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Nobuyoshi Araki

1940 - Today

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Nobuyoshi Araki (荒木 経惟, Araki Nobuyoshi; born May 25, 1940), professionally known by the mononym Arākii (アラーキー), is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist. Known primarily for photography that blends eroticism and bondage in a fine art context, he has published over 500 books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nobuyoshi Araki is the 18th most popular photographer (down from 17th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from Japan (down from 308th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Nobuyoshi Araki ranks 18 out of 148. Before him are Julia Margaret Cameron, Felice Beato, Annie Leibovitz, Brassaï, Wilhelm von Gloeden, and Yousuf Karsh. After him are Elliott Erwitt, Gunter Sachs, Diane Arbus, Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Koudelka, and Richard Avedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Nobuyoshi Araki ranks 117. Before him are James Brolin, Sepp Piontek, Katharine Ross, Saul Kripke, Jan Jongbloed, and Mate Boban. After him are Frida Boccara, Peter Diamond, Gojko Mitić, Robin Cook, Souleymane Cissé, and Walter Alvarez.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Nobuyoshi Araki ranks 445 out of 6,245. Before him are Isao Iwabuchi (1933), Emperor Juntoku (1197), Kenji Doihara (1883), Jisaburō Ozawa (1886), Kinjiro Shimizu (null), and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950). After him are Tsuyoshi Kunieda (1944), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Kenji Miyazawa (1896), Emperor Go-Kameyama (1347), Kazumi Takada (1951), and Atsuyoshi Furuta (1952).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Japan

Among photographers born in Japan, Nobuyoshi Araki ranks 1. After him are Daidō Moriyama (1938), Hiroshi Sugimoto (1948), and Kishin Shinoyama (1940).

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