Domon Ken Award


yearphotographer
11982Tadao Mitome
21983Masatoshi Naitō
31984Kazuyoshi Nomachi
41985Tsuneo Enari
51986Taku Aramasa
61987Hiroshi Suga
71988Takeshi Nishikawa
81989Ichirō Tsuda
91990Manabu Miyazaki
101991Bishin Jumonji
111992Kōichi Imaeda
121993Hiromi Nagakura
131994Yoshikazu Minami
141995Kiyoshi Sumiyoshi
151996Katsumi Sunamori
161997Issei Suda
171998Seiichi Motohashi
181999Takeshi Mizukoshi
192000Osamu Kanemura
202001Yoshino Ōishi
212002Toshiya Momose
222003Ryūichi Hirokawa
232004Hiroh Kikai
242005Eiichirō Sakata
252006Hideaki Uchiyama
262007Ikuo Nakamura
272008Hiromi Tsuchida
282009Mitsuhiko Imamori
292010Ryūichirō Suzuki
302011Naoki Ishikawa
312012Yutaka Takanashi

The Domon Ken Award is one of Japan's photographic awards.
The award was started in 1981 by the Mainichi Newspapers to mark the 110th birthday of the Mainichi Shimbun, its daily newspaper and main publication, in honor of the photographer Ken Domon. It has been awarded every year since 1982.
The Domon Ken Award is given to a single established photographer for a published book of documentary photographs. Together with sample photographs, an announcement is made in Sunday Mainichi. Award-winning works are shown in the Ginza Nikon Salon and the Domon Ken Photography Museum.
The major rival to this award for attention in the mass media is the Kimura Ihei Award, given annually to one or more newcomers.