Tominaga Naoki

Philipp Franz von Siebold

Tominaga Naoki ( Japanese 富 永 直樹 , actually Tominaga Yoshio ( 富 永 良 雄 ); born May 18, 1913 in Nagasaki ; died April 11, 2006 ) was a Japanese sculptor of the Shōwa period .

life and work

Tominaga Naoki, born in Nagasaki, went to Tōkyō in 1933 and enrolled at the "Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō" ( 東京 美術 学校 ), the forerunner of the Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku , and studied sculpture under Kitamura Seibō . In 1936, he was still a student when his sculpture “Head of Miss F” ( F 子 の 首 F-ko no kubi ) was accepted at the state “ Bunten ” exhibition. In 1938 he continued his education in the school's graduate course, which he finished in 1940.

After the Pacific War , Tominaga was praised at the “ Nitten ” and other exhibitions. His sculpture "Team Captain " ( 主将Shushō ) was set up in 1952 at the main gate of the Prince Chichibu Rugby Stadium . - In 1958 he became a member of the Nitten. His "Kannon, the merciful mother" ( 慈母 観 音像 Jibo Kannon-zō ), completed in 1967, was set up on the island of Awaji . In 1968 he was awarded the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs ( 芸 術 選 奨 文 部 大臣 賞 Geijutsu Senshō Mombudaijin-shō ), in 1971 the Japanese Academy of Arts Prize for his sculpture "Fresh Wind" ( 新 風 Shimpū ). In 1974 he became a member of the Japanese Academy of Arts , in 1984 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits , and in 1989 with the Order of Culture .

Tominaga's style is similar to that of his teacher Kitamura. In addition to his work as a sculptor, he was already busy designing telecommunications equipment before the war. After the war, he took over the design of products from the Sanyo company and ended up as head of the department at the company's headquarters.

Other well-known works by Tominaga are "Gezeiten" ( 潮 Ushio ) and "Call for Peace" ( 平和 の 叫 び Heiwa no sakebi ).

Remarks

1. ^ At the Siebold Memorial Museum, Nagasaki.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Tominaga Naoki . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1602.
• Tazawa, Yutaka: Tominaga Naoki . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art. Kodansha International, 1981. ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .

Web links (images)

At the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo :

• Sculpture: "Shaka, coming to save the world", 1966 ( 救世 に 立 ち あ が る 釈 迦 Kyūsei ni tachiagaru Shaka )

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