- Names
- 朝倉文夫
- ASAKURA Fumio (index name)
- Asakura Fumio (display name)
- 朝倉文夫 (Japanese display name)
- あさくら ふみお (transliterated hiragana)
- 渡辺文夫
- Date of birth
- 1883-03-01
- Birth place
- Ono District, Ōita Prefecture
- Date of death
- 1964-04-18
- Death place
- Taitō-ku, Tokyo
- Gender
- Male
- Fields of activity
- Sculpture
Biography
- 1954
- Asakura Fumio Kaiko Ten, Takashimaya, Nihombashi, 1954.
- 1983
- Asakura Fumio Ten: Seitan 100-nen Kinen, Oita Kenritsu Geijutsu Kaikan, 1983.
- 1994
- “Neko Hyakutai Ten” e Mukatte: Asakura Fumio Botsugo 30-nen Tokubetsu Ten, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 1994.
- 1998
- 5-nin no Chōsoka Ten: Rokuzan, Kōtarō, Fumio, Kogan, Teijirō: Atorie (Atelier) no Tenrakai, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 1998.
- 1999
- Ogihara Morie to Asakura Fumio Ten: Nihon Kindai Chōso Nyūmon [Morie Ogihara, Fumio Asakura: Masters of Modern Japanese Sculpture], The Tokushima Modern Art Museum, 1999.
- 2004
- Shizen to Asakura Fumio: Sono Hyōgen no Hirogari, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2004.
- 2006
- Ishimatsu Takeo Shashin Ten: Asakura Fumio 1962-nen 12-gatsu: Asakura Chōsokan Tokubetsu Ten [Memories of Fumio Asakura by Takeo Ishimatsu], Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2006.
- 2009
- Kindai Nihon Bijutsu no Seika: Tokyo Geidai Bijutsukan Korekushon (Collection) o Chūshin ni: Ishikawa Kenritsu Bijutsukan Kaisetsu 50-shūnen Kinen, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, 2009.
- 2010
- Asakura Fumio: Asakura Chōsokan Shozō: Korekushon (Collection) Ten Part1, The University Art Museum, Tokyo Univercity of The Arts, 2010.
- 2011
- Asakura Fumio no Sekai: Ai no Sonou Asakura Fumio Kinen Kōen Kaien 20-shūnen Kinen Tokubetsu Ten, Fumio Asakura Museum of Sculpture and Asakura Fumio Kinen Bunka Hōru (Hall), 2011.
- 2011
- Asakura Fumio no Neko tachi, Koganei City Hakenomori Art Museum, 2011.
- 2015
- Gayagaya Monogatari: Boku no Ie ga Dekiru made: Asakura Chōso-kan 80-nen, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2015.
- 2017
- Neko Hyakutai: Asakura Chōso-kan no Neko tachi: Kaikan 50-nen Kinen Tokubetsu Ten, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2017.
- 2018
- Chōkoku-ka no Me: Korekushon (Collection) nimiru Asakura-ryū Tetsugaku, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2018.
- 2019
- “Kokufū Bonsai Ten” no Tanjō: “Bijutsukan” o Mezashita Shōwa Shoki no Bonsai: Shunki Tokubetsu Ten, Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama City, 2019.
- 2019
- Asakura Chōso-kan no Shiro to Kuro Contrast: Color, Material and Texture, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2019.
- 2020
- Enjoy Sports Asakura Fumio no 1964-nen, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2020.
- 2021
- Rekishi ni Manabu: Asakura Sensei Inochi no Kōgi, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2021.
- 2023
- Seitan 140-nen Tokubetsu Ten: Atorie no Asakura Fumio [Special Exhibition to Commemorate The 140th Anniversary of His Birth: “Asakura Fumio in His Studio”], Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2023.
- 2023
- Neko to Meguru 140-nen, Soshite Genzai: Asakura Fumio Seitan 140-shūnen Kinen [New Perspective Connecting Past and Today with Cats], Oita Prefectural Art Museum, 2023.
- 2023
- Ani to Otōto: Watanabe Osao to Asakura Fumio: Tokubetsu Ten [Brothers: Watanabe Osao and Asakura Fumio: Special Exhibition], Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2023.
- Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, Tokyo
- Fumio Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Bungo Ono City, Oita Prefecture
- Shoko Shuseikan Museum, Kagoshima City
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
- The University Art Museum, Tokyo Univercity of The Arts
- Prince Chichibu Memorial Sport Museum, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture
- The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan, Tokyo
- Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
- Oita Prefectural Art Museum
- Oita Art Museum
- The Hakone Open-Air Museum
- Fukuoka Art Museum
- Akita Museum of Modern Art
- The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
- 1912
- Asakura Fumio (ed.). Nan'yō no Dōki. Tokyo: Gahōsha, 1912 [Artists Writing].
- 1934
- Asakura Fumio. Chōso Yoteki. Tokyo: Okakura Shobō, 1934 [Artists Writing].
- 1940
- Asakura Fumio. Tōyōran no Tsukurikata. Tokyo: Sanseido, 1940 [Artists Writing].
- 1942
- Asakura Fumio. I, Shoku, Jū: Asakura Fumio Zuihitsushū. Tokyo: Nihon Denken Shuppanbu, 1942 [Artists Writing].
- 1942
- Asakura Fumio. Bi no Seika. Tokyo: Kokubunsha, 1942 [Artists Writing].
- 1942
- Asakura Fumio. Minzoku no Bi. Tokyo: Fujokaisha, 1942 [Artists Writing].
- 1943
- Asakura Fumio. Kōnan Sawa. Tokyo: Tōwa Shuppansha, 1943 [Artists Writing].
- 1955
- Ishimoto Yasuhiro, Ōtsuji Kiyoji (photo). Kamera (Camera) no Toraeta Asakura Fumio no Chōso. Tokyo: Asakura Chōsojuku, 1955.
- 1966
- Asakura Fumio. Chōso Asakura Fumio. Katō Kensei, Kinouchi Yoshi, and Satō Chūryō (eds.). Fujimoto Shihachi (photo). Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1966.
- 1986
- Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito (ed.). Asakura Chōsokan no Kiroku. Tokyo: Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 1986.
- 1997
- Asakura Fumio. Bungo Ono (Oita Prefecture): Ai no Sonō Asakura Fumio Kinen Kōen, Kinenkan, 1997.
- 2004
- Asakura Fumio. Chōso Yoteki: Asakura Fumio Bunshū. Tokyo: Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2nd ed., 2004 [Artists Writing].
- 2014
- Asakura Museum of Sculpture (ed.). Asakura Chōsokan. Tokyo: Art & Culture Foundation of Taito, 2014.
- 2016
- Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito (ed.). Asakura Chōsokan Shozō Asakura Fumio Sekkō Genkei Sakuhinshū. Tokyo: Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2016.
- 2018
- Fumio Asakura Museum of Sculpture (ed.). Nihon Kindai Chōso no Kyoshō, Asakura Fumio, No. 1-. Bungo Ono (Oita Prefecture): Fumio Asakura Museum of Sculpture, 2018-.
- 2018
- Neko no Hon: Asakura Fumio. Tokyo: Art & Culture Foundation of Taito, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, 2018.
- 2019
- Tokyo Bunkazai Kenkyūjo (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties). “Asakura Fumio.” Nihon Bijutsu Nenkan Shosai Bukkosha Kiji. Last modified 2019-06-06. https://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/bukko/9034.html
- 2021
- Asakura Museum of Sculpture Photobook [Gayagaya Monogatari: Miteikō. Asakura Chōsokan Shashinshū]. [Tokyo]: Art & Culture Foundation of Taito, Asakura Museum of Sculpture, Taito, 2021.
日本美術年鑑 / Year Book of Japanese Art
「朝倉文夫」『日本美術年鑑』昭和40年版(128-131頁)彫塑家、日本芸術院会員朝倉文夫は、4月18日午前9時30分、急性骨髄性白血症のため東京都台東区の自宅で逝去した。享年81才。明治16年3月1日大分県直入郡に生まれる。明治35年9月郷里の中学校を中退し、実兄の彫塑家、渡辺長男を頼って上京、翌36年4月東京美術学校彫刻選科に入学した。明治40年3月同校を卒業し、翌年の第2回文展に出品した「闇」に一躍2等賞が与えられ、世人瞠目の中にひきつづき7度の受賞...
Wikipedia
Fumio Asakura (朝倉 文夫, Asakura Fumio, March 1, 1883 – April 18, 1964) was a Western-style Japanese sculptor, known as the father of modern Japanese sculpture and referred to as the \"Rodin of Japan\". He was a prolific artist, and his work spanned the Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa periods of Japanese history.
- 2023-11-21