1911年愛媛県生まれ。東京電気専門学校卒業。1935年に理化学研究所に入社。パーレットカメラの同人会のメンバーとして写真家活動を開始し、作品を多くのサロンや国際的写真雑誌に発表。ロンドン・パリ・サロンで数点が入選、雑誌アメリカン・ポピュラーフォトグラフィー、フォトモンドのコンテストに入選。その後、全日本写真連盟や東京写真研究会での活動を通して日本のアマチュア写真家育成に携わる。1957年に旭光学に入社し、東京サービスセンター所長に就任。1969年5月逝去。

Born in Ehime Prefecture in 1911. Graduated from Tokyo Electrical College and joined RIKEN in 1935. He began his photographic career as a member of the Parlett Camera Coterie and published his work in many salons and international photography magazines. Several of his works were selected for the London and Paris Salons, and he was also selected for contests in the magazines American Popular Photography and Photomonde.
He later became involved in the development of amateur photographers in Japan through his activities with the All Japan Photographic League and the Tokyo Photographic Society. In 1957, he joined Asahi Kogaku and became the director of the Tokyo Service Center. He passed away in May 1969.

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