１９５１ ・Born august 20, Kyoto, Japan
１９５７-１９６９ ・Classic education, Kyoto, Japan
１９６３-１９６９ ・Learns photographic techniques with his grandfather,
professionnal photographer, Yoshitaro Miyagawa, Kyoto, Japan
１９６５ ・His grandfather offers him an Asahi Pentax ; he photographies landscape.
１９６９-１９７１ ・Producer and cameraman. Realises movies (16 mm, blanck & white,
3 -10 mn, essay, search, (bought by an university, United-States)
１９７２ ・Creation of movies, slides and light in a musical group Red Buddha
Arrives in France, with a modern theatre troop
Takes old by light of sun intensity, he wants to photography.
１９７３ ・Leaves the theatre troop
Settles in Paris, and starts to photography
Starts of Environnement series
１９７４-１９８１ ・Fenêtre series (Windows)
１９７７ ・Grand Prix des Jeunes Photographes, Arles, France
１９７８ ・Starts to work on portraits
・Pièce series
・Prix de la critique photographique Kodak, France
１９７９-１９８３ ・Photographs 19th and 20th centuries European architecture,
for the book, Architecture de fin de siècle, 6 vol., published in Japan
・Photographs artists’s portraits, for Ryuko-Tsushin review, with Michel
Nuridsany’s interviews
１９７９-１９８３ ・Starts Eclats series
１９８１ ・Takes fashion photographies for Yohji Yamamoto, 2 catalogues
SD review, in Japan, publishes serie Environnement
１９８４ ・Prix de la Société photographique Shinjin-sho
Starts large black and white polaroïds (20x25’) in Japan
１９８５ ・Receives Kimura Ihei and Higashikawa prizes, Japan
・Ecrans serie
・Continues his work, in France, on large polaroïds (20 x 25 inches), in color
１９８５-１９８７ ・Realises series tissus de Minagawa Makiko for Issey Miyake
１９８６-１９９３ ・Corps serie
１９８７ ・Birth of air (on glass) - transparent series
・Light installation : Obelisk of Light, Hikarigaoka Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
・Light installation : Tree of Light : winter garden, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan
・ Gulbenkian Museum grant, Portugal
１９８８ ・Prize Nicéphore Niépce, France
・Member of the jury for Light and Monuments
１９８９ ・Transparent serie
・Realizes a short movie : The labyrinth (I.N.A.)
・Creation of a garden : Garden of Light , Eniwa, Hokkaido, Japan
・Prix d’ADC, Japan
１９９０ ・Winner of Villa Médicis hors les murs, France
１９９１ ・Realizes a movie with N.H.K Japon : Sens of Light
・Creation of a garden : Bunkoki (Spectromètre), Utazu, Kagawa, Japan
１９９２ ・Realizes a movie on his work, for R.I.P., Arles, France
・In Between series
１９９３ ・Grand Prix de la Fondation franco-japonaise Château Beychevelle, France
・Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, France
・Light installation : Combat du dragon (Dragon fight) at the castle of
Angers, France
・Project for a light installation at Canal Saint-Martin, Paris, France
１９９４ ・ADC Prize, Japan
１９９５ ・Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
・Realizes a movie : Cendres (Ashes) (32 mn) with La Maison Européenne de la
Photographie, Institut National de l’Audio-visuel (I.N.A.), France-Télécom,
・Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, City of Paris Delegation in Japan,
・Délégation aux Arts Plastiques (D.A.P.), E.D.F. Foundation, Transpalux SA.
・Produced by Maison Européenne de la Photographie and LIEURAC Productions
１９９６ ・Realizes a project of an altar for the new cathedral in Evry, France
・Realizes an in situ installation at the Arsenal Saint-des-Vignes, Soissons, France
１９９７ ・Realizes an in situ installation : Quartier du Petit Marseille, at the Art and History
Museum of Rochefort, France.
１９９８ ・Creation of Water garden for the Festival International des jardins de
Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
１９９９ ・Light installation for the Light Festival : Vallée de la Chimie, Lyon, France
２０００ ・Light Installation in the Canal Saint-Martin : Echos of light, Paris, France
・Realizes the book about L’art baroque, Piemonti, Italy
・Realizes the book : Rome 2000, Rome, Italy
２００１ ・Installation : Portal of Light, permanent, Institute of Technology,
Carlow, Ireland
・Installation : Jardin Niwa (Niwa Garden), permanent, at the
Maison européenne de la photographie
(European House of Photography), Paris, France
・Light scape : Four Dimensions of Light, temporary, Shiodome, Tokyo, Japan
２００２ ・Light scape : Pont de lumière (Bridge of Light), temporary,
Christmas Tree Festival, Rousseau Island, Geneva, Switzerland
・Took part in the seminar, Asia-Europe Workshop for Young
Photographers, Singapore
・Was one of the two finalistes of BBC Broadcasting House Redevelopment
Competition, London, England
２００３ ・ Light sculpture : Portail de lumière (Portal of Light), temporary,
Lille2004, Lille, France
・Light scape : Nuit blanche, (Sleepless Night), temporary, Bourse du commerce
(Commodities Exchange)Paris, France
・Took part in the seminar Eclat de l’obscure, (One Obscure Fragment),
at the Royal Abbey of Celles-sur-Belle, France
・Took part in the seminar LuzBoa sur la lumière, (LuzBoa on the Light)
Lisbon, Portugal.
２００４ ・Light sculpture : Empreinte de lumière (Light Impression), permanent,
SEM Nantes Aménagement, Nantes, France
・Light installation : As Portas de Tejo, Lisbonne, Portugal, in progress
２００５ ・Created light scape for Green Plaza, Beijing, China, in progress
・Created light scape for Battersea Power Station, London, England, project
・Created building : Ginza 888, Tokyo, Japan, in progress
・Created light scape for CMA-CGM new building, Marseilles, France, project
２００６ ・ Light scape : Ode à la Méditerranée (Ode to Mediterranean), permanent,
Departmental Records and Library Gaston Defferre, Marseilles, France
・Created light scape for Adelaide Bay Art Center, Toronto, Canada, project
２００７ ・Light scape : U.F.R. Physical sciences, Paris 7-Denis Diderot University,
permanent, Paris, France
２００８ ・Art direction of the Museum of Islamic Art and published a photography
book,Qatar
２００９ ・Light scape : Tricolore Ambassade de France Tokyo
２０１１ ・Light sculpture :『澄=Clear』Taiwan Art Project
２０１５ ・Les Mains series
・Installation : Niwa, Jardin a la Festival de Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
２０１６ ・Photosynthesis 1978-1980
