Born in Shiga Prefecture in 1963, Fujiwara co-founded the photography magazine Asphalt with Shinichiro Tojimbara in 2008 and invited the photo editor Akira Hasegawa to edit the magazine, publishing ten volumes in total. Since 2013, Fujiwara has regularly published his own photo books and held solo exhibitions in Japan and abroad. His publications include: “Nangokusho — Ode to the Southern Lands of Japan” (2013), “Butterfly Had a Dream” (2014), “Poet Island” (2015), “Semimaru” (2017), and “2200 Miles” (2019), all published by Sokyusha.

Selected Publications

2008–2012 Photo Magazine Asphalt Volume 1–10
2013 Nangokusho — Ode to the Southern Lands of Japan — (Sokyusha)
2014 Butterfly Had a Dream (Sokyusha)
2015 Poet Island (Sokyusha)
2017 Semimaru (Sokyusha)
2019 2200 Miles (Sokyusha)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009 Trace (Sokyusha Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2010 Kagoshima (Sokyusha Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2011 Asphalt Photo Exhibition (Zen Foto Gallery, Beijing, China)
2011 Poet Island (Sokyusha Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2011 Butterfly Had a Dream – Prologue – (Gallery Bar Nagune, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2012 Asphalt Photo Exhibition (Gallery Tanto Tempo, Kobe, Hyogo)
2012 Butterfly Had a Dream (Sokyusha Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2013 Asphalt Book Exhibition (Format International Photography Festival, Derby, England)
2013 Nangokusho (Sokyusha Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2013 Nangokusho (Inbetween Art Gallery, Paris, France)
2014 Nangokusho / Butterfly Had a Dream (Gallery Tanto Tempo, Kobe, Hyogo)
2015 Poet Island (Zen Foto Gallery, Roppongi, Tokyo)
2015 Poet Island (Sokyusha Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2015 Poet Island (Gallery 722, Okayama)
2016 Butterfly Had a Dream (6th Different Dimension Festival, The Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia)
2017 Semimaru (Sokyusha Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2017 Semimaru (Gallery 722, Okayama)
2017 A Look Into His Publication (Inbetween Art Gallery, Paris, France)
2018 Tukurohi (Miidera Temple, Otsu, Shiga)
2020 2200 Miles (Books and Modern + Blue Sheep Gallery, Nogizaka, Tokyo)
2200 Miles (Sokyusha Gallery, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
2200 Miles (Gallery 722, Okayama)
2021 Butterfly Had a Dream (Casa da Cultura de Avintes, Portugal)
2024 2200 Miles (Rosphoto, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2024 2200 Miles (Gallery Negative, Busan, South Korea)
2024 Butterfly Had a Dream (Space S, Busan, South Korea)
2024 Sakura River (Zen Foto Gallery, Roppongi, Tokyo)

Gallery Exhibitions