1948 Born in Tokyo.

1970 Graduates with a degree in Economics from Rikkyo University, Tokyo.

1972 Receives a BFA from the Art Centre College of Design, Los Angeles.

1974 Settles in New York and begins dealing in Japanese antiquities.

1977 First solo exhibition in Japan at the Minami Gallery, Tokyo

1980 Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship

1981 First solo exhibition in the United States at the Sonnabend Gallery, New York

1982 Awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1988 Awarded Mainichi Art Award

2001 Awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1985 The Art of Memory/The Loss of History, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

1990 Photography Past and Present, National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo & Kyoto

1998 In Over Our Heads: The Image of Water in Contemporary Art, San Jose Museum of Art San Jose

1999 Sea Change: The Seascape in Contemporary Photography, International Center of Photography NY

2000 Portraits, Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, Germany