Gashō Yamamura

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Gashō Yamamura (山村 雅昭, Yamamura Gashō, 19391987) was a renowned Japanese photographer. [1]

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References

  1. (in Japanese) Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (『日本写真家事典』, Nihon shashinka jiten). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN   4-473-01750-8