Tama Art University
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Tama Art University (多摩美術大学 Tama bijutsu daigaku or "Tama-bi" for short) is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The predecessor of the school, Tama Teikoku Art School (多摩帝国美術学校, Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō) was founded in 1935 as a spinoff from Teikoku Art School (帝国美術学校, Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō; meaning "imperial art school") which became Musashino Art University in 1962. Tama-bi was chartered as a junior college in 1950 and was re-established as a four-year college in 1953. It is known as one of Japan's leading art universities.
[edit] Alumni
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- Shigeo Anzai, a photographer
- Naoto Fukasawa, an industrial designer
- Miyako Ishiuchi, a photographer
- Yumi Matsutoya, a musician
- Issey Miyake, a fashion designer
- Masahiro Mori, an industrial designer
- Hidetoshi Nagasawa, a sculptor
- Kenjiro Okazaki, a visual artist
- Akemi Takada, painter, illustrator, anime character designer
- Naoto Takenaka, an actor
- Kazufumi Nagai, a graphic designer, President of HAKUHODO DESIGN
- Takashi Akiyama, a graphic designer, an Illustrator
- Takuya Ohnuki, a graphic designer
- Mika Ninagawa, a photographer
- Ryuji Miyamoto, a photographer
- Aya Takano, an artist
- Yasuhiro Mihara, a shoe designer
- Kyouji Takubo, an artist
- Kakiemon Sakaida, a Japanese potter, Imari porcelain
- Tomoyuki Utsumi, an architect, Founder of milligram architectural studio
- Keiko Erioka, a graphic designer,a game designer, Honorary President of KOEInet
- Masakazu Saito, CEO of kabu.com, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,Inc
- Takashi Shouji, a graphic designer, former Chairman, and Board Counsel of Hakuhodo DY Holdings Incorporated
- Tsutomu Numata, a product designer, President of ELM DESIGN, Yamaha Motor group
- Shinya Iwakura, a product designer, former Managing Board of Directors of Honda Motor Company, Ltd
- Yukio Ota, a graphic designer, a pictographer
- Ikuyo Mihashi, a interior designer, principal of Uchida Design Inc.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Interview with Shoji Ito, Design and Art director of MUJI and graduate from the Tama Art University
- Tama Art University Library
Coordinates: 35°36′50.90″N 139°38′11.99″E / 35.614139°N 139.6366639°E
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