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, sculpture, crafts, inter-media, sound, music composition, traditional instruments, art curation and global arts.

History

Under the establishment of the National School Establishment Law, the university was formed in 1949 by the merger of the and the , both founded in 1887. The former Tokyo Fine Arts School was then restructured as the Faculty of Fine Arts under the university. Originally male-only, the school began to admit women in 1946. The graduate school opened in 1963, and began offering doctoral degrees in 1977. The doctoral degree in fine art practice initiated in the 1980s was one of the earliest programs to do so globally. After the abolition of the National School Establishment Law and the formation of the National University Corporations on April 1, 2004, the school became known as the . On April 1, 2008, the university changed its English name from "Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music" to "Tokyo University of the Arts." The school has had student exchanges with a number of other art and music institutions such as École des Beaux-Arts (France), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (USA), the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conservatoire in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of ...

(UK), the University of Sydney and Queensland College of Art, Griffith University (Australia), the Korea National University of Arts, and the China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Departments

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Department of Fine Arts

(Includes undergraduate and graduate school programs) * Japanese Painting *Oil Painting * Sculpture * Craft * Design * Architecture and

Planning Planning is the process of thinking regarding the activities required to achieve a desired goal. Planning is based on foresight, the fundamental capacity for mental time travel. The evolution of forethought, the capacity to think ahead, is consi ...

* Aesthetics and Art History *Inter-media Arts * Conservation

Department of Music

(Includes undergraduate and graduate school programs) * Composition *

Conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duti ...

* Vocal Music * Piano *

Organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

String instrument String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner. Musicians play some string instruments by plucking the ...

s * Wind and Percussion Instruments *

Early Music Early music generally comprises Medieval music (500–1400) and Renaissance music (1400–1600), but can also include Baroque music (1600–1750). Originating in Europe, early music is a broad musical era for the beginning of Western classical m ...

Musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

*Traditional

Japanese Music In Japan, music includes a wide array of distinct genres, both traditional and modern. The word for "music" in Japanese is 音楽 (''ongaku''), combining the kanji 音 ''on'' (sound) with the kanji 楽 ''gaku'' (music, comfort). Japan is the world ...

*Musical Creativity and the Environment

Graduate School of Film and New Media

(Only for graduate students) *Film production *New media *

Animation Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

Graduate School of Global Arts

* Arts Studies and Curatorial Practices

Organization

University Art Museum
* University Library * University Orchestra * University Opera *Administration Office *Art Media Center *Center for Music Research *Geidai Art Plaza *Health Care Service Center *Institute of Ancient Art Research *Oversea Student Center *Photography Center *Performing Arts Center *Senior High School of Music * Sogakudo Concert Hall *Training Center for Foreign Language and Diction

Contact information

*Tokyo University of the Arts
12-8 Ueno Park
Taitō, Tokyo 110-8714, Japan

Alumni

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(1927-2001) Artist Carl Randall.jpg, Painter

Carl Randall Carl Randall (born 1975) is a British figurative painter, whose work is based on images of modern Japan and London. Education Randall is a graduate of The Slade School of Fine Art London (BA Fine Art), the Royal Drawing School London (The Dra ...

(born 1975). Winner of the 2012 Nomura Art Prize at Tokyo Geidai. File:Hashimoto Qunihico.jpg, composer

Kunihiko Hashimoto (September 14, 1904 – May 6, 1949) was a Japanese composer, violinist, conductor, and musical educator. He was born in the Hongō district of Tokyo. In 1923, he entered the Tokyo Music School (presently Tokyo National University of Fine Ar ...

(1904–1949) Mayuzumi toshirou.jpg, composer Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929–1997) Iwaki and yamamoto.JPG, conductor Hiroyuki Iwaki(left) and Naozumi Yamamoto(right)

Artists

Erina Matsui is a contemporary Japanese artist. She is known for her surreal self-portraits, mostly done as oil paintings. Her work has been praised for its jarring visual impact as it defies normal representations of childhood being cute and innocent. Early ...

(painter) *

Aiko Miyanaga Aiko Miyanaga (born 1974) is a contemporary Japanese artist known for sculpture and installation works that give visual form to time by revealing the evidential traces of its passing. Miyanaga has made many works using Napthalene which leads ...

(sculptor) * Firoz Mahmud (Bangladeshi contemporary Artist / painter) *

Eric Van Hove Éric Van Hove (born 1975 in Guelma, Algeria) is a Cameroon-raised Belgian metamodern conceptual artist. He lives and works between Brussels and Marrakech. He is the grandson of Louis Van Hove, co-founder and CEO of the Structures Group, the la ...

(Belgian artist) * Takashi Murakami (artist) * Yoshitoshi Abe (cartoonist / illustrator) * Cóilín Ó Dubhghaill (metalworker and irogane researcher) *

Shin Egashira Shin may refer to: Biology * The front part of the human leg below the knee * Shinbone, the tibia, the larger of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates Names * Shin (given name) (Katakana: シン, Hiragana: しん), a Japanese gi ...

(Architect/ Sculptor) * Tsuguharu Foujita (oil painter / sculptor) *

Shigeo Fukuda was a sculptor, medallist, graphic artist and poster designer who created optical illusions. His art pieces usually portray deception, such as ''Lunch With a Helmet On'', a sculpture created entirely from forks, knives, and spoons, that cas ...

(graphic designer) *

Jin Goto is a Japanese ''nihonga'' and picture book painter. Biography He was born in Hyogo. His uncle is an artisan of Karakuri ningyō.''Monthly Beaux-Arts'' No. 320, p.14-20. August 2004. A corporate juridical person, Salon des Beaux-Arts In 1986, ...

(artist / painter - Nihonga painting) * Fuyuko Matsui (painter) * Kaii Higashiyama (painter) * Ikuo Hirayama (painter) * Shunsō Hishida (painter) * Eiko Ishioka (designer) *

Mari Katayama is a Japanese multimedia artist known for her sculpture and photography work. Her work focuses on themes such as body image, identity, and her experience as an amputee. Early life Katayama was born 1987 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She later m ...

(textile artist and photographer) *

Tōichi Katō was a Japanese painter in the ''Nihonga'' style and board chairman of the Nitten, a significant Japanese art conference. He and his older brother, Eizō Katō, have a museum dedicated to their works in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture. Biography *1916 B ...

(painter) * Gyokudo Kawai (painter) *

Kim Su-keun Kim Swoo Geun (February 20, 1931 – June 14, 1986) was a prominent South Korean architect, educator, publisher and patron of artists. Along with architect Kim Joong Up (김중업), he is recognised as a significant contributor in the histo ...

(architect) *

Kim Yong-jun (art critic) Kim Yong-jun (김용준, 金瑢俊, 3 February 1904 - 3 November 1967), pen name Geunwon (근원, 近園), was a Korean artist, art critic, and art historian. He is known for writing ''Geunwon supil'' (근원수필, 近園隨筆, 1948) and ''Joseon ...

Ryōhei Koiso (July 25, 1903 – December 16, 1988) was a Japanese artist. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts western art department in 1927 and had a successful career from early on. During World War II he was often commissioned painting ...

(oil painter) * Yōichi Kotabe (animator) * Seiji Kurata (photographer) * Tetsuya Noda (artist) * Kakuzō Okakura (essayist) * Tarō Okamoto (artist) *

(painter) * Lee Shih-chiao (painter) *

Kanzan Shimomura was the art-name, pseudonym of a nihonga painter in Meiji era, Meiji through to the early Shōwa period Japan. His real name was Shimomura Seizaburō. Biography Kanzan was born in 1873 in Wakayama, Wakayama, Wakayama city, Wakayama Prefecture i ...

(painter)Biography
of Shimomura, "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures", National Diet Library. Accessed 2010-09-02. *

Yasushi Sugiyama was a Japanese painter of the Shōwa and Heisei eras, who practiced the nihonga style of watercolour painting. Biography Sugiyama was born in 1909 in Asakusa, the eldest son of the owner of a stationery shop. In 1928, Sugiyama enrolled in t ...

(painter) *

Shinzaburo Takeda Shinzaburo Takeda is a Japanese-Mexican painter and printmaker. He is considered one of Oaxaca's most important artists. Takeda has lived in Mexico for over fifty years and trained several generations of Mexican artists, many of them indigenous ...

(printmaker / painter) * Masao Tamiya (graphic artist) * Tadao Tominari (photographer) * Kōtarō Takamura (sculptor / poet) * Hiroshi Teshigahara (film director) *

Eisaku Wada Eisaku (written: , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan *, Japanese politician *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese painter *, ...

(painter / faculty) *

Yoshihiko Wada is a Japanese painter. Biography * Born in Miyama (present day Kihoku), Kitamura, Mie, Japan in 1940, his father was a cleric. * He graduated from Asahigaoka High School (旭丘高校) in Aichi. * In 1959, he enrolled on the oil painting c ...

(oil painter) *

Tsubasa Yamaguchi is a Japanese manga artist. After she graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, she created two one-shots before launching her first full series, a manga adaptation of ''She and Her Cat''. Following its completion, she launched ''Blue Perio ...

(manga artist) *

Iwao Yamawaki , born Iwao Fujita, was a Japanese photographer and architect who trained at the Bauhaus.Sischy, Ingrid (ed); Yamawaki, Iwao (1999), ''Iwao Yamawaki''. Göttingen: Edition 7L, Steidl. Early life and education Born in Nagasaki, Yamawaki studi ...

(photographer / architect) *

Ryumon Yasuda was a Japanese painter and sculptor. Biography Yasuda was born as Juemon Yasuda in Ryumon Village, Naga District (now Kinokawa City) in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan in 1891. He was inspired to pursue arts after seeing Hishida Shunsō's "The Fall ...

(painter / sculptor) *

Taikan Yokoyama was the art-name of a major figure in pre-World War II Japanese painting. He is notable for helping create the Japanese painting technique of ''Nihonga''. Early life Yokoyama was born in Mito city, Ibaraki Prefecture, as the eldest son of Sa ...

(painter)
Yassan
(GPS drawing) *

Yukihiko Yasuda was the pseudonym of a major figure in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japanese painting, and is regarded as one of the founders of the Japanese painting technique of '' nihonga''. His real name was Yasuda Shinzaburō. Biography He was born i ...

(painter) * Yorozu Tetsugoro (painter)

Musicians

* Yasushi Akutagawa (composer) * Ikuma Dan (composer) * Ichiro Fujiyama (singer / composer) * Akiko Futaba (singer) *

Mihoko Fujimura is a Japanese operatic mezzo-soprano who made an international career based in Europe. She was recognized internationally after her 2002 debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Fricka in Wagner's ''Ring'' cycle. In concert, she performed in Verdi' ...

(operatic mezzo-soprano)) *

(composer) * Shiro Hamaguchi (composer / arranger) * Masashi Hamauzu (composer) * Hikaru Hayashi (composer) * Ryohei Hirose (composer) * Shin-ichiro Ikebe (composer) * Hiroyuki Iwaki (conductor) * Taku Iwasaki (composer) * Hiroshi Kajiwara (pianist) *

Kaoru Kakudo Kaoru Kakudo (1947 – April 15, 2004) was a violinist, born in Japan, who performed internationally in recital and solo orchestral appearances. She was a concertmaster of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra in the Netherlands. Biography Violin ...

(violinist) * Ken'ichiro Kobayashi (conductor) *

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(composer) * Hayato Matsuo (composer) * Toshiro Mayuzumi (composer) * Minoru Miki (composer) * Hajime Mizoguchi (composer) *

Makoto Moroi (17 December 1930 – 2 September 2013) was a Japanese composer. Biography Makoto Moroi was born in Tokyō, and is the son of Saburō Moroi. He studied composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and M ...

(composer) * Kōtarō Nakagawa (composer / arranger) * Akira Nishimura (composer) * Shigeaki Saegusa (composer) * Toshihiko Sahashi (composer) * Ryuichi Sakamoto (composer) * Kazue Sawai (koto player) * Tadao Sawai (koto player and composer) * Tatsuo Sasaki (Timpani/marimba player) *

Makoto Shinohara is a Japanese composer. Biography Born in Osaka, Japan, Shinohara studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts from 1952 to 1954, studying composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, piano with , and conducting with Akeo Watanabe and Kurt Wöss. Fro ...

(composer) * Masaaki Suzuki (organist / harpsichordist / conductor) * Motoaki Takenouchi (composer) * Yuzo Toyama (composer / conductor) * Rentarō Taki (composer) * Chiyuki Urano (baritone) * Kosaku Yamada (composer / conductor) * Kazuo Yamada (conductor) *

Akio Yashiro was a Japanese composer. Biography He was born in Tokyo. Yashiro entered the Tokyo Music School (presently the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) in 1945, where he studied composition under Saburo Moroi, Kunihiko Hashimoto, Tomoji ...

(composer) * Akeo Watanabe (conductor) * Diramore (composer / music director)

Others

* Kenji Ekuan (industrial designer) * Eiji Aonuma (video game designer) *

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(conservation scientist) * Norio Ohga (former president of Sony / singer / conductor) * Rin' (pop group)

Faculty members

Masaki Fujihata is a Japanese sound, installation and interactive artist. He is a professor at Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education insti ...

(new media) * (inter-media arts) * Osamu Kido (sculpture) * Atsushi Kitagawara (architecture) * Takeshi Kitano (film) * Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi (conducting) *

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific n ...

(film) *

Toyomichi Kurita Toyomichi Kurita (栗田豊道 ''Kurita Toyomichi''; born 1950) is a Japanese cinematographer who has worked in both Japan and the United States. Kurita won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for ''Trouble in Mind'' (1985) w ...

(film) * Joun Ōshima (sculpture), noted Japanese sculptor in the Meiji/Taisho/Showa periods * Meio Saitō (oil painting) *

Tokihiro Satō __NOTOC__ is a Japanese photographer and educator. Sato is best known for his unusual expressions of light and space and interpretations of performance and dance. Biography Tokihiro Sato was born on September 14, 1957 in Sakata, Yamagata Prefe ...

(inter-media arts) * Michael W. Schneider (printmaking) * Takashi Shimizu (violin) *

* Masaaki Suzuki (early music) *

Ritsuko Taho Ritsuko (written: 律子 lit. "law, child", りつ子 or リツ子), is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ritsuko Hiroto (born 1981), Japanese cricketer *, Japanese writer *, Japanese singer *Ritsuko Mori R ...

(inter-media arts) * Toru Takahashi (education) * Kōun TakamuraBiography
of Takamura, "Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures", National Diet Library. Accessed 2010-09-02. *

Kenji Watanabe was a Japanese breaststroke swimmer. He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best Olympic result was the 7th place (2:14.70) in the Men's 200m Breaststroke event at the 1992 Summer Olympics i ...

(piano) *

Yoshiaki Watanabe __NOTOC__ (June 24, 1955 - November 4, 2009) was a Japanese artist, born in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan and best known for his installation work involving candles. He graduated from the undergraduate program at the Tokyo National University of Fine ...

(inter-media arts) *Koji Yamamoto (industrial arts)

References

External links

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