Yoho Tsuda (津田 洋甫, Tsuda Yōho, 4 April 1923 – 2014) was a post–World War II Japanese photographer. He was born in Nara Prefecture to an affluent family. He followed his father's advice to become an engineer and enrolled at the Yoshino Technical High School. He continued his education in engineering at Tokyo Industrial Arts High School but later transferred to Nihon University's College of Art to major in film. After he was conscripted in World War 2, he decided to do photography.[1]: 52 

Yoho Tsuda
BornApril 4, 1923
Died2014 (age 91)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationPhotographer
OrganizationNaniwa Photography Club

After studying briefly at the Osaka College of Photographic Arts, Tsuda began to work at a photography studio, which like many at the time specialized in portraits. In 1948, he joined the Naniwa Photography Club.

Tsuda's early works can be characterized with his concern for construction and abstraction in the vein of subjective photography. But his later works focus more on expressing a humanistic narrative focused on nature.[1]: 52 

Tsuda's works are included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (five prints),[2] the J. Paul Getty Museum (one print),[3] and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (five prints).[4]

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  1. ^ a b Sengo no Naniwa Shashin Kurabu: Tsuda Yōho, Seki Shōsuke, Sakai Heihachirō o megutte (PDF). Ryūichi Kaneko, Yasumasa Kawata, 金子隆一, 川田康正, Naniwa Shashin Kurabu, MEM. Tōkyō. 2018. ISBN 978-4-909598-04-2. OCLC 1101193696.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ As shown here, MMA catalogue, 11 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Yoho Tsuda (Japanese, 1923–2014)". J. Paul Getty Museum. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  4. ^ As shown by searching within the museum's online catalogue for 津田 洋甫, 11 March 2022.