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

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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

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  • 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.
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