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. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan.

History

The forerunner of Tamabi was Tama Imperial Art School (多摩帝国美術学校, Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō) founded in 1935. It was chartered as a junior college in 1950 and became a four-year college in 1953.

Campus

* Hachioji Campus (Hachioji city, Tokyo) *: Faculty of Art and Design and Graduate School of Art and Design (most of the departments are located on this campus) Tama Art University Kaminoge Cumpus

* Kaminoge Campus (Kaminoge, Setagaya-ward, Tokyo) *: Headquarters office, Faculty of Art and Design, and Graduate School of Art and Design (Department of Integrated Design and Department of Scenography Design, Drama, and Dance) * Seminar House ** Mt. Fuji Foothills Seminar House (Yamanakako, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi) ** Nara Antiquities Seminar House (Nara city, Nara)

Academics

Faculty of Art and Design

* Department of Painting ** Japanese Painting Course ** Oil Painting Course ** Graphic Arts Course * Department of Sculpture * Department of Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Works ** Ceramic Program ** Glass Program ** Metal Program * Department of Graphic Design * Department of Product and Textile Design ** Product Design Course ** Textile Design Course * Department of Architecture and Environmental Design ** Architecture Design ** Interior Design ** Landscape Design * Department of Information Design ** Art and Media Course ** Interaction Design Course * Department of Art Science * Department of Integrated Design * Department of Scenography Design, Drama, and Dance ** Scenography Design Course ** Drama and Dance Course

Graduate School of Art and Design

* Master's Degree Course *Experimental Workshop（EWS） * Doctoral Degree Course

courses

Tama Art University Creative Leadership Program

Research institutes and facilities

* Tama Art University Library *

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International joint projects

Pacific Rim Project

: Since 2006, students from both Tama Art University and Art Center College of Design who study in the field of design have collaborated on the Pacific Rim Project. The Pacific Rim Project focuses on global issues such as environmental protection, natural disasters and related topics over the course of a 14-week program. The Project is based on collaborative research, the results of which are summarized and shared via public exhibits.

(Color/Materials/Trends Exploration Laboratory)

Banana Textile Project

Day-see Program

List of presidents

* :ja:北れい吉, Reikichi Kita *

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, 1935–1947 *Kinji Inoue, 1947–1968 * Ishida Eiichirō, April to November 1968 * Ichiro Fukuzawa, 1968–1970 * Shinichi Mashita, 1970–1975 * Yorihiro Naito, 1979–1987 *Kenshi Goto, 1987–1999 * Nobuo Tsuji, 1999–2003 *Shiro Takahashi, 2003–2007 * Yoshihide Seita, 2007–2011 * Takenobu Igarashi, 2011–2015 * Akira Tatehata, 2015-

Notable current and past faculty

* Shigeo Anzai, photographer *

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, artist * So Aono, novelist *

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, film director *

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, industrial designer * Tsuneari Fukuda, dramatist *

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, sculptor *

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, painter *

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, musician *

Masuo Ikeda was a Japanese painter, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, ceramist, novelist, and film director from Nagano Prefecture. Awards *Ikeda won the Akutagawa Prize for ''Offering In The Aegean'' (''Eegekai ni sasagu''). Museum The Ikeda Masuo Art M ...

, painter * Kenji Imai, architect * Eiichiro Ishida, cultural anthropologist * Toyo Ito, architect *

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, photographer * Kazuo Kawasaki, industrial designer * Matazo Kayama, Japanese painter * Lee Ufan, painter and sculptor *

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, philosopher *

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, photographer and art theorist *

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, actor * Togyu Okumura, Japanese painter * Kenjiro Sano, graphic designer *

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, historian of Japanese art *

Kazuyo Sejima is a Japanese architect and director of her own firm, Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. In 1995, she co-founded the firm SANAA (Sejima + Nishizawa & Associates). In 2010, Sejima was the second woman to receive the Pritzker Prize, which was awarded j ...

, architect *

Nobuo Sekine was a Japanese sculptor who resided in both Tokyo, Japan, and Los Angeles, California. A graduate of Tama Art University, he was one of the key members of Mono-ha, a group of artists who became prominent in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The ...

, sculptor *

Keisuke Serizawa was a Japanese textile designer. In 1956, he was designated as a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government for his ''katazome'' stencil dyeing technique. A leading member of the ''mingei'' movement founded by Yanagi Sōetsu, Serizawa ...

, textile designer *

, graphic designer. One of the founders of Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakko (predecessor of Tama Art University) in 1935. *

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, film director *

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, choreographer * Charles Tsunashima, furniture designer *

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, graphic designer

Notable alumni

Art and Design

Graphic designers * Kenjiro Sano * Kashiwa Sato *

Makoto Wada (10 April 1936 – 7 October 2019) was a Japanese illustrator, essayist, and film director. Biography Wada was born in Osaka on 10 April 1936. He attended Tama Art University, where he won the Japan Advertising Art Award in 1957. As an illus ...

Fashion designers *

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Industrial designers *

* Masahiro Mori Fine artists *

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Yuken Teruya Yuken Teruya ( jap. 照屋勇賢, ''Teruya Yūken;'' born 1973 in Haebaru, Okinawa) is an artist based in New York City and Berlin. Biography Teruya was born and raised in Okinawa. He received his BFA at Tama Art University in 1996, his Pos ...

Susumu Koshimizu is a Japanese sculptor and an installation artist. He is one of the key members of Mono-ha, a group of artists who became prominent in the late 1960s and 1970s. Mono-ha was the name given to a loosely associated group of artists whose work wa ...

Kenjiro Okazaki is a Japanese visual artist and robotics designer whose works span several genres, including painting, sculpture (reliefs and constructions), as well as landscape design and architecture. Career Many of Okazaki's visual works have been feature ...

* Kakiemon Sakaida *

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* Aya Takano *

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* Takeshi Motomiya Photographers * Akira Fujii *

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Yoshio Itagaki is a Japanese artist and photographer. He has appeared on the American television program ''Nightline'' and on ''News 11'' on Japan's NHK. Education Itagaki received a B.A. in Studio Art from Tama Art University (Tokyo, Japan) in 1991 and a ...

* Ryuji Miyamoto * Mika Ninagawa

Entertainment and communications

Directors/filmmakers *

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Kunio Kato Kunio (written: 邦夫, 邦男, 邦雄, 邦生, 國男, 國士, 国男, 国夫, 州男 or 久仁生) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese businessman *, Japanese judge *, Jap ...

* Kentaro Otani Manga artists *

Usamaru Furuya is a Japanese manga artist. Biography During elementary school, Furuya enrolled in the Osamu Tezuka Manga Correspondence Course and by the time he reached high school he had discovered a darker, more underground style. He graduated from Tama ...

Etsumi Haruki is a Japanese manga artist. He received the 1981 Shogakukan Manga Award The is one of Japan's major manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan ...

Daisuke Igarashi is a Japanese manga artist born in Saitama (2 April 1969), Japan. He began his professional career in 1993. Igarashi is known among manga fans for his bold, detailed art style and innovative storytelling. While his works are often described as f ...

* Yoshiyuki Nishi *

Saori Oguri is a Japanese manga artist born in Gifu Prefecture, Japan. She is a graduate of Tama Art University, where she studied graphic design. Her first work was ''Sora ni makka na mono relu'' in the '' shōjo'' comic magazine, ''Chorus'' (published in ...

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* Tamakichi Sakura * Hiroaki Samura *

Kotobuki Shiriagari is a Japanese manga artist and actor. Life Shiriagari was born in Shizuoka in 1958. He studied graphic design at Tama Art University in Tokyo. In early 1981, after graduation, he began to work as an advertising illustrator for the beer compa ...

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Kei Toume is a Japanese manga artist. Kei Toume studied at the Tama Art University in Tokyo. Her first manga, ''Rokujō gekijō'', was published in Comic Burger magazine in 1992. The manga won her the Shiki prize in a contest held by Kodansha in 1993. A ...

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* Makoto Yukimura Actors * Shintaro Asanuma *

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* Kōichi Satō *

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Comedians * Jin Katagiri ( Rahmens) * Kentaro Kobayashi ( Rahmens) Musicians * Hirohisa Horie *

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Cooperation with other institutions in Japan

ARTSAT Project

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Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition)

Joshibi University of Art and Design (abbreviated "") is a private women's art school in Suginami and Sagamihara in Japan. The mission and aims of Joshibi, developing creative minds, encourages students to contribute to local, national and international societies, female independe ...

Musashino Art University or is a private university in Kodaira, Western Tokyo, founded in 1962 with roots going back to 1929. It is known as one of the leading art universities in Japan. History In October 1929, was founded. In December 1948, it became , and in ...

Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice, in 1889. It is one of Japan's leading private universit ...

College of Art * Tama Art University *

Tokyo Zokei University is a private university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1966 by Japanese art educator, fashion designer and design journalist, Yoko Kuwasawa (1910-1977). It is a four-year art college offering both bachelor's and master's degrees in studio ...

Art Universities Liaison Council

College of Art * Tama Art University *

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 ...

Comprehensive joint agreement

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

Showa University is a private comprehensive medical university in Japan with campuses in Tokyo, Yamanashi and Kanagawa Prefectures. It currently has four schools: medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing and rehabilitation sciences. What was to become today' ...

Tokyo City University , often called or TCU for short, is an engineering, environmental and information sciences focused private university located in Tokyo, Japan. The university has four campuses, the Setagaya campus close to the Tama River at Oyamadai, Setagay ...

Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)

Regional collaborative projects

* Tama Rivers * Sagamachi Consortium * Hachioji Academic City University "Icho-juku" * University/High School Collaboration Lectures * Community gallery "Tamabiba" * Art Laboratory Hashimoto

Art events/exhibitions

Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial

TAMAVIVANT

Tokyo Art Flow

Alumni association

The Alumni Association of Tama Art University

Publications

TAMABI NEWS

tamabi.tv
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References

External links

Tama Art University Official Website
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Works by notable alumni

tamabi.tv - OpenCourseWare

Tama Art University Faculty Database
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