Japanese pavilion explained

The Japanese pavilion houses Japan's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.

Organization and building

The pavilion, designed by Takamasa Yoshizaka, was built between 1955 and 1956.

Representation by year

Art

• 1952 — Taikan Yokoyama, Kokei Kobayashi, Kiyotaka Kaburaki, Heihachirō Fukuda, Kyujin Yamamoto, Kenji Yoshioka, Sotaro Yasui, Shinsen Tokuoka, Ryuzaburo Umehara, Ichiro Fukuzawa, Kigai Kawaguchi
• 1954 — Hanjiro Sakamoto, Taro Okamoto
• 1956 — Kunitaro Suda, Kazu Wakita, Takeo Yamaguchi, Shigeru Ueki, Toyoichi Yamamoto, Shiko Munakata
• 1958 — Ichirō Fukuzawa, Kawabata Ryūshi, Seison Maeda, Kenzo Okada, Yoshi Kinouchi, Shindō Tsuji (representative: Shūzō Takiguchi; assistant commissioner: Ichirō Fukuzawa and Yoshiaki Tōno)
• 1960 — Toshimitsu Imai, Yoshishige Saito, Kei Sato, Kaoru Yamaguchi, Tadahiro Ono, Tomonori Toyofuku, Yoshitatsu Yanagihara, Yozo Hamaguchi
• 1962 — Kinuko Emi, Minoru Kawabata, Kumi Sugai, Tadashi Sugimata, Ryokichi Mukai
• 1964 — Yoshishige Saito, Toshinobu Onosato, Hisao Domoto, Tomonori Toyofuku
• 1966 — Toshinobu Onosato, Masuo Ikeda, Morio Shinoda, Ay-O
• 1968 — Tomio Miki, Kumi Sugai, Jiro Takamatsu, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi
• 1970 — Shusaku Arakawa^[1] and Nobuo Sekine^[2]
• 1972 — Kenji Usami, Shintaro Tanaka
• 1976 — Kishin Shinoyama
• 1978 — Koji Enokura, Kishio Suga
• 1980 — Koji Enokura, Susumu Koshimizu, Isamu Wakabayashi
• 1982 — Naoyoshi Hikosaka, Yoshio Kitayama, Tadashi Kawamata
• 1984 — Kosho Ito, Kyoji Takubo, Kosai Hori
• 1986 — Isamu Wakabayashi, Masafumi Maita
• 1988 — Shigeo Toya, Keiji Umematsu, Katsura Funakoshi
• 1990 — Toshikatsu Endo, Saburo Muraoka
• 1993 — Yayoi Kusama (Commissioner: Akira Tatehata)^[3]
• 1995 — Katsuhiko Hibino, Yoichiro Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Senju, Jae Eun Choi
• 1997 — Rei Naito
• 2003 — Yutaka Sone, Motohiko Odani
• 2005 — Miyako Ishiuchi (Commissioner: Michiko Kasahara)^[4]
• 2007 — Masao Okabe (Commissioner: Chihiro Minato)^[5]
• 2009 — Miwa Yanagi (Commissioner: Hiroshi Minamishima)^[6]
• 2011 — Tabaimo (Commissioner: Yuka Uematsu)^[7]
• 2013 — Koki Tanaka (Curator: Mika Kuraya)^[8]
• 2015 — Chiharu Shiota (Curator: Hitoshi Nakano)^[9]
• 2017 — Takahiro Iwasaki (Curator: Meruro Washida)^[10]
• 2019 — Motoyuki Shitamichi, Taro Yasuno, Toshiaki Ishikura, Fuminori Nousaku (Curator: Hiroyuki Hattori)^[11]
• 2022 — Dumb Type^[12]

Bibliography

• Web site: Russeth . Andrew . The Venice Biennale: Everything You Could Ever Want to Know . . 2019-04-17 . en-US . 2019-04-22 . mdy-all .
• Book: Volpi, Cristiana . Re Rebaudengo . Adele . 2013 . Pavilions and Garden of Venice Biennale . Japan . 188 . Contrasto . Rome . 978-88-6965-440-4 .

Further reading

• Adriasola . Ignacio . October 2017 . Japan's Venice: The Japanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and the "Pseudo-Objectivity" of the International . Archives of Asian Art . 67 . 2 . 209–236. 10.1215/00666637-4229710 . 194869758 .
• Web site: Etherington . Rose . Toyo Ito's Japanese Pavilion wins at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 . Dezeen . 2012-08-29 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Frearson . Amy . Japan's biennale pavilion celebrates radical 1970s architecture . Dezeen . 2014-06-10 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Japanese Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale . . 2015-05-18 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Japanese Pavilion – 55th Biennale di Venezia. June 1st – November 24th 2013 . . 2013-05-23 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all.
• Web site: Seaman . Anna . Venice Biennale: Japan's Pavilion by Salama Nasib . The National . 2015-06-29 . en . 2019-05-12 . mdy-all.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artist Info.
2. Web site: Nobuo Sekine.
3. Web site: 45th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition . 2022-04-14 . The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia . en-US.
4. Web site: 51st La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition . 2022-04-14 . The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia . en-US.
5. Web site: 52nd La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition . 2022-04-14 . The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia . en-US.
6. Web site: 53rd La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition . 2022-04-14 . The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia . en-US.
7. Web site: 54th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition . 2022-04-14 . The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia . en-US.
8. Web site: 55th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition . 2022-04-14 . The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia . en-US.
9. Web site: 56th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition . 2022-04-14 . The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia . en-US.
10. Tessa Goldsher (July 11, 2016), Takahiro Iwasaki Will Represent Japan at Venice Biennale in 2017 ARTnews.
11. Web site: 58th La Biennale di Venezia International Art Exhibition . 2022-04-14 . The Japan Pavilion Official Website - La Biennale di Venezia . en-US.
12. José da Silva (17 December 2021), Venice Biennale 2022: all the national pavilions, artists and curators The Art Newspaper.