In 1922 Nishiyama won the first prize for his submission , taken with a Vest Pocket Kodak , to a competition at the Heiwa Kinen Tōkyō Hakurankai ( ) . A year later he lost all his photographs and cameras in the Great Kantō earthquake , but persevered and held the first exhibition of the Pleasant Club in 1924 . Nishiyama was impressed by the " light and its harmony " aesthetic of Shinzō Fukuhara , who invited him to join the Japan Photographic Society ; Nishiyama soon thereafter had a solo exhibition at the Shiseido Gallery
Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Kiyoshi Nishiyama