Ina Nobuo Award

The Ina Nobuo Award (伊奈信男賞, Ina-Nobuo-shō) is given annually by the Nikon Salon, an organization of exhibition spaces in Japan that is sponsored by Nikon Corporation. The award was started in 1976; it is named in honor of Nobuo Ina [ja], a photography critic who headed the Nikon Salon from 1968 until his death in 1978.

The award is given to the photographer of what is judged to have been the most outstanding exhibition held in a Nikon Salon within the year running from October through September. As of 2014, the award consists of a statuette, one million yen, and a Nikon D4S camera body and lenses (AF-S NIKKOR 50mm F1.4G).

Recipients

Awards

	Year	Photographer
1	1976	Gashō Yamamura
2	1977	Masahisa Fukase
3	1978	Hiromi Tsuchida
4	1979	Satoshi Kuribayashi
5	1980	Bishin Jumonji
6	1981	Meitoku Itō
7	1982	Shinzō Hanabusa, Shisei Kuwabara
8	1983	Gorō Nakamura
9	1984	Akihisa Masuda
10	1985	Masao Gozu
11	1986	Shigeichi Nagano
12	1987	Ichirō Tsuda
13	1988	Hiroh Kikai
14	1989	Noriaki Yokosuka
15	1990	Chuyung Yoon
16	1991	Akihiro Sakaki (ja)
17	1992	Kiyoshi Suzuki
18	1993	Kunihiro Suzuki
19	1994	Eimu Arino
20	1995	Hiromi Eguchi
21	1996	Yoshikazu Minami
22	1997	Michio Yamauchi
23	1998	Dale Caruso
24	1999	Shunji Dodo
25	2000	Hideaki Uchiyama (ja)
26	2001	Hiroshi Yamazaki
27	2002	Seiichi Furuya
28	2003	Hiroshi Ōshima
29	2004	Kiyotaka Shishito
30	2005	Nobuo Shimose
31	2006	Chihiro Minato
32	2007	Keizō Kitajima
33	2008	Kenshichi Heshiki
34	2009	Jun'ichi Ōta
35	2010	Hitoshi Fugo
36	2011	Yi Sangil
37	2012	Brian Y. Sato
38	2013	Kōgorō Suzuki
39	2014	Osamu Kanemura

Bibliography

• Ina-Nobuo-shō 20nen (伊奈信男賞20年) / Ina Nobuo Award '76-'95. "Nikon Salon Books 23." Tokyo: Nikon, 1996. An excellently-printed selection of the award-winning works. Text in Japanese only.

External links

• Nikon's page about the award (In Japanese). There is a subpage for each year's award.