Musashino Art University
Art school in Kodaira, Japan
Musashino Art University (武蔵野美術大学 , Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku ) or Musabi (武蔵美 ) 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, Teikoku Art School (帝国美術学校 , Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō , meaning "imperial art school") was founded. In December 1948, it became Musashino Art School (武蔵野美術学校 , Musashino Bijutsu Gakkō ) , and in April 1962, it was renamed Musashino Art University.[ 2]
From its start, the university taught fine art and industrial design; it later added architecture, fashion, and other fields.
MAU has exchange agreements with universities in other countries. It has a graduate school that awards master's degrees and doctorates.
People associated with Musashino Art University
Alumni
Michiyo Akaishi , manga artist[ 3]
Ume Aoki , manga artist[ 4]
Kei Aoyama , manga artist[ 5]
Shusaku Arakawa , artist and designer[ 6]
Tetsuo Araki , print artist[ 7]
Taku Aramasa , photographer[ 8]
Yahel Chirinian , sculptor and installation artist[ 9] [ 10]
Hiroki Endo , manga artist[ 11]
Lily Franky , illustrator, writer, and actor[ 12]
Kenya Hara , graphic designer and art director of Muji [ 13]
Katsuhito Ishii , film director[ 14]
Koji Ishikawa , illustrator[ 15]
Paru Itagaki , manga artist[ 16]
Satoshi Itō (Project Itoh), science fiction writer[ 17]
Kazuo Kamimura , manga artist[ 18]
Izumi Katō , contemporary artist[ 19]
Miyuki Kobayashi , novelist and scenario writer for manga[ 20]
Satoshi Kon , anime director and manga artist[ 21]
Goro Kumagai , woodcut printmaker, educator[ 22] [ 23]
Fusako Kuramochi , manga artist[ 24]
Tomoki Kyoda , anime director[ 25]
Kouji Miura , manga artist[ 26]
Junko Mori , artist and metalworker[ 27]
Ryū Murakami , novelist and filmmaker[ 28]
Joji Nagashima , automobile designer for BMW [ 29]
Yurie Nagashima , photographer[ 30] [ 31]
Rei Naito , artist[ 32]
Tatzu Nishi , installation artist[ 33]
Shinro Ohtake , painter[ 34]
Rieko Saibara , manga artist[ 35]
Shiori Satō, idol and member of Keyakizaka46 [ 36]
Shūhō Satō , manga artist[ 37]
Soji Shimada , mystery novelist[ 38]
Yuko Shimizu , designer of Hello Kitty [ 39]
Ryoko Suzuki , contemporary artist[ 40]
Keita Takahashi , game designer[ 41]
Yellow Tanabe , manga artist[ 5]
Yukinori Yanagi , contemporary artist[ 42]
Akimi Yoshida , manga artist[ 43]
Sakiko Yamaoka , performance artist, Phenomenology of Truth
Teachers
Undifferentiated
References
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^ "About MAU: History of Musashino Art University" . Musashino Art University . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ 二階堂在住赤石路代さん 「漫画は意志を表現する手段」 . TownNews.co.jp (in Japanese). 19 February 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ 蒼樹うめ、漫画家デビュー秘話を語る . Sankei West (in Japanese). 17 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ a b 卒業生の活躍 . Musashino Art University Department of Visual Communication Design (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "Shusaku Arakawa" . Encyclopædia Britannica Online . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "Benezit Dictionary of Artists: Araki, Tetsuo" . Oxford Art Online . doi :10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00006436 . ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7 . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ a b Niwa Harumi (丹羽晴美 ), "Aramasa Taku", Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典 ) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ISBN 4-473-01750-8 ), p.28. In Japanese only, despite the English-language alternative title of the book.
^ "The art of illusion" . Mumbai Mirror. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2021 .
^ "Lokmat initiates 'Goan of the Year' Awards 2016" . Adgully . 28 May 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2021 .
^ イブニング 著者紹介:遠藤浩輝 . Evening (in Japanese). Kodansha . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "The 4th SHITA COME Main Visual Artist: Lily Franky" . The 4th Old Town Taito International Comedy Film Festival . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "Kenya Hara" . The Wall Street Journal . 14 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014 .
^ "Ishii Katsuhito" . International Film Festival Rotterdam . Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014 .
^ "Koji Ishikawa" . The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators . Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2014 .
^ 板垣巴留トークイベントで「BEASTARS」制作秘話明かす「そろそろタイトルの回収を」 . Comic Natalie (in Japanese). 9 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ 伊藤計劃さんが第30回日本SF大賞を受賞 . Musashino Art University News (in Japanese). 8 December 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "A Retro Manga Master's Italian Renaissance" . Nippon.com . 15 September 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ Kageyama, Kōichi (12 January 2013). "加藤 泉《無題》──今ここにいる遠い私「島 敦彦」" . DNP Museum Information Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 March 2023 .
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^ Buchanan, Jason (2014). "Satoshi Kon" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014 .
^ "遺作展示" [Exhibition of posthumous works by the Print Department]. 国展 (Kokugakai) (in Japanese). 7 May 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2024 .
^ Merritt, Helen; Yamada, Nanako (1 January 1995). Guide to Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1900-1975 . University of Hawaii Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-8248-1732-9 – via Google Books .
^ Toku, Masami, ed. (2015). "Profile and Interview with Fusako Kuramochi" . International Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo Manga: The Influence of Girl Culture . doi :10.4324/9781315749976 . ISBN 9781315749976 . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "List of Committee Members & Artists: KYODA Tomoki" . Japan Media Arts Festival Archive . Agency for Cultural Affairs . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ 三浦糀さんが『青空ラバー』(1)を出版 [Ms. Kouji Miura publishes Aozora Rubber 1 ] (in Japanese). Musashino Art University. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023 .
^ "Mori Junko" . British Museum . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ Potted biography of Murakami appended to a column written by him for Big Tomorrow . Seishun Publishing Co. (in Japanese) . Archived 16 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 15 March 2014.
^ 第3回 BMW デザイン部門 エクステリア・クリエイティブディレクター 永島譲二氏インタビュー . Jiku (in Japanese). AXIS. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
^ "Nagashima Yurie" . Fuji Film Museum (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ 長島 有里枝 . Yokohama Civic Art Gallery Azamino (in Japanese). Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ Potted biography of Naito at the foot of an interview with her. ART iT . 15 January 2010. Accessed 14 March 2014.
^ Potted biography of Nishi (named here 西野達 [Nishino Tatsu , i.e. Tatsu Nishino] and Tazu Rous) on a page about two of his art projects . Water and Land: Niigata Art Festival 2012 (in Japanese) . Archived 15 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 15 March 2014.
^ 大竹伸朗 . Musashino Art University (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014 .
^ "List of Committee Members & Artists: SAIBARA Rieko" . Japan Media Arts Festival Archive . Agency for Cultural Affairs . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ 欅坂46佐藤詩織が美大卒業報告 倍率10倍超の難関学部だった . Josei Jishin (in Japanese). Kobunsha . 19 March 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "List of Committee Members & Artists: SATO Syuho" . Japan Media Arts Festival Archive . Agency for Cultural Affairs . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ Nathan, Richard (5 November 2019). "Interview with Soji Shimada, Japan's Man of Mystery" . Red Circle . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "Yuki Shimizu" . OVGuide . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2014 .
^ "Ryoko Suzuki" . Brooklyn Museum . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ Hermida, Alfred (10 November 2005). "Katamari creator dreams of playgrounds" . BBC News . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "Yukinori Yanagi" . Blum & Poe . Retrieved 22 June 2020 .
^ 吉田秋生さんがマンガ大賞2013を受賞 . Musashino Art University News (in Japanese). 28 March 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ "About Seiichi Hishikawa" . SeiichiHishikawa.info . Retrieved 16 June 2020 .
^ List of teachers in the Department of Visual Communication Design . Musashino Art University (in Japanese) . Retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 8 August 2010.
^ Profile of Sekino . Musashino Art University (in Japanese) . Archived 13 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 13 March 2014.
External links
International National Academics