Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 58 (2008) award
Naoyuki Kinoshita
きのした なおゆき
Kinoshita Naoyuki
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1954-01-01 （Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- art historian, museologist, university professor, author
- Active Years
- 1979-
- Affiliations
- University of Tokyo (Professor Emeritus / Cultural Resource Studies), Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art (Director), Kanagawa University (Faculty of International Japanese Studies, Professor), Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (Curator / Head of Curatorial Division)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo University of the Arts | Faculty of Fine Arts | Department of Art Studies | 学士 | — | Japan |
Tokyo University of the Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts
/ Department of Art Studies
Degree:
学士
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
Japan
Left graduate school mid-course (1981)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Ringa Art Encouragement Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Suntory Academic Award | Art as Spectacle: The Era of Oil-Painting Teahouses | — | Suntory Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Hyogo Yuzuriha Prize | — | — | Hyogo Prefecture | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Shigemori Hiroaki Photography Criticism Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Shizuoka Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award | — | — | Shizuoka Prefecture | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Art Encouragement Prize, Minister of Education Award | My Castle Town | — | Arts Encouragement Prize (Agency for Cultural Affairs) | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Medal with Purple Ribbon | — | — | Cabinet Office (Spring Decorations) | 受章 |
Ringa Art Encouragement Prize
1991
Result:
受賞
Suntory Academic Award
1993
Work:
Art as Spectacle: The Era of Oil-Painting Teahouses
Organization:
Suntory Foundation
Result:
受賞
Hyogo Yuzuriha Prize
1993
Organization:
Hyogo Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Shigemori Hiroaki Photography Criticism Award
1996
Result:
受賞
Shizuoka Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award
2005
Organization:
Shizuoka Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Art Encouragement Prize, Minister of Education Award
2008
Work:
My Castle Town
Organization:
Arts Encouragement Prize (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Result:
受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
2015
Organization:
Cabinet Office (Spring Decorations)
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Art as Spectacle: The Era of Oil-Painting Teahouses
1993 art history / cultural historyA study of the reception and exhibition forms of oil painting in modern Japan, examined through the perspective of spectacle, exploring relations with urban popular culture such as oil-painting teahouses.
spectacleoil paintingmodern Japan
On Photographic Painting: The Marriage of Photography and Painting
1996 photography history / art theoryExamines the historical and theoretical relationships between photography and painting, discussing their intersecting expressive axes.
history of photographypainting theoryvisual culture
Portraits of Doctors
1998 art history / exhibition catalogCollects portraits and statues on the University of Tokyo campus since the Meiji period and questions their formation and significance.
portraiturecommemorative statuesacademic history
My Castle Town
2007 essay / local cultureAn essay collection of recollections and reflections on the author's hometown and regional culture, depicting the relationship between local memory and art culture.
local historymemoryregional culture
The Age of Statues: Another History of Japanese Sculpture
2014 art historyRe-examines Japanese sculpture history and modes of memory through the group of bronze statues erected in modern Japan.
sculpture historycommemorative monumentsmodernization
Bibliography
- Art as Spectacle: The Era of Oil-Painting Teahouses
- On Photographic Painting: The Marriage of Photography and Painting
- Portraits of Doctors
- The Cardboard Town
- Hidden Things in the Middle of the World: Memories of Modern Japan
- My Castle Town
- Kokan Wakashu: Is the Male Nude Art?
- War as Spectacle: An Infiltration of the Sino-Japanese War Victory Celebrations
- The Age of Statues: Another History of Japanese Sculpture
- Near Yet Distant Places: Japan from 1850 to 2000
- The Great Problem of the Century: New Kokan Wakashu
- Zoo Pilgrimage
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly, evidence-based expositionoccasional essayistic and accessible tonecritical perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- spectacleintersection of photography and paintingmemory and commemorative statues
Legacy
Naoyuki Kinoshita is a noted scholar of modern and contemporary Japanese art history and museology, influencing exhibition practice and museum administration. His writings illuminate relations between art, popular culture, and memory, impacting audiences beyond academia.
Archives
- Held at the National Diet Library
- University of Tokyo Museum archival materials
Trivia
- Born in Hamamatsu.
- Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts; left postgraduate program mid-course.
- Served as director of the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art.