(abbreviated "") is a private women's

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. The mission and aims of Joshibi, developing creative minds, encourages students to contribute to local, national and international societies, female independence and evaluation of social status for female through fine art and design, as well as train and educate qualified art tutors and creative artists. Joshibi is the first fine art institution for female students in Japan and is the oldest private art school.

History

Joshibi was founded on October 30, 1900, as Private Women's School of Fine Arts (PWSFA) in Hongo-ku (now Bunkyo-ku); female students were not admitted to membership of the

Tokyo University of the Arts or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...

until 1946. Joshibi founding members include Tamako Yokoi (former tutor of Joshi-Gakuin School) and Bunzo Fujita (former Professor of Tokyo University of Arts). Fujita served the first principal, and created school's logo "". PWSFA was officially oped in April 1901 with 60 students at Yumi-cho. PWSFA suffered from financial difficulties six months after the school opened. Yokoi and Fujita petitioned Shidu Sato (wife of Susumu Sato (military physician)). Sato's family owned PWSFA in January 1902, Shidu served the second principal. Yokoi died on January 4, 1903, from stomach cancer. Yumi-cho campus burned down in October 1908. Kikuzaka campus was opened at Kikuzaka-cho　in July 1909.

Joshibi High School of Art and Design abbreviated , is a private school for girls located in Tokyo, Japan. Joshibi especially emphasizes fine arts and design studies. Joshibi graduates are actively involved in various field in and out of Japan, as artists, designers, and creative ...

was opened in April 1915, Fujita served as the first school principal. PWSFA was renamed Women's School of Fine Arts (WSFA) in 1919. WSFA was accredited by the Ministry of Education as a vocational college in 1929, renamed Women's Academy of Fine Arts (WAFA). WAFA moved to

in January 1935 due to increasing enrolment. The Ministry of Education introduced a new university education law in 1949; WAFA was renamed Women's College of Fine Arts (WCFA). The College of Art and Design relocated to Sagamihara in 1990 due to campus expansion.

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programs started in 1994, and

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programs started in 1996. WCFA was renamed Joshibi University of Art and Design in 2001. Joshibi Art Museum (JAM) was opened at Sagamihara campus in 2002. The College of Art and Design underwent restructuring into three departments and 13 majors in April 2010.

Academics

The College of Art and Design offers Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA four-year) in three departments with 13 majors: *Department of Fine Arts:

Oil Painting Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on wood panel or canvas for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of ...

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Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ea ...

Nihonga ''Nihonga'' (, "Japanese-style paintings") are Japanese paintings from about 1900 onwards that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials. While based on traditions over a thousand years ...

Sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

Art Theory Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste (sociology), taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, ...

and Practice, Art Education. *Department of Design and Crafts:

Crafts A craft or trade is a pastime or an occupation that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small scale prod ...

Visual Design Communication design is a mixed discipline between design and information-development which is concerned with how media communicate with people. A communication design approach is not only concerned with developing the message in addition to the ...

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Environmental Design Environmental design is the process of addressing surrounding environmental parameters when devising plans, programs, policies, buildings, or products. It seeks to create spaces that will enhance the natural, social, cultural and physical environm ...

. *Department of Cross Disciplinary Art and Design:

Media Art New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video games, robotics, 3D prin ...

, Art and Design for

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, Art Produce and Museum Study. The Junior College of Art Design offers

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s of Fine Arts (AFA two-year) in three majors: *Fine Arts *Information Design *Creative Design Master and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree programs are offered for female and male students in three areas:

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, Design, Art and

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Campuses, museum, and galleries

*Suginami Campus: Established in 1935, in Wada,

. The Department of Cross-Disciplinary Art and Design, Graduate School of Art and Design, Junior College of Art and Design,

, University Headquarters, Alumnae Association Head Office are on the Suginami Campus. *Sagamihara Campus: Established in 1990, in Asamizo-dai,

. The College of Art and Design (Department of Fine Arts, Department of Design and Crafts), Graduate School of Art and Design are on the Sagamihara Campus. *Joshibi Art Museum (JAM) on the Sagamihara Campus opened in 2001. The museum's collection more than 15,000 works of art include Okubo Fukuko, Kataoka Tamako, Gokura Kazuko, Tada Minami,

Migishi Setsuko Migishi Setsuko (三岸節子, January 3, 1905 – April 18, 1999) was a Japanese ''yōga'' (Western-style) painter. Known for employing vivid colors and bold strokes for still-life and landscape, Migishi contributed greatly to the establishmen ...

. The museum has strong relationship with female artists and focusing on their art. The museum had acquired a part of the former Kanebo Collection in 2009. It's one of the largest textile collections in Japan which covers from the ancient to the contemporary textiles from around the world. *Joshibi Galleria nike is an art gallery re-opened in July 2012, on the Suginami Campus. Galleria nike is a working art gallery where public exhibition, research, teaching and learning intersect. The historical hall is the affiliated hall to Galleria nike introducing history of Joshibi and art works. All the collections are open to the public. *Joshibi Art Gallery in Shanghai is an art gallery opened in November 2012 in

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as an art project related to the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China. The gallery is affiliated to JAM and the first art gallery established by Japanese art university outside Japan. It introduces art works of Joshibi graduates and lecturers, new artists, teaching and learning intersect.

Notable alumna

Reine Hibiki is a Japanese people, Japanese illustrator, born November 15 in Hitachi, Ibaraki, Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. She is a graduate of Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. Her work includes illustrating the Maria-sama ga Miter ...

Kanako Higuchi (born December 13, 1958) is a Japanese actress. Her credits include film, television, and radio dramas, stage, commercials, and voice roles. Born in Kamo, Niigata, she played her first lead at age 20 in the television drama ''Kōrogi-bashi.'' ...

Fumiko Hori was a Japanese artist, known for her paintings in the Nihonga style. Biography Hori was born to a scholarly family in Hirakawacho, in Tokyo, Japan, in 1918. In 1940, she graduated from Women's School of Fine Arts (now Joshibi University of ...

Yuki Kiriga is a Japanese manga author. She is known for creating characters with cute appearances, and even provided chibi illustrations for characters in ''Sister Princess'' and '' Strawberry Panic!'' in the Japanese bishōjo magazine ''Dengeki G's Magazi ...

Aki Kondo Aki Kondo (born February 22, 1977) is a Japanese illustrator and character designer, and former staff of San-X is a Japanese stationery company known for creating and marketing Kawaii, cute characters such as Tarepanda, Rilakkuma, and Sumikk ...

* Samizu Matsuki *

Tomoko Naraoka is a Japanese actress and narrator. The daughter of a painter, she was born in Komagome, Tokyo, Komagome, Hongō, Tokyo, Hongō (present-day Bunkyō, Tokyo, Bunkyo), in the city of Tokyo City, Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from Joshibi University ...

Nagi Noda was a Japanese pop artist and art director born in Tokyo. Noda spent much of her career working as a freelance art director. She directed multiple campaigns for brands such as Nike, Laforet, and Panasonic. In addition to her commercial works, she ...

Yuko Yamaguchi is a Japanese character designer and illustrator. She is well known as the third character designer of Hello Kitty. Biography Early life Yamaguchi was born in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan. She attended Joshibi University of Art and Design where she st ...

* Kazuko Nakamura

References

External links

Joshibi University of Art and Design
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