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Eiichi Matsumoto

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Eiichi Matsumoto (松本 栄一, Matsumoto Eiichi, 1915–2004) was a Japanese photographer.[1]

During World War II he worked as a photojournalist for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, covering the firebombing of several Japanese cities.[2] Following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he was sent to photograph the aftermath.[2]

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  1. ^ (in Japanese) Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, editor. 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (『日本写真家事典』, Nihon shashinka jiten). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8
  2. ^ a b Ives, Mike (6 August 2020). "After Atomic Bombings, These Photographers Worked Under Mushroom Clouds". The New York Times.