Michiko Matsumoto

Michiko Matsumoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 1950. In the early 1970s, she attended women's liberation gatherings and published the photographs she took there. In 1978, she published a collection of photographs of the feminist movement titled のびやかな女たち/ Women Come Alive.

In 1974 Matsumoto graduated from Hosei University (Tokyo).[http://www.tokinowasuremono.com/artist-d57-matsumoto/index.html Page about Matsumoto] at Toki no Wasuremono. {{in lang|ja}} Accessed 2010-09-26.

In the later 1970s, she travelled to locations including New York and Paris to photograph prominent feminists, artists and dancers.{{cite web |last1=Geofrey |first1=Steven |title=Matsumoto Michiko 松本 路子 |url=https://timeline-behindthecamerajapan.arts.ubc.ca/ |website=Behind the Camera |publisher=University of British Colombia |access-date=6 March 2025}} Michiko's work aimed to counter the presentation of women's bodies in mass media and to show community.{{cite web |last1=McKormick |first1=Kelly |title=Three Japanese Women Photographers Who Change the History of Photography |url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/womenofphotography/2025/schedule/9/ |website=Women of Photography: A 24-Hour Conference-a-thon Celebrating International Women’s Day 2025 |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=6 March 2025 |date=8 March 2025}}

She has published 13 books of photography. Her works are in the collections of a number of museums internationally. She is currently based in Tokyo.

• 1974 "Yoko Ono in New York" 3points, Tokyo
• 1978 "Women Come Alive" Pepe, Tokyo
• 1978 "In South East Asia" Hankyu Art Gallery, Osaka
• 1981 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Space Niki, Tokyo
• 1983 "Portraits of New York Women" Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Sapporo
• 1986 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Parco SR6, Tokyo
• 1988 "Portraits ~ Women Artists" Soho Photo Gallery, New York U.S.A
• 1989 "Portraits of Dancers 1" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
• 1990 "Portraits of Women Artists" Keihan Art Gallery, Osaka
• 1990–1998 "Portraits of Dancers 2–5" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
• 1998 "Dancers" Dentsu Kosan Gallery, Tokyo
• 1999 "Nicolas Le Rishe in Paris" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
• 2000 "White on White" Heart & Color, Tokyo
• 2001 "Ruzimatov in St. Petersburg" Egg Gallery, Tokyo
• 2002 "Homage to Niki de Saint Phalle" Gallery Colorium,Tokyo, Prinz, Kyoto
• 2004 "Meditative Body, Awaked City" Gallery 21, Tokyo
• 2004 "Sessions" Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
• 2005 "Rose Passion" Gallery Colorium, Tokyo
• 2007 "Cloths with Soul" Gallery le bain, Tokyo
• 2007 "Meditative Body — from St. Petersburg" Gallery Tosei, Tokyo
• 2009 "The Name of Roses" Junkudo, Tokyo
• 2010 "The Witches Tea Party" (Portraits of Niki de Saint Phalle) Tokinowasuremono, Tokyo
• 2013 "Les Femmes Artistes" LIBRAIRIE 6
• 2016 "Portraits " The Museum of Contemporary Art Karuizawa, Nagano

• 1987 "Contemporary Japanese Photography" Toured Europe
• 1988 "Faces of 20th Century by Distinguished Photographers" Asahi Gallery, Tokyo
• 1990 "Women Photographers" Nikon Salon, New York,
• 1995 "Objects, faces and Anti-Narratives" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
• 1998-2000 "Women Photographers from Japan" Toured U.S.A.
• 2003 "Mon Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo
• 2006 "Photographs of Kazuo Oono" Fukushima Photo Museum
• 2007 "Works from the Photographic Art in Japan" Shanghai Art Museum, China
• 2008 "Visions des Artistes Feminines" Gallery 21, Tokyo
• 2008 "Esprit de Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo
• 2008 "Vision of America III" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
• 2010 "Onna Tachidomaranai Jyoseitachi "(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
• 2010 "Human Images of 20th Century ~All photographs are portraits~"(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)

• Nobiyaka onna-tachi {{nihongo2|のびやかな女たち}}) / Women Come Alive. Tokyo: Hanashi no Tokushū-sha, 1978. {{in lang|en|ja}} Portraits of women
• Michiko Matsumoto Ballet: 5 September 1981. Singapore: National Theatre Trust, 1981. (in English)
• Shōzō Nyūyōku no onna-tachi ({{nihongo2|肖像ニューヨークの女たち}}) / Portraits of New York women. Tokyo: Tōjusha, 1983. {{in lang|ja}}
• Ochiai Keiko, Matsumoto Michiko no heya ({{nihongo2|落合恵子・松本路子の部屋}}) / Série Chambre 4. Tokyo: Ōbunsha, 1985. {{ISBN|4-01-071344-5}}. {{in lang|ja}} With Keiko Ochiai.
• Niki do Sanfāru ({{nihongo2|ニキ・ド・サンファール}}) / Portrait of Niki de Saint Phalle. Tokyo: Parco, 1986. {{ISBN|4-89194-127-8}}. {{in lang|en}} {{in lang|ja}} About Niki de Saint Phalle.
• Portraits: Josei ātisto no shōjō ({{nihongo2|Portraits 女性アーティストの肖像}}) / Portraits: Women Artists. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1995. {{ISBN|4-309-90152-2}}. {{in lang|ja}}
• Dancers: Erosu no shōjō ({{nihongo2|Dancers エロスの肖像}}). Kodansha, 1998. {{ISBN|4-06-209239-5}} {{in lang|ja}} Portraits of dancers.
• Portraits: 54-nin no josei ātisto-tachi ({{nihongo2|Portraits 54人の女性アーティストたち}}). Kyoto: Kyōto Shoin, 1999. {{ISBN|4-7636-1745-1}}. {{in lang|ja}} Portraits of 54 women artists.
• Haretara bara hiyori ({{nihongo2|晴れたらバラ日和}}) / Rose Passion. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2005. {{ISBN|4-473-03246-9}}. {{in lang|ja}}
• Tamashii no nuno: Monsūn-Ajia 12-jin no josei-sakka-tachi ({{nihongo2|魂の布 モンスーンアジア12人の女性作家たち}}). Tankōsha, 2007. {{ISBN|978-4-473-03410-6}}. {{in lang|ja}} Portraits of 12 women artists of "monsoon Asia".
• Yōroppa bara no namae o meguru tabi ({{nihongo2|ヨーロッパ バラの名前をめぐる旅}}) / The Seven Roses Story. Tokyo: Media Factory, 2009. {{ISBN|978-4-8401-2711-0}}. {{in lang|ja}}
• "Nippon no Bara"(Japanese Wild Roses)(日本のバラ), Tankosha,2012
• "Tokyo Sakura 100 ka "(100 Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo) (東京桜100花), Tankosha,2015
• "Sarasa" (Printed Cotton in the World) (更紗), Tankosha,2016

• Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, TokyoAs indicated by her inclusion within the book Nihon shashinka jiten.
• Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
• Museum of Liberty Osaka, Osaka{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
• Museum of Josei University, Tokyo{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
• Niki Museum, Nasu, Tochigi{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
• The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
• The Museum of contemporary Art Karuizawa,Nagano,Karuizawa
• Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery,Tokyo

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• Nihon shashinka jiten ({{nihongo2|日本写真家事典}}) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. {{ISBN|4-473-01750-8}}. {{in lang|ja}} Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.

• [http://www.matsumotomichiko.com Matsumoto's website]
• [http://blog.livedoor.jp/matsumotomichiko/ Matsumoto's blog]

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