About Kyōko Asakura
Lived 1925 – 2016 (aged 90). Kyōko Asakura was a Japanese sculptor.
was a Japanese sculptor. Her birth name was written . She was the second daughter of sculptor Fumio Asakura and sister of stage designer and painter Setsu Asakura.
Career 1948 - Nitten Excellence 1956 - withdrew from Nitten 1979 - 7th Nagano prefecture Outdoor Sculpture Award 1982 - Teijiro Nakahara Excellence Award.
Solo Exhibition 1960 - Bungeishunjū gallery, Tokyo 1962 - Takashimaya, Osaka prefecture 1967 - Gallery Cube, Tokyo 1970 - Gallery Universe, Tokyo (also in 1973, 1978, 1981) 1985 - Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo / Yamagata Museum of Art, Yamagata Prefecture 1988 - Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo (also in 1993) 2000 - Modern Sculpture Center, Tokyo 2000 - Fumio Asakura Memorial Hall, Oita Prefecture 2003–2004 - Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka prefecture 2010 - Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
Public space collection "ANNE", New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido "Futari", Sendai West Park, Miyagi prefecture "Raleigh", Akita Museum of Modern Art, Akita Prefecture "MARI", Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo "Mari and Sherry", Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo "Jill", Nihonbashi Plaza Building, Tokyo "Fiona and Arian", Education Forest Park, Tokyo "NIKE", "Summer", Tokyo Sumitomo Twin Building, Tokyo "I am a juvenile newspaper", Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park, Tokyo "Tomorrow (Kanji: "Dinner on Sun Candle")", Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo "Woman", Machida station, Tokyo "CONNECTION", Fuchu City Hall, Tokyo "Nicola", street of Himeji "Ann and Michelle", Fuchu Forest Park, Tokyo "NIKE '83", Joinus Forest, Kanagawa "Nike and Nicola", Yokohama Citizens' Cultural Center, Kanagawa "Michelle", Kawaguchi Western Park, Saitama "Raleigh", "Mary and Cathy", Sakura Station, Chiba "Lecture", Nagano-shi Shiroyama Park Children's amusement park, Nagano "Hitotsuki", Takaoka-shi Sogo-dori, Toyama "RAQUEL", Sakae Park, Aichi "Jill", Midosu Sculpture Street, Osaka "Flower", Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya, Tokyo "Vanessa", Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya, Tokyo "Lisa", Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya, Tokyo
Work Collection Asakura Kyoko Sculpture Collection and Waves, Photo book · Narahara Kazutaka, PARCO Publishing, 1980 Kyoko, Photo book, Shigeo Anzai, PARCO publication, 1985
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Who was Kyōko Asakura?
Japanese sculptor (1925-2016)
When was Kyōko Asakura born?
Kyōko Asakura was born on 9 December 1925 in Tokyo.
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Kyōko Asakura died on 30 May 2016.
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Kyōko Asakura was a sculptor.
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Kyōko Asakura was Japanese.
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