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Kunio Komori

こもり くにお

Komori Kunio

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1917-06-06 (Asakusa, Taitō-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Died
1993-10-22 age 76
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Sculptor
Active Years
1935-1993
Affiliations
Japan Art Academy, Japan Art Institute, Japan Sculpture Association, Ibaraki Prefecture Art Exhibition
Memberships
Japan Art Academy, Japan Sculpture Association, Japan Art Institute, Ibaraki Prefecture Art Exhibition
Influenced By
Sōgan Saitō
Influenced
Jirō Hiruta, Seiji Noshima

Education

Period: 1935-?
Year of Graduation: 1935
Country: Japan

Awards

Japan Art Academy Prize
1985
Work: Seishun-fu
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
1987
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Seishun-fu

1985 Sculpture

A sculptural piece expressing the sentiments of youth.

YouthEmotion

Statue of Tokugawa Mitsukuni

1984 Sculpture

A statue of Tokugawa Mitsukuni located in Senba Park, Mito City.

Historical FigureMonument

Bibliography

  • Seishun-fu
  • Statue of Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Legacy

Known for his elegant female sculptures and mentoring the next generation in modern Japanese sculpture.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Art Academy
  • Japan Sculpture Association
  • Japan Art Institute

In Popular Culture

  • The Statue of Tokugawa Mitsukuni in Senba Park, Mito City is a tourist attraction.

Trivia

  • He was highly praised by his mentor Sōgan Saitō.