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Born in 1947, Masanobu Emi graduated from the Tokyo Junior College of Photography (the current Tokyo Polytechnic University). He is Representative Director and President of Emi Photo Studio.
Founded in the city of Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture in 1873, Emi Photo Studio has more than 10,000 precious photographs (taken by Tadashi Emi, the third owner of the studio) left in the form of glass photographic plates. The subjects of these photographs are mainly the landscape and people of Tsuyama from the late Taisho era to the early Showa era. Photos from the digital archives constructed by Masanobu Emi (the fifth owner) are available for viewing on the studio’s website.
While engaged in the studio business, Emi has also been producing stained glass works for more than 40 years. In addition, he is fascinated by the little world of lamps and kaleidoscopes, and is still making these articles as well. Since establishing an Instagram account a few years ago, Emi has been communicating with many people inside and outside Japan, and widely sharing tricks and techniques he learned from his long years of trying different things in photography.