Ataka Eiichi

Ataka Eiichi ( Japanese 安 宅 英 一 ; born January 1, 1901 ; died May 7, 1994 ) was a Japanese entrepreneur (director of the Ataka company) and patron .

Live and act

Ataka Eiichi was born as the eldest son of the company's founder Ataka Yakichi ( 安 宅 弥 吉 ; 1873-1949). He graduated from high school in Kobe at the Kobe Business School ( 神 戸 高等 産業 学校 , Kobe kōtō sangyō gakkō ). In 1924 he joined his father's company and was head of the company from 1925 to 1934. From 1955 to 1965 he was chairman of the supervisory board, but did not actively exercise the office.

• Eiichi was enthusiastic about ancient Chinese, Korean and Japanese ceramics and built up a large collection.
• For the music academy in Tōkyō ( 東京 音 楽 学校 , Tōkyō ongaku gakkō ) he donated the Ataka Prize ( 安 宅 賞 , Ataka-shō ), with which outstanding young musicians were financially supported. Today the prize will be awarded by the successor organization , now supported by Eiichi's son Akiya ( 昭 弥 ).
• The father had not chosen Eiichi, who was interested in art, but rather his second son as his successor.
• Under Eiichi, the company got into difficulties due to wrong decisions by the bosses to whom he had left the management of the company, which finally led to its liquidation between 1975 and 1977. The Sumitomo Group , a group of companies and banks, took over part of the bankruptcy estate and donated the art collection to the city of Osaka. For this purpose, they built the Museum of Far Eastern Ceramics in a central location of the city, which was opened in 1982.

Remarks

1. ↑ Today, Faculty of Economics at Kobe University .

literature

• Laurance P. Roberts: Museum of Oriental Ceramics . In: Japanese Museums. Simul-Press, 1987. ISBN 4-377-50737-0 .

Web links

• Ataka Eiichi in Weblio, accessed December 9, 2016
• Ataka Eiichi in Kotobank, accessed December 9, 2016

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Ataka is the family name, Eiichi the first name.