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Jun Tanaka

たなか じゅん

Tanaka Jun

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1960-02-27 （Sendai, Miyagi, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Sendai, Miyagi, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
Intellectual historian, Art historian, Architectural historian, University professor, Author
活動期間
1985年〜
所属
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan Foundation
影響を受けた人物
Aby Warburg, Mies van der Rohe
影響を与えた人物
Kei Hirakura
ノミネート
Nagai Kafu Literary Prize nominee (2025): 'On Arata Isozaki'

学歴

University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Liberal Arts, German Studies
学位: 学士（教養）
期間: 1981–1985
卒業年: 1985
国: Japan
Undergraduate graduation
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences / Regional Cultural Studies
学位: 修士
期間: 1988–1991
卒業年: 1991
国: Japan
Completed master's program
University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences / Regional Cultural Studies
学位: 博士（学術）
期間: 1991–2001
卒業年: 2001
国: Japan
Doctoral thesis: 'Mies van der Rohe's Battlefield'
University of Cologne
期間: 1992–1993
卒業年: 1993
国: Germany
Studied at University of Cologne as a DAAD scholar

受賞歴

Suntory Academic Award
2002
対象作品: Aby Warburg — Labyrinth of Memory
主催: Suntory Academic Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (New Artist)
2008
対象作品: The Poetics of the City — Memory and Signs of Place
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
2009
対象作品: The Aesthetics of Politics — Power and Representation
主催: Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
結果: 受賞
Philipp Franz von Siebold Prize
2010
主催: German government
結果: 授与
Nagai Kafu Literary Prize
2025
対象作品: On Arata Isozaki
主催: Nagai Kafu Literary Prize Committee
結果: 候補

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Architecture in the Afterimage — On the 'End' of Modernism

1995年 Architectural history / Art history

Discusses transformations of modernist architecture and problems of memory, examining the 'end' of modern architectural history and its afterimages.

ModernismMemoryArchitecture

Urban Representation Analysis I

2000年 Urban studies / Representation studies

A collection of essays focusing on urban images and representations, analyzing memory of place and the city as a sign.

CityRepresentationSemiotics

Mies van der Rohe's Battlefield — On His Era and Architecture

2000年 Architectural history

Historically interprets Mies's architecture and his era, questioning the politics and representations of modern architecture.

Mies van der RoheModernismPublicness

Aby Warburg — Labyrinth of Memory

2001年 Art history / Cultural history

Re-examines image history and culture of memory centered on Warburg's Mnemosyne Atlas and the concept of memory.

Image historyMemoryArchive

To the City of the Dead

2004年 Cultural studies / Urban studies

Explores relations between urban space, loss, and memory; essays on traces of the dead inscribed in the city.

CityMemoryDeath

The Poetics of the City — Memory and Signs of Place

2007年 Urban studies / Representation studies

Analyzes memory and signs embedded in places within the city, proposing a poetics of urban experience.

Memory of placeRepresentationUrban experience

The Aesthetics of Politics — Power and Representation

2008年 Intellectual history / Cultural studies

Examines how power has been represented from an aesthetic perspective, clarifying intersections of politics and image.

PowerRepresentationPolitical philosophy

A Natural History of Images — From Angels to Shells

2010年 Art history / Cultural studies

Traces the genealogy of images from a natural-historical viewpoint, discussing diverse transformations in visual culture.

Visual cultureImage historyComparative culture

Eroticism of Architecture — The Fate of Ornament in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna

2011年 Architectural history / Cultural studies

Examines transformations in architectural representation through ornament and eroticism in fin-de-siècle Vienna.

ViennaOrnamentEroticism

The Architect of the Underworld — Biography of Gilbert Clavel

2012年 Biography / Architectural history

A biographical study portraying the darker intersections of architecture and culture through one architect's life.

BiographyArchitectureCulture

Touching the Past — Historical Experience, Photography, Suspense

2016年 History studies / Photography studies

An essay collection discussing photography and historical experience, weaving in elements of suspense.

PhotographyMemoryHistorical experience

Seismograph of History — On Aby Warburg's Mnemosyne Atlas

2017年 Art history / Theory

A theoretical examination reading historical tremors through Warburg's Mnemosyne Atlas.

WarburgAtlasMemory

David Bowie — The Man Who Sang Nothing

2021年 Cultural criticism / Music studies

An essayistic reading of David Bowie's art and image-making from an intellectual-historical perspective.

Pop cultureIdentityImage

Memory(Shadow) of Images — Signs of Crisis

2022年 Cultural studies / Visual culture

Essays on the role of image memory and shadow in times of crisis.

CrisisImageMemory

On Arata Isozaki

2024年 Architectural criticism

A critical reassessment of Arata Isozaki's architecture and thought, attempting to situate his work historically.

Arata IsozakiArchitectural criticismPostwar architecture

全著作

  • Architecture in the Afterimage — On the 'End' of Modernism
  • Urban Representation Analysis I
  • Mies van der Rohe's Battlefield — On His Era and Architecture
  • Aby Warburg — Labyrinth of Memory
  • To the City of the Dead
  • The Poetics of the City — Memory and Signs of Place
  • The Aesthetics of Politics — Power and Representation
  • A Natural History of Images — From Angels to Shells
  • Eroticism of Architecture — The Fate of Ornament in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna
  • The Architect of the Underworld — Biography of Gilbert Clavel
  • Touching the Past — Historical Experience, Photography, Suspense
  • Seismograph of History — On Aby Warburg's Mnemosyne Atlas
  • David Bowie — The Man Who Sang Nothing
  • Memory(Shadow) of Images — Signs of Crisis
  • On Arata Isozaki

作家による翻訳

  • Myths and Legends — London National Gallery Pocket Guide (supervising editor, 2012)
  • Commentary on Aby Warburg's 'Mnemosyne Atlas' (co-commentary, 2012)
  • Work related to Simon Critchley's 'Bowie — On His Life and Death' (annotator/commentary, 2017)

作風・主題

文体
Interdisciplinary and theoretical proseMeasured analyses rooted in visual culture and archivesPrecise argumentation based on detailed sources
頻出モチーフ
MemoryRepresentationUrban spaceImages and archivesVisualization of power

評価・遺産

A leading scholar at the intersection of representation studies, architectural history, and intellectual history. Through Warburg studies and urban image theory, he has contributed to methodological developments in visual culture history.

大衆文化への影響

  • Writings on David Bowie have been cited in media commentary

豆知識

  • It is reported that his father-in-law is Michiyoshi Hayashi and they have lived in a two-family house (source needed).
  • Earned a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) from the University of Tokyo in 2001.
  • Retired from the University of Tokyo in March 2024.
  • In 2025, his book 'On Arata Isozaki' was nominated for the inaugural Nagai Kafu Literary Prize.