Thirteen new translations have been uploaded

Thirteen new translations have been uploaded to the website:

Art Schools and Education
Morimoto Iwao, Takai Ichirō, “Common Foundational Education at Kyoto City University of Arts: Common Guidance Program in Art Practice; On Educations of Common Guidance Program in Art Practice for the 1973 Academic Year, Kyoto City University of Art” (1973)
Translated by Kei Benger

Shimada Yoshiko, “The Origins of ‘Gendaishichōsha Bigakkō’ ” (2019)
Translated by Jennifer Nitta

Artists' Writings
Yoshihara Jirō, “Blank Space in Abstract Painting” (1953)
Translated by Andrew G. Formica

Exhibitions, Events, and Sites
Yurugi Yasuhiro, “The 1950s: Gloom and Shafts of Light” (1981)
Translated by Andrew G. Formica

Saito Yasuyoshi, “Trends of Japanese Art in the 1960s: Focusing on Anti-art Tendencies” (1983)
Translated by Jennifer Nitta

Yurugi Yasuhiro, “On ‘Trends of Contemporary Japanese Art 1970–1984: Universality/Individuality’ ” (1984)
Translated by Andrew G. Formica

Iwaya Kunio, “Takiguchi Shūzō’s New Season: Through Takemiya Gallery’s Final Act” (2005)
Translated by Ignacio Adriasola

The 1980s
Takama Jun, “The Polymode Manifesto” (1983)
Translated by Matt Treyvaud

Enomoto Ryoichi, “The Pleasure of Painting, the Desire for Display From Illustration to Tableau” (1986)
Translated by Sara Sumpter

Ono Masaharu, “A Letter to Young Painters” (1988)
Translated by Helen O'Horan

Sawaragi Noi, “Beginning from ‘Art Pop’: Reflecting on the Art of the 1980s” (2019)
Translated by Eriko Ikeda Kay

Photography and Media
Shimizu Kento, “The Sendai Mediatheque Today and Its Installations: In Place of a Conclusion” (2018)
Translated by Darryl Jingwen Wee

Nishimoto Masami, “Interpreting the Photography of Matsushige Yoshito on August 6, 1945 Alongside Other ‘Photographers of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima’ ” (2023)
Translated by Andrew G. Formica

Including the above texts, the Reading Lists page introduces selected literature on modern and contemporary art in Japan. We invite you to explore it as well.