1937       

Konishiroku Hall, Tokyo, Japan (December)
First Exhibition of the Chugoku ShashinkaShudan (Chugoku Photographers Group)
Entered May Child

1938         

Konishiroku Hall, Tokyo, Japan (May)
Second Exhibition of the Chugoku ShashinkaShudan
Entered People in Snow and other works.

1939         

Konishiroku Hall, Tokyo, Japan (September)
Third Exhibition of the Chugoku ShashinkaShudan
Entered Four Girls, Children, and Spring

Ginza Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan (December)
13th Japanese Photographic Art Exhibition (sponsored by Mainichi Newspapers)
Four Girls was awarded a special commendation.

1940  

Konishiroku Hall, Tokyo, Japan (June)
Fourth Exhibition of the Chugoku ShashinkaShudan
Entered Old Chatani and his Daughter and other works.

1946         

Daimaru Department Store, Osaka (February) and other locations in Japan
Asahi ShashinTenrankai (Asahi Photograph Exhibition)
Ueda’s first work after the war, Infant, won a special commendation.

1957         

Fuji Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan (September)
Six Photographers Exhibition <Akiyama Shotaro, IwamiyaTakeji, Ueda Shoji,HayashiTadahiko, HoriuchiHatsutaro, and Midorikawa Yoichi>This exhibition continued to be held periodically.

1958         

The Museum of Modern Art, NY, U.S.A.
Photography in Retrospect (curated by Edward Steichen)
November, 1958-January, 1959
Surface of Snow is added to MoMA’s photograph collections.

1969        

Pentax Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (October)
San-in Twelve Photographers (joint exhibition with amateur photographers from San-in region)
This exhibition was held annually until 1973.

1974         

Nikon Salon, Tokyo (Ginza and Shinjuku) and Osaka
Ueda Shoji: Photographs, 1935-1974

1979         

GALLERIA D’ARTE MODERNA BOLOGNA, Bologna, Italy (January-February)
PhotografiaGiapponesedal 1848 ad Oggi

 1980         

Nikon Salon, Tokyo (Ginza and Shinjuku), Osaka and other areas in Japan
Vision of Landscape

 1982         

17thPhotokina, Koln, Germany (October)
38 JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHS

 1984         

Pentax Forum, Tokyo (January)
Fifty Years of Photography of Ueda Shoji

1986         

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (December, 1986-March, 1987)
Japon des avant gardes, 1910-1970: exposition

1987         

Parco Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan (February)
Dunes – Ueda Shoji Exhibition

1988         

Solo Exhibition:
Houston Center, Texas, USA (February)
Photo Fest ’88       Invited as guest artist.

1990         

KonicaPlaza, Tokyo, Japan (March-April)
The Story of Landscape and Still-life

1992         

YonagoCityMuseum of Art, Tottori, Japan (February-March)
Ueda Shoji and his Colleagues: 1935-55

Solo Exhibition:
JCII Photo Salon, Tokyo, Japan (July)
Dune Theater

1993         

Solo Exhibition:
Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (July-August)
Shoji Ueda

1994         

Solo Exhibition:
La Galerie Municipale du Château d'Eau, Toulouse, France (December)
Shoji Ueda
Solo exhibition of his representative works.

2001         

Matsuya Department Store, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan (January)
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan (August-September)
GANJIN (Jianzhen and photographers around the World – Commemorating the Heisei Repairs of the Main Hall of Toshodai-ji Temple)
Posthumous exhibition of Ueda’s last work, Black Wave
Ueda planned to visit Toshodaiji on the following day of his death.

Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden (August-September)
Illusion - Japanese Photography
This tribute exhibition to Ueda toured around European countries including Denmark, Norway and Finland until November, 2002.

 

List of References:

Noriko Tsutatani, ed. A chronology published in the exhibition catalog of Photographs by Ueda Shoji
(Tokyo: East Japan Railway Culture Foundation, 1993).

Hiroo Ikegami, ed. A chronology published in 20 Japanese Photographers (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1998).