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第38回（1988年） award
Kohito Kudo
くどう こうじん
Kudo Kohito
別名:
工藤儀助
ペンネーム:
Kohito Kudo（Pen name used in his artistic career; birth name was Gisuke Kudo.）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1915-07-30 （Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan）
- 死没
- 2011-07-29 （Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan） 95歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan → Tokyo, Japan (moved to Tokyo in 1934) → Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan → Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (visiting professor)
経歴
- 職業
- painter, Nihonga (Japanese-style) painter, art educator, professor, visiting professor
- 活動期間
- 1934年〜2011年
- 所属
- Soga-kai (Soga Association), Tokyo University of the Arts (Professor Emeritus), Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts (Visiting Professor)
- 所属団体
- Soga-kai (Soga Association)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Fukuda Toyoshirō, Okamura Aien (name rendered in sources)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawabata Art School | Nihonga Department | Nihonga Painting Department | — | 1935年入学（在籍期間不詳） | Japan |
Kawabata Art School
Nihonga Department
/ Nihonga Painting Department
期間:
1935年入学（在籍期間不詳）
国:
Japan
Studied under Okamura Aien and Fukuda Toyoshirō.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Shinseisaku Association Nihonga New Artist Award | — | — | Shinseisaku Association | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Shinseisaku Association Nihonga New Artist Award | — | — | Shinseisaku Association | 受賞 |
| 1963 | Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Prize | — | — | Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition Excellence Award | — | — | Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Art and Culture Promotion Association Prize | — | — | Art and Culture Promotion Association | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Arts Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education) | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (4th class) | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
| 1992 | Mainichi Art Award | — | — | Mainichi Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Honorary Citizen of Hirosaki | — | — | Hirosaki City | 授与 |
Shinseisaku Association Nihonga New Artist Award
1951
主催:
Shinseisaku Association
結果:
受賞
Shinseisaku Association Nihonga New Artist Award
1956
主催:
Shinseisaku Association
結果:
受賞
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Prize
1963
主催:
Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
結果:
受賞
Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition Excellence Award
1964
主催:
Contemporary Japanese Art Exhibition
結果:
受賞
Art and Culture Promotion Association Prize
1982
主催:
Art and Culture Promotion Association
結果:
受賞
Arts Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education)
1988
主催:
Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果:
受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (4th class)
1989
主催:
Government of Japan
結果:
受章
Mainichi Art Award
1992
主催:
Mainichi Shimbun
結果:
受賞
Honorary Citizen of Hirosaki
1996
主催:
Hirosaki City
結果:
授与
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Shigen
1976年 Nihonga (Japanese-style painting)A large paper-and-color work using delicate linework to depict insects and plants, surrounded by broad monochrome fields of mineral pigment such as ultramarine. The decorative composition creates a dreamlike, visionary atmosphere. Size: 116.5×79.9 cm (framed).
natureinsectsdreamlike imagerynostalgiareligious feeling
Meya no Keiryū
Nihonga (Japanese-style painting)A work depicting a mountain stream (part of a series). Features meticulous linework contrasted with simplified color fields, capturing nostalgia and the breath of nature.
mountain streamnaturemeticulous depiction
全著作
- Shigen (1976)
- Meya no Keiryū
- Kohito Kudo: Collected Works (selections and exhibition catalogues)
翻案
- Kohito Kudo Exhibition: Between Dream and Awakening (exhibition)
作風・主題
- 文体
- combines delicate linework with broad monochrome color fieldsdecorative compositionsvivid use of mineral pigments such as ultramarinedreamlike, often religiously evocative imagery
- 頻出モチーフ
- insectssmall animalsplant leavesultramarine color fieldsnostalgic landscapes
評価・遺産
Kohito Kudo is regarded as a painter who opened new expressive possibilities in modern Nihonga through delicate linework and strong mineral-pigment color fields. His works are held in major museum collections in Japan and abroad, and he influenced subsequent generations through long teaching service at Tokyo University of the Arts and as a visiting professor in Okinawa.
記念館・博物館
- British Museum London, United Kingdom
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Tokyo, Japan
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto Kyoto, Japan
- Yamatane Museum of Art Tokyo, Japan
- Hiratsuka City Museum Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Hirosaki City Museum Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
- Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design Toyama, Japan
- Tokyo University of the Arts Museum Tokyo, Japan
- Aomori Museum of Art Aomori, Japan
- Tachineputa Museum (Goshogawara) Goshogawara, Aomori, Japan
関連学会
- Soga-kai (Soga Association)
資料所蔵先
- The Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties archive database
- Tokyo University of the Arts Museum collections/archives
引用
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He is known for delicately depicting insects, small animals, and plant leaves with fine linework, surrounding them with large monochrome fields of mineral pigment such as ultramarine, producing decorative compositions.
出典: Wikipedia (Kohito Kudo) (2011年)
豆知識
- Birth name was Gisuke Kudo.
- In 2002 a work of his displayed at the Kanagawa Prefectural Office was stolen (some pieces remain missing).
- Named an honorary citizen of Hirosaki in 1996.
- Died of natural causes in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa on 29 July 2011 at age 95.