Life & Education
| 1940 | Born in Tokyo, Japan |
| 1962 | Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography, Japan |
| 1967-70 | Worked as the photographer for the Tenjo Sajiki theater troup founded by Shuji Terayama |
| 1971 | Become a freelance photographer |
| 2019 | Died March 7, Chiba, Japan |
Museum Exhibitions
| 2013 | Issei Suda: Nagi no Hira /Fragments of Calm - Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan |
| 2008 | Self/Other - National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2003 | The History of Japanese Photography - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA |
| 1995 | TOKYO／City of Photos - Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1991 | Japanese Photography in the 1970s - Memories Frozen in Time - Metropolitan Museum of |
| Photography, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1979 | Japan: A Self-Portrait - International Center of Photography, New York, USA |
| 1978 | Neue Fotografie aus Japan - Kulturhaus der Stadt Graz, Austria |
| 1974 | Fifteen Photographers Today - National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan |
Awards
| 2019 | 31th Award of Society of Photography for Fragment of Everyday Life |
| 2014 | Photographer Award from the Photographic Society of Japan for Nagi no hira-fragments of calm |
| 1997 | 16th Ken Domon Award for Human Memory |
| 16th Domon Ken Award for Ningen no Kioku | |
| 1985 | Domestic Photographer Award in the Higashikawa Photography Awards for Fragment of Everyday Life |
| Inaugural Higashikawa Domestic Artist Award for Nichijo Tanpen and others | |
| 1983 |
Annual Award from the Photographic Society of Japan for Monogusa Syui |
| 1979 |
Newcomer’s Award from the Photographic Society of Japan for Fushi Kaden |
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
| 2013 | Tokyokei, Nazraeli Press/Zen Foto Gallery |
| The Journey to Osorezan, Zen Foto Gallery | |
| Waga Tokyo 100, Tokyo: Zen Foto Gallery | |
| Nagi no hira / Fragments of Calm, Toseisha | |
| 2012 | Sparrow Island, Nazraeli Press |
| Fushi Kaden, Akio Nagasawa Pubishing | |
| 2011 | The Work of a Lifetime: Photographs 1968-2006, Only Photography |
| Kado no Tabakoya made no Tabi, Place M | |
| 2007 | Minyou Sanga, Toseisha |
| 2000 | Akai Hana, Wide |
| 1996 | Ningen no Kioku, Creo |
| 1991 | Inu no Hana: Kimagure, Shashin, Sanpo, IBC |
| 1979 | Waga-Tokyo 100, Nikon Salon Books 5, Nikkor Club |
| 1978 | Fushi Kaden, Sonorama Shashin Sensho 16, Asahi Sonorama |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selected)
France
Paris Museum of Photography
Germany
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Japan
Tokyo Polytechnic University Higashikawa Town Yokohama
Kawasaki City Museum
Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Osaka Art University
Miyagi Prefectural Museum
Ken Domon Memorial Museum
Yokohama Museum of Art
Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
USA
Princeton University
Center for Creative Photography
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The J. Paul Getty Museum