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{{short description|Japanese poet and sculptor}}
{{japanese name|Takamura}}
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|name = Kōtarō Takamura
|name = Kōtarō Takamura
| native_name = 高村 光太郎
| native_name_lang = ja
|image = 高村光太郎.jpg
|image = 高村光太郎.jpg
|caption = Kōtarō in 1911, aged 29
|caption = Kōtarō in 1911, aged 29
|birth_date = {{birth date|1883|3|13}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1883|3|13}}
|birth_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|birth_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan
|death_date = {{death date and age|1956|4|2|1883|3|13}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1956|4|2|1883|3|13}}
|death_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|death_place = Tokyo, Japan
|occupation = Poet, Writer, Sculptor
|occupation = Poet, writer, sculptor
|nationality = [[Japanese people|Japanese]]
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{{Nihongo|'''Kōtarō Takamura'''|高村 光太郎|Takamura Kōtarō|extra=March 13, 1883 – April 2, 1956}} was a Japanese [[Japanese poetry|poet]] and sculptor.
{{Nihongo|'''Kōtarō Takamura'''|高村 光太郎|Takamura Kōtarō|March 13, 1883 – April 2, 1956}} was a Japanese [[Japanese poetry|poet]] and sculptor.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Takamura was the eldest son of Japanese sculptor [[Takamura Kōun]]. He graduated from the [[Tokyo School of Fine Arts]] in 1902, where he studied sculpture and oil painting. He studied in New York, at the Art Students League of New York City in 1906. While in New York, Takamura studied under the well known sculptor [[Gutzon Borglum]]. Takamura's time spent in America was difficult, and had great impact on his sculpture work and literary work. Takamura additionally studied in London in 1907, where he met his best friend [[Bernard Leach]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Takamura Kōtarō's Love-Hate Relationship with the West.|journal = Comparative Literature Studies|volume = 26|issue = 3|pages = 214–233|last=Hirakawa|first=Sukehiro|date=1989|jstor = 40246676}}</ref> After finishing his studies in Paris in 1908, he returned to Japan in 1909<ref>A Brief History of Imbecility, Hiroaki Sato, University of Hawaii Press, 1992, xv-xvi</ref> and lived there for the rest of his life. His sculptural work shows strong influence both from Western work (especially [[Auguste Rodin]], whom he idolized) and from the [[Shirakabaha]] society. Takamura dedicated his artwork style to separating itself from the traditional Japanese style of art. Takamura and other artists were seen as leaders of a revolution in Japanese artwork.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Schoneveld|first=Erin|title=Shirakaba and Japanese Modernism |date=2019|pages=113–160 |doi = 10.1163/9789004393639_006|chapter = Revolutionary Art, Revolutionary Artists|isbn = 9789004393639|s2cid=187865615 }}</ref>
Kōtarō was the son of [[Takamura Kōun]], a renowned Japanese sculptor.

He graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1902, where he studied sculpture and Western-styled painting. He studied in New York, at the Art Student's League of New York City, under Gutzon Borglum in 1906, London in 1907, and in Paris in 1908, returning to Japan in 1909, and lived there for the rest of his life.

His sculptural work shows strong influence both from Western work (especially [[Auguste Rodin]], whom he idolized) and from Japanese traditions.


[[File:高村智恵子と高村光太郎.jpg|thumb|upright|Chieko and Kōtarō]]
[[File:高村智恵子と高村光太郎.jpg|thumb|upright|Chieko and Kōtarō]]
He is also famous for his poems, and especially for his 1941 collection ''Chiekoshō'' (智恵子抄 literally "Selections of Chieko", in English titled ''Chieko's sky'' after one of the poems therein), a collection of poems about his wife [[Chieko Takamura]], who died in 1938.
He is also famous for his poems, and especially for his 1941 collection ''Chiekoshō'' (智恵子抄, literally "Selections of Chieko", English title "Chieko's sky" after one of the poems therein), a collection of poems about his wife [[Chieko Takamura]] née Naganuma, the oil painter, paper artist and early member of the Japanese feminist movement, who died in 1938.<ref>{{cite book|last=Birnbaum|first= Phyllis|title=Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo: Five Japanese Women|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=January 22, 2015|isbn=9780231500029}}</ref> In 1951 Takamura received the 2nd [[Yomiuri Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://info.yomiuri.co.jp/contest/clspgl/bungaku.html|language=japanese|title=読売文学賞|trans-title=Yomiuri Prize for Literature|publisher=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]]|access-date=September 28, 2018}}</ref>


==Published works==
==Published works==
* ''[[Chieko's sky]]'', 1941 (English translation 1978) - ISBN 0-87011-313-5 (English)
* ''Chieko's sky'', 1941 (English translation 1978) - {{ISBN|0-87011-313-5}} (English)
* ''The Chieko poems'', bilingual edition, 2005 - ISBN 1-931243-97-2
* ''The Chieko poems'', bilingual edition, 2005 - {{ISBN|1-931243-97-2}}
* ''Poèmes à Chieko'', bilingual edition (Japanese and French), Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2021, {{ISBN|979-10-300-0579-0}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6134778 Find-A-Grave biography]

==External links==
* [http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0847675.html Factmonster biography]
* [http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0847675.html Factmonster biography]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080530190324/http://www.horror-house.jp/e/cat3/kotaro-takamura-18831956.html Kotaro Takamura's grave]
* [http://www.artfact.com/features/viewArtist.cfm?1=1&searchType=artist&artistRef=V1AWZH4K4P Artfact biography]

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* [http://www.horror-house.jp/e/cat3/kotaro-takamura-18831956.html Kotaro Takamura's grave]
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Kōtarō Takamura
Kōtarō in 1911, aged 29
Kōtarō in 1911, aged 29
Native name
高村 光太郎
Born(1883-03-13)March 13, 1883
Tokyo, Japan
DiedApril 2, 1956(1956-04-02) (aged 73)
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationPoet, writer, sculptor

Kōtarō Takamura (高村 光太郎, Takamura Kōtarō, March 13, 1883 – April 2, 1956) was a Japanese poet and sculptor.

Biography

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Takamura was the eldest son of Japanese sculptor Takamura Kōun. He graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1902, where he studied sculpture and oil painting. He studied in New York, at the Art Students League of New York City in 1906. While in New York, Takamura studied under the well known sculptor Gutzon Borglum. Takamura's time spent in America was difficult, and had great impact on his sculpture work and literary work. Takamura additionally studied in London in 1907, where he met his best friend Bernard Leach.[1] After finishing his studies in Paris in 1908, he returned to Japan in 1909[2] and lived there for the rest of his life. His sculptural work shows strong influence both from Western work (especially Auguste Rodin, whom he idolized) and from the Shirakabaha society. Takamura dedicated his artwork style to separating itself from the traditional Japanese style of art. Takamura and other artists were seen as leaders of a revolution in Japanese artwork.[3]

Chieko and Kōtarō

He is also famous for his poems, and especially for his 1941 collection Chiekoshō (智恵子抄, literally "Selections of Chieko", English title "Chieko's sky" after one of the poems therein), a collection of poems about his wife Chieko Takamura née Naganuma, the oil painter, paper artist and early member of the Japanese feminist movement, who died in 1938.[4] In 1951 Takamura received the 2nd Yomiuri Prize.[5]

Published works

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  • Chieko's sky, 1941 (English translation 1978) - ISBN 0-87011-313-5 (English)
  • The Chieko poems, bilingual edition, 2005 - ISBN 1-931243-97-2
  • Poèmes à Chieko, bilingual edition (Japanese and French), Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux, 2021, ISBN 979-10-300-0579-0

References

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  1. ^ Hirakawa, Sukehiro (1989). "Takamura Kōtarō's Love-Hate Relationship with the West". Comparative Literature Studies. 26 (3): 214–233. JSTOR 40246676.
  2. ^ A Brief History of Imbecility, Hiroaki Sato, University of Hawaii Press, 1992, xv-xvi
  3. ^ Schoneveld, Erin (2019). "Revolutionary Art, Revolutionary Artists". Shirakaba and Japanese Modernism. pp. 113–160. doi:10.1163/9789004393639_006. ISBN 9789004393639. S2CID 187865615.
  4. ^ Birnbaum, Phyllis (January 22, 2015). Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo: Five Japanese Women. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231500029.
  5. ^ "読売文学賞" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
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