Naoya Shiga (20 February 1883 ??21 October 1971) was a Japanese novelist and short story writer active during the Taisho and Showa periods of Japan.

Ken Domon (25 October 1909 ??15 September 1990) is one of the most renowned Japanese photographers of the 20th century. He is most celebrated as a photojournalist, though he may have been most prolific as a photographer of Buddhist temples and statuary.