Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 57 (2007) award
Tachibana Yoshie
たちばな よしえ
Tachibana Yoshie
Pen Names:
Tachibana Yoshie（stage name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1941-08-06 （Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Nihon buyo dancer, Choreographer, Movement/dramatic advisor
- Active Years
- 1964-
- Influenced By
- Tachibana Houshu (founder of Tachibana-ryu), Tachibana Hiroyo
- Influenced
- Kato Daisuke, Nakamura Meiko
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Arts Encouragement (Newcomer) Award — Minister of Education | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs / Ministry of Education (at time of award) | recipient |
| 1989 | Hanayagi Ju-o Award (Newcomer) | — | — | Related Hanayagi school organizations | recipient |
| 1996 | Dance Critics Association Excellence Award | — | — | Dance Critics Association | recipient |
| 1998 | Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival Grand Prize | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs | recipient |
| 2005 | Matsuo Performing Arts Award — Excellence Prize | — | — | Matsuo Performing Arts Award Committee | recipient |
| 2006 | Tokyo Shimbun Dance Arts Award | — | — | Tokyo Shimbun (newspaper) | recipient |
| 2006 | Arts Encouragement Award — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs / Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | recipient |
| 2007 | Purple Ribbon Medal | — | — | Government of Japan | honoree |
| 2013 | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays | — | — | Cabinet Office (Decorations) | honoree |
Arts Encouragement (Newcomer) Award — Minister of Education
1972
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs / Ministry of Education (at time of award)
Result:
recipient
Hanayagi Ju-o Award (Newcomer)
1989
Organization:
Related Hanayagi school organizations
Result:
recipient
Dance Critics Association Excellence Award
1996
Organization:
Dance Critics Association
Result:
recipient
Agency for Cultural Affairs Arts Festival Grand Prize
1998
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result:
recipient
Matsuo Performing Arts Award — Excellence Prize
2005
Organization:
Matsuo Performing Arts Award Committee
Result:
recipient
Tokyo Shimbun Dance Arts Award
2006
Organization:
Tokyo Shimbun (newspaper)
Result:
recipient
Arts Encouragement Award — Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2006
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs / Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Result:
recipient
Purple Ribbon Medal
2007
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
honoree
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2013
Organization:
Cabinet Office (Decorations)
Result:
honoree
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tenaraiko (Practice Child)
1947 Nihon buyo (dance piece)A classical dance piece performed by Tachibana on her childhood debut at Shinbashi.
classicaltrainingmovement and etiquette
Takarabune (Treasure Ship)
2012 Nihon buyo (contemporary/creative dance piece)One of the representative pieces performed at her comeback concert after a 2011 subarachnoid hemorrhage. Noted for minimalist costume and pure bodily expression.
comebackphysical expressionminimalism
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- minimalist costuming (sudori)body-centered expressionreworking and simplification of traditional movement
- Recurring Motifs
- movement/etiquetterecollections of motherhood and urban scenesfusion of tradition and modernity
Health
-
subarachnoid hemorrhage2011（入院約2か月）Hospitalized for about two months in 2011 and temporarily paused stage activities; returned to performance the following year.
Legacy
While preserving traditional Nihon buyo techniques, she pursued body-focused minimalist performances and is widely recognized as a movement advisor for both dance and television/drama productions.
In Popular Culture
- Served as movement/manner advisor for NHK morning dramas and taiga dramas
- Broad influence through period movement coaching in TV dramas and films
Trivia
- Birth name is Shinozaki Yoshiko.
- Debuted at age six at Shinbashi Kibaan performing 'Tenaraiko'.
- Her husband was TBS producer Shinozaki Toshio (deceased).
- Hospitalized for subarachnoid hemorrhage in 2011 and returned to the stage the next year with 'Takarabune'.