki Matsumoto\n激写文庫 (5) わたしの部屋みせてあげる - Gekisha Bunko (5) I'll show you my room\n激写文庫 (6) 感謝状8人のアイドル様 - Gekisha Bunko (6) Letters of appreciation to 8 idols\n激写文庫 (7) 休日の少女たち - Gekisha Bunko (7) Girls on Holiday\n激写文庫 (8) 女優の秘密 - Gekisha Bunko (8) The secret of an actress\n激写文庫 (9) 恋人ごっこ - Gekisha Bunko (9) Lover Pretend\n激写文庫(10) いさ子の夏・奈津子の冬 - Gekisha Bunko (10) Isako's Summer/Natsuko's Winter\n激写文庫(11) 樋口可南子・贅沢な時間 - Gekisha Bunko (11) Kanako Higuchi/luxurious time\n激写文庫(12) 旅をしましょう、いっしょに - Gekisha Bunko (12) Let's travel together\n激写文庫(13) 3つの密室 - Gekisha Bunko (13) Three Secret Rooms\n激写文庫(14) シシリーの風カリフォルニアの太陽 - Gekisha Bunko (14) Wind of Sicily, Sun of California\n激写文庫(15) TOKYO 7 GIRLS – Gekisha Bunko (15) TOKYO 7 GIRLS\n激写文庫(16) 名取裕子・明日嵐がくる - Gekisha Bunko (16) Yuko Natori/Tomorrow the storm will come\n激写文庫(17) 高樹沙耶・メガロポリス・トーキョー - Gekisha Bunko (17) Saya Takagi/Megalopolis Tokyo\n激写文庫(18) 洞口依子・8年が過ぎた - Gekisha Bunko (18) Yoriko Horaguchi – 8 years have passed\n激写文庫(19) 青山知可子・亜熱帯 - Gekisha Bunko (19) Chikako Aoyama/Subtropical\n激写文庫(20) 寺田まなみ・雪がやんで泣いた - Gekisha Bunko (20) Manami Terada cried when the snow stopped\n激写文庫(21) レイコ&麗奈 - Gekisha Bunko (21) Reiko & Reina\n激写文庫(22) 20歳の光と影 - Gekisha Bunko (22) The light and shadow of a 20-year-old\n激写文庫(23) あれ以前それ以前 - Gekisha Bunko (23) Before that, before that\n激写文庫(24) 充分な青春 - Gekisha Bunko (24) Sufficient Youth\n激写文庫(25) 5 QUEENS – Gekisha Bunko (25) 5 QUEENS\n激写文庫(26) はじまりの春、おわりの冬 - Gekisha Bunko (26) The beginning of spring, the end of winter\n激写文庫(27) 鷲尾いさ子 CIAO!\n- Gekisha Bunko (27) Isako Washio CIAO!\n激写文庫(28) 今日のために生まれた - Gekisha Bunko (28) Born for today\n激写文庫(29) 美しい悪戯 - Gekisha Bunko (29) Beautiful mischief\n激写文庫(30) 三人関係 - Gekisha Bunko (30) Three-person relationship\n1. Kanako Higuchi - 樋口可南子+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-98039-X\n2. Keiko Oginome - 荻野目慶子 + 篠山紀信写真集 – ISBN 4-255-98040-3\n3. Riona Hazuki - 葉月里緒菜 + 篠山紀信写真集 – ISBN 4-255-98041-1\n4. Harue Miyamoto - 宮本はるえ+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-98042-X\n5. Luna Nagai - 永井流奈+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-98043-8\n6. Rie Miyazawa – Santa Fe : 宮沢りえ New edition.\n- ISBN 4-255-99011-5\n7. Masahiro Motoki - 本木雅弘+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99012-3\n8. Hinano Yoshikawa - 吉川ひなの+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99013-1\n9. Yu Daiki - 大輝ゆう+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99014-X\n10. Ami Koitabashi - 小板橋愛美+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99015-8\n11. Saki Takaoka - 高岡早紀+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99026-3\n12. Shinobu Otake - 大竹しのぶ+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99027-1\n13. Mai Hosho - 宝生舞+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99028-X\n14. Aya Kokumai - 国舞亜矢+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99029-8\n15. Rico Morishita - 森下璃子+篠山紀信 – ISBN 4-255-99030-1\n1. Accidents TOKYO しのぶ&シノヤマキシン Shinobu & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00029-8\n2. Accidents TOKYO レモン&シノヤマキシン Lemon & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00030-1\n3. Accidents TOKYO MARIA&シノヤマキシン MARIA & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00031-X\n4. Accidents TOKYO ナオ&リオ&シノヤマキシン Nao & Rio & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00032-8\n5. Accidents TOKYO 貴子&シノヤマキシン Takako & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00033-6\n6. Accidents TOKYO みゆき&シノヤマキシン Miyuki & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00056-5\n7. Accidents TOKYO AMI&シノヤマキシン AMI & shinoyamak ishin – ISBN 4-255-00057-3\n8. Accidents TOKYO めぐみ&シノヤマキシン Megumi & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00058-1\n9. Accidents TOKYO 美穂&シノヤマキシン Miho & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00059-X\n10. Accidents TOKYO リカ&シノヤマキシン Rika & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00060-3\n11. Accidents TOKYO けいこ&シノヤマキシン Keiko & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00157-X\n12. Accidents TOKYO あやか&シノヤマキシン Ayaka & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00158-8\n13. Accidents TOKYO あい&シノヤマキシン Ai & shinoyama kishin – ISBN 4-255-00159-3\n\n# Discography\n**Field recordings**\n\n# Awards","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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