Am inceput sa fac fotografii la virsta de 14 ani. [ ]
Miya Kosei s-a nascut in 1937 la Tokio. A studiat stiinte sociale, literatura, eseistica si critica de specialitate, fotografie de arta etc. in 1965 a descoperit Romania, si mai ales Maramuresul, care l-a entuziasmat si unde a revenit de peste o suta saizeci de ori. Multe dintre cartile si mai multe albume de fotografii sunt consacrate Romaniei. Carti publicate: Romanian Rhapsody, Tokio, Kokushokankoukai, 1986; Europa Orientalis Romanian Red Rose, Tokyo, Nihon Vogue, 1991; La Roumanie des quatre saisons, Paris, Editions de Musée de lHomme, 1997; Maramuresul, Bucuresti, Humanitas, 2000; Romanian Anthem Europe of Europe, Tokyo, Heibonsha, 2002; Romania People, Alcohol, Songs, Tokyo, Tokyo Shoseki, 2002; Aleksandr Sokurov, Tokyo, Michitani, 2006; Yuri Norstein, Tokyo, Michitani, 2007; The People of Sheep and Fir, Tokyo, Michitani, 2007; Song of the Sheep and the Fir, Tokyo, Michitani, 2008; Maramures In a Small Village in Romania, Tokyo, Michitani, 2008; Maramuresul meu, Cluj, Idea Design & Print, 2015. Participa la numeroase expozitii, printre care enumeram: Maramures, Linz, Nordico Stadtmuseum, 1994; Rumänische Rhapsodie, Viena (Kitsee), Ethnographisches Museum Rathaus, 1996; Rapsodia Romena, Venetia, Palazzo Correr, 1997; La Roumanie des quatre saisons. Le Maramures photographié par Kosei Miya, Paris, Musée de lHomme, 1998; Maramures, New York, East and West Gallery, 1999; Transilvania mea, Sibiu, Festival Astra Film, Casa de Cultura a Sindicatelor, 2007; Maramures, Auckland, Green Gallery, 2012; Maramures la vie, les hommes, Beauvais, Théatre du Beauvais, 2014; Maramures Authentic Life, Ekaterinburg, Philharmonie, 2015; Romania, Yujinosahalinsk, Puppet Theatre, 2015. Premii: Child Welfare Culture Award (Japonia), Medalia culturala a Guvernului Romaniei, membru onorific al Institutului Cultural Roman.
Editie bilingva: romana, engleza
