was a Japanese photographer.
In 1938, he helped found the Seinen Hodo Shashin Kenkyukai (Youth Reportage Photography Research Association), which was formed with the support of Photo Times.
Fujimoto's works are in the permanent collection of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.Harumi Niwa (, Niwa Harumi), "Fujimoto Shihachi", in Nihon shashinka jiten () / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ), p.272.
Iida City Museum runs a photographic contest, Fujimoto Shihachi Shashin Bunka-shō (), in his honour.Description of the contest, Iida City Museum. Accessed 14 November 2009.
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