# Daido Moriyama artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/daido-moriyama/
Profile generated: 2026-08-19T18:50:05.729Z
Quality: high confidence, strong sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Japanese
- Movements: Japanese avant-garde photography associated with Provoke
- Common media: Photography, Black-and-white photography

## Portrait

![Daido Moriyama](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/DaidoMoriyamaBySebastianMayer.jpg/1280px-DaidoMoriyamaBySebastianMayer.jpg)
Sebastian Mayer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DaidoMoriyamaBySebastianMayer.jpg

## About Daido Moriyama

Daido Moriyama, born in 1938, is a Japanese photographer associated with the avant-garde photography magazine Provoke and widely identified with black-and-white street photography. His work belongs to the broader context of postwar Japanese photography, where the street became a setting for examining urban experience and changing social values. Museum and authority records identify him primarily as a photographer, while his official foundation maintains biographical, bibliographic, and gallery resources. Collectors encounter Moriyama through individual photographs and photographic prints, as well as publications and exhibition catalogues. Bibliographic records document projects including Labyrinth and Terayama, alongside retrospective publications and museum exhibitions. The presence of dedicated artist records at institutions including MoMA, Tate, the National Gallery of Art, and the British Museum supports a well-established international identity. Exact print, edition, date, and provenance details remain essential when distinguishing one market offering from another.

## Common works and media

Works encountered in collection and appraisal contexts are principally photographs and photographic prints, especially black-and-white images connected with street scenes and urban experience. Collectors may also encounter named photographic projects through books, retrospective catalogues, and related publications. For any print, the image title, image date, printing date, process, dimensions, signature, inscriptions, edition status, condition, and provenance should be documented rather than inferred from the image alone.

## Market and appraisal context

Moriyama's public auction record should be evaluated through closely matched photographic comparables rather than a single artist-wide price figure. Relevant distinctions include medium, dimensions, image and print dates, edition information, signature or inscriptions, condition, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and attribution confidence. Subject matter, rarity, and the recency of comparable sales can also affect how a work is assessed. Reported auction results may include fees on different bases, while private transactions and incomplete feeds may be absent. A reliable appraisal therefore begins by identifying the exact object and then comparing it with works that share meaningful physical, documentary, and market characteristics.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1157532
- The Museum of Modern Art: https://www.moma.org/artists/4099
- Tate: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/daido-moriyama-11595
- Daido Moriyama: https://www.moriyamadaido.com/
- IdRef: https://www.idref.fr/052535134
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daid%C5%8D_Moriyama
- Wikipedia: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daid%C5%8D_Moriyama
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/daido-moriyama/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500120366
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/22308140/