Toshio Yodoi
Toshio Yodoi (淀井 敏夫, Yodoi Toshio, February 15, 1911 – February 14, 2005) was a Japanese sculptor, a pioneer of Japanese modern and contemporary arts. In 1994, he was officially recognized by the Japanese government as a "Person of Cultural Merit;" and in 2001, the Order of Culture was conferred.[1]
Early life
Toshio was born in 1911 in Asago in Hyōgo Prefecture. He was a 1933 graduate of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.[1]
Honors
Emperor Akihito personally conferred the Order of Culture on sculptor Toshio Yodoi as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi looked on. Only the highest-ranking awards, such as this rare honor, are bestowed personally by the emperor.[2]
- 2001 – Order of Culture.[3]
- 1994 – Person of Cultural Merit.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c International Art Institute: Toshio Yodoi, biography
- ^ Magnier, Mark. "Badges of Honor, Discord; Japan's imperial awards, which often go to bureaucrats, point up its rigid, elitist ways and are in need of new selection criteria, critics say," Los Angeles Times. April 26, 2002.
- ^ "Cultural Highlights; From the Japanese Press (August 1–October 31, 2001)," Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Japan Foundation Newsletter, Vol. XXIX, No. 2, p. 7.
References
- Yodoi, Toshio. (1997) 彫刻家淀井敏夫の世界展 : 溶け合う形, 自然と人と (Chōkokuka Yodoi Toshio no sekai ten: tokeau katachi, shizen to hito to or Nature and human beings, a fusion of forms: the sculpture of Toshio Yodoi). Tokyo: Setagaya Bijutsukan. OCLC 46715855
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