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Katsuyuki Shinohara

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Shinohara Katsuyuki

別名: KUMA / クマさん
ペンネーム: KUMA(Stage/artist name used in TV and art activities)

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1942-04-15 (Sapporo (birth) / Muroran (hometown), Hokkaido, Japan)
国籍
Japanese
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Sapporo (birth) → Muroran (raised) → Yamanashi (maintained an atelier) → Nara (residence, moved in 2021)

経歴

職業
artist, television personality, writer
活動期間
1960年〜
所属
KUMA's FACTORY
影響を受けた人物
Jūrō Kara, Kōzaburō Arashiyama, Genpei Akasegawa

学歴

Hokkaido Muroran Sakae High School
期間: 1950s–1960
卒業年: 1960
国: Japan
Graduated from high school
Musashino Art University (dropped out)
期間: 1960s(在学・中退)
国: Japan
Attended but did not complete degree

受賞歴

Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award
2009
対象作品: Hashire UMI
主催: Shogakukan
結果: 受賞
Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize
2015
対象作品: Kotsukaze
主催: Izumi Kyōka Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Jinsei wa Diamond

1981年 essay

A collection of essays written in his distinctive voice and persona; an early work that gained popularity.

autobiographical elementshumor

Hashire UMI

2008年 children's literature

A children's book published by Kodansha; won the 2009 Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award.

growthadventure

Kotsukaze

2015年 novel

A novel published by Bungeishunjū; won the 43rd Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize. It was adapted for the stage, with Shinohara appearing in the production.

self-expressionexistence and life
映像化・舞台化
  • [stage] Kotsukaze (stage adaptation) / 山崎哲 (2016)

Tawamure no Maou

2018年 novel

A recent work that strongly reflects Shinohara's narrative style and worldview.

madness and the everydayart and life

全著作

翻案

  • Kotsukaze (stage adaptation, 2016)

作風・主題

文体
distinctive colloquial stylehumorous and idiosyncratic narration
頻出モチーフ
iron and weldingthe concept of 'geijutsu' (deliberate play on 'art')self-referentiality and journeys

健康

  • diphtheria (in childhood)
    幼児期
    Lost sense of smell and left-ear hearing

評価・遺産

Known as the 'iron geijutsuka' for his welded objets and distinctive persona, he has left a mark in both contemporary art and popular culture as a TV personality. His writing — from children's books to novels — has also been recognized, including the Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize.

大衆文化への影響

  • Familiar TV personality through appearances on variety shows such as 'Waratte Iitomo!'
  • Appearances and narration in commercials and radio programs

引用

  • People look for meaning in everything, but often there is none. Life has no meaning — yet that is no reason to die quickly. We live simply because we live.
    出典: Exhibition 'Empty Exhibition' (Sis Gallery, 2022) — explanation of works (2022年)

豆知識

  • Nickname 'Kuma' and also active under the name KUMA
  • Trademark appearance: shaved head and kimono-style robe
  • Contracted diphtheria in childhood, lost sense of smell and hearing in left ear
  • Worked on stage art for Jūrō Kara's Shōjō Gekijō (Shōjō Theater)
  • Associated with cultural figures such as Fujio Akatsuka, Beat Takeshi and Sanma Akashiya