Japan Photographic Society (1924–)
The Japan Photographic Society is a compact organization of photographers founded in 1924 that has continued to this day.
Unrelated to an earlier organization with the same name, the JPS grew out of the Shiseido Junior Photo Circle and the Kōga-kai. Founded in 1924, its first president was Shinzō Fukuhara, and its other founding members included the amateur photographers Rosō Fukuhara, Kiichirō Ishida, Isao Kakefuda, Maroni Kumazawa, Yasutarō Mori, Masajirō Sakai, Hekisui Yamanaka, and Jiichirō Yasukōchi. Among the members who joined soon after was Yasuzō Nojima, in 1926.
From 1925, the JPS has held a joint exhibition once a year.
The JPS was suspended in 1944, but restarted in 1946.Members
