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Takamura, Kôtarô (高村光太郎) (1883–1956) By Peters, John

DOI: 10.4324/0123456789-REM1882-1
Published: 26/04/2018
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Takamura Kôtarô was a sculptor, poet, and essayist associated with several important modern Japanese art and literature movements, including the Folk Art (Mingei) and White Birch (Shirakaba) movements. The son of sculptor Takamura Kôun (1852–1934), Takamura studied both sculpting and oil painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Art. After graduating in 1906, he travelled to New York, London, and Paris, learning widely about Western art movements and aesthetics. After returning to Japan in 1908, he authored ‘Green Sun’ (Midori iro no taiyô), a famous essay which argued for the inalienable right of an artist to absolute freedom of self-expression.

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Peters, John. Takamura, Kôtarô (高村光太郎) (1883–1956). Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/takamura-kotaro-1883-1956.

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