Akira Komoto (小本 章, Komoto Akira) is a Japanese artist and photographer, whose photographs often show his artworks in the open air.
Born Masaaki Komoto (小本 昌彰, Komoto Masaaki) in Ōmori-ku, Tokyo (now Ōta-ku, Tokyo) on 14 August 1935,[1] Komoto was brought up in Seki, Gifu Prefecture.
[1] Nomoto has created paintings, prints and photographs from the 1960s.
From the 1980s these have gained critical acclaim outside Japan, bringing Nomoto invitations to Spain and elsewhere in Europe.
[1] From 1971 to 1974 Nomoto taught at Gifu College of Education (now Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University); since 1994 he has been teaching at Joshibi University of Art and Design.