Background
Ihe Kimura was born on December 12, 1901.
Ihe Kimura was born on December 12, 1901.
In 1918 Ihe Kimura graduated from Keika Commercial School.
Ihe Kimura later went to Formosa and served with a sugar company there. He began using Leica camera since around 1949 and is regarded as a master photographer. Ihe Kimura employed at Sun News Photographs and holded additional posts of permanent director of Japan Copyright Council, member of Photograph Department of Kokuga-kai Art Society and president of Nihon Shashin-ka Kyokai (Japan Photographers' Association).