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.
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, Mainichi Shinbun, 17 August 2008. Accessed 2010-08-29. 29 2010 Ryūichirō Suzuki, Sankei News, 18 March 2010. Accessed 2010-08-29.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. 30 2011 Naoki IshikawaNotice 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. 31 2012 Yutaka TakanashiNotice 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 2013.372018Tokuko Ushioda
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External links List of award winners with links to their books at an online bookstore.