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Fuyuko Kamisaka
was a Japanese non-fiction author. Life and career Kamisaka was born as Yoshiko Niwa in Tokyo on June 10, 1930. Her first work, ''Shokuba-no gunzo'' (''People at a Place of Work''), based on her experiences as a worker for Toyota, was published in 1959 and won a prize for works by new authors. Her best-known work is ""Keishu Nazare-en" about a facility for Japanese widows of South Koreans. Other works dealt with Sugamo Prison, the Battle of Iwo Jima and vivisection experiments conducted by the Japanese on prisoners of war. Death Kamisaka died of cancer, aged 78, on April 14, 2009 in her native Tokyo. Awards In 1993, Kamisaka received the Kikuchi Kan Prize The honors achievement in all aspects of Japanese literary culture. It was named in honor of Kikuchi Kan. The prize is presented annually by the literary magazine ''Bungei Shunjū'' and the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature. Histor .... References 1931 births 2009 deaths Deaths from cancer in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamisaka Sekka
was an important artistic figure in early twentieth-century Japan. Born in Kyoto to a Samurai family, his talents for art and design were recognized early. He eventually allied himself with the traditional Rinpa school of art. He is considered the last great proponent of this artistic tradition. Sekka also worked in lacquer and in a variety of other media. As traditional Japanese styles became unfashionable (such as Rimpa style), Japan implemented policies to promote the country's unique artistic style by upgrading the status of traditional artists who infused their craft with a dose of modernism. In 1901, Sekka was sent by the Japanese government to Glasgow where he was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau. He sought to learn more about the Western attraction to Japonism, and which elements or facets of Japanese art would be more attractive to the West. Returning to Japan, he taught at the newly opened Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts, experimented with Western tastes, st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
