Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 54 (2004) award
Kikuji Kawada
かわだ きくじ
Kawada Kikuji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1933-01-01 （Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Photographer
- Active Years
- 1955-
- Affiliations
- Japan Professional Photographers Society, VIVO (photographers' self-agency, 1959-1961)
- Memberships
- Japan Professional Photographers Society, VIVO (1960s)
- Influenced By
- Ken Domon, Ihei Kimura, Eikoh Hosoe
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rikkyo University | Faculty of Economics | Department of Economics | 学士 | 1951-1955 | Japan |
Rikkyo University
Faculty of Economics
/ Department of Economics
Degree:
学士
Period:
1951-1955
Year of Graduation:
1955
Country:
Japan
Member of the university photography club; participated in documentary work on Ikebukuro.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Japan Photographic Society Award (Annual Award) | Last Cosmology | — | Japan Photographic Society | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Higashikawa Prize (Domestic Photographer Award) | Last Cosmology | — | Higashikawa Prize Organizing Committee | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Art Encouragement Prize / Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs (MEXT) | 受賞 |
Japan Photographic Society Award (Annual Award)
1996
Work:
Last Cosmology
Organization:
Japan Photographic Society
Result:
受賞
Higashikawa Prize (Domestic Photographer Award)
1996
Work:
Last Cosmology
Organization:
Higashikawa Prize Organizing Committee
Result:
受賞
Art Encouragement Prize / Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2004
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs (MEXT)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Map
1965 Photobook / PhotographyA photobook including images such as national flags and urban landscapes. Book design by Kohei Sugiura with an introduction by Kenzaburo Oe.
memorynational flagsurban landscapes
The Sacred World
1971 Photobook / PhotographyA collection of photographs incorporating religious and baroque motifs; includes an essay by Tatsuhiko Shibusawa titled "Baroque Notes".
religiositybaroquetheatrical motifs
Bibliography
- The Map (Bijutsu-Shuppan, 1965)
- The Sacred World (Shashin Hyoronsha, 1971)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poetic and theatrical compositiondocumentary observation
- Recurring Motifs
- national flagssolar eclipses and astronomical eventsreligious motifsmemories of the city
Legacy
One of the leading postwar Japanese photographers. Through poetic and theatrical imagery he explored memory, religiosity and modern allegory; his photobooks such as The Map are highly regarded. His long career of works and exhibitions has attracted attention from museums and researchers domestically and internationally.
Academic Societies
- Japan Professional Photographers Society
Archives
- Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (collections/exhibitions)
- The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York (has artist record)
In Popular Culture
- Photobook reprints and exhibitions have kept his work in discussion among photography and design communities
- Presentation of works via Instagram (official account)
Trivia
- Graduated from Rikkyo University Faculty of Economics but pursued photography from student days.
- Left Shinchosha in 1959 to become a freelance photographer and was a founding member of the VIVO collective.
- Known for photographing solar eclipses in Japan and documenting the Lucky Dragon No.5 (Daigo Fukuryu Maru).