exhibited their works at the First Democratic Art Exhibition in Osaka in June 1951. A few months later the Second Democratic Art Exhibition in Osaka was held in August of the same year. In March of 1952 the organization held their first exhibition in Tokyo, titled First Democratic Art Exhibition in Tokyo. In 1952, Kōno participated in an exhibition with other Tampei Photography Club members in Matsushima Gallery on the second floor of the Ginza Matsushima Eyeglass Store. The Eight Person Tampei Exhibition included Shisui Tanahashi, Takeji Iwamiya, Katsumasa Kimura, Gyokai Sahoyama, Hatsutaro Horiuchi, Ikko Wada, and Mizuo Tamai. Spiegel Photographers Association But in the same year, after 21 years, he quits the Tampei Photography Club and leaves the Democratic Art’s Association a year later in 1953. In the same year, he creates a new organization called the Spiegel Photography Association with Shisui Tanahashi and Katsumasa Kimura. He also establishes Kono Studio in Osaka City. He died on April 19, 1984. His works have been exhibited at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum References Japanese photographers 1907 births 1984 deaths