Domon Ken Award

The Domon Ken Award (土門拳賞, Domon-Ken-shō) is one of Japan's photographic awards.

The award was started in 1981 by the Mainichi Newspapers to mark the 110th birthday of the Mainichi Shimbun, its daily newspaper and main publication, in honor of the photographer Ken Domon. It has been awarded every year since 1982.^{[citation needed]}

The Domon Ken Award is given to a single established photographer for a published book of documentary photographs. Together with sample photographs, an announcement is made in Sunday Mainichi (and previously in Camera Mainichi as well). Award-winning works are shown in the Ginza Nikon Salon and the Domon Ken Photography Museum.

The major rival to this award for attention in the mass media is the Kimura Ihei Award, given annually to one or more newcomers.

Winners

Awards

	year	photographer
1	1982	Tadao Mitome
2	1983	Masatoshi Naitō
3	1984	Kazuyoshi Nomachi
4	1985	Tsuneo Enari
5	1986	Taku Aramasa
6	1987	Hiroshi Suga
7	1988	Takeshi Nishikawa
8	1989	Ichirō Tsuda
9	1990	Manabu Miyazaki
10	1991	Bishin Jumonji
11	1992	Kōichi Imaeda
12	1993	Hiromi Nagakura
13	1994	Yoshikazu Minami
14	1995	Kiyoshi Sumiyoshi
15	1996	Katsumi Sunamori
16	1997	Issei Suda
17	1998	Seiichi Motohashi
18	1999	Takeshi Mizukoshi
19	2000	Osamu Kanemura
20	2001	Yoshino Ōishi
21	2002	Toshiya Momose
22	2003	Ryūichi Hirokawa
23	2004	Hiroh Kikai
24	2005	Eiichirō Sakata
25	2006	Hideaki Uchiyama
26	2007	Ikuo Nakamura
27	2008	Hiromi Tsuchida
28	2009	Mitsuhiko Imamori[1]
29	2010	Ryūichirō Suzuki[2][3]
30	2011	Naoki Ishikawa[4]
31	2012	Yutaka Takanashi[5]
37	2018	Tokuko Ushioda

Notes

1. 写真展：今森光彦さん、希少な昆虫を４０カ国で撮影「生物多様性知って」 ／京都 Archived August 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Mainichi Shinbun, 17 August 2008. (in Japanese) Accessed 2010-08-29.
2. 土門拳賞に鈴木龍一郎さん Archived March 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Sankei News, 18 March 2010. (in Japanese) Accessed 2010-08-29.
3. Notice for an exhibition at the Ginza Nikon Salon for Suzuki as the Domon prize winner. Within exhibition notices for May 2010, Nikon. Accessed 19 March 2013.
4. Notice for an exhibition at the Ginza Nikon Salon for Ishikawa as the Domon prize winner. Within exhibition notices for May 2011, Nikon. Accessed 19 March 2013.
5. Notice for an exhibition at the Ginza Nikon Salon for Takanashi as the Domon prize winner. Within exhibition notices for May 2012, Nikon. Accessed 19 March 2013.

External links

• (in Japanese) List of award winners with links to their books at an online bookstore.