Kyoko Asakura Explained

was a Japanese sculptor. Her birth name was written Japanese: 矜子. She was the second daughter of sculptor Fumio Asakura and sister of stage designer and painter Setsu Asakura.

Career

• 1948 - Nitten Excellence
• 1956 - withdrew from Nitten
• 1979 - 7th Nagano prefecture Outdoor Sculpture Award
• 1982 - Teijiro Nakahara Excellence Award.

Solo Exhibition

• 1960 - Bungeishunjū gallery, Tokyo
  • 1962 - Takashimaya, Osaka prefecture 1967 - Gallery Cube, Tokyo
• 1970 - Gallery Universe, Tokyo (also in 1973, 1978, 1981)
• 1985 - Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo / Yamagata Museum of Art, Yamagata Prefecture
• 1988 - Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo (also in 1993)
• 2000 - Modern Sculpture Center, Tokyo
  • 2000 - Fumio Asakura Memorial Hall, Oita Prefecture 2003–2004 - Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka prefecture
• 2010 - Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

Public space collection

• "ANNE", New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido
• "Futari", Sendai West Park, Miyagi prefecture^[1]
• "Raleigh", Akita Museum of Modern Art, Akita Prefecture
• "MARI", Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo
• "Mari and Sherry", Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo
• "Jill", Nihonbashi Plaza Building, Tokyo^[2]
• "Fiona and Arian", Education Forest Park, Tokyo
• "NIKE", "Summer", Tokyo Sumitomo Twin Building, Tokyo
• "I am a juvenile newspaper", Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park, Tokyo
• "Tomorrow (Kanji: "Dinner on Sun Candle")", Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, Tokyo
• "Woman", Machida station, Tokyo
• "CONNECTION", Fuchu City Hall, Tokyo
• "Nicola", street of Himeji
• "Ann and Michelle", Fuchu Forest Park, Tokyo
• "NIKE '83", Joinus Forest, Kanagawa
• "Nike and Nicola", Yokohama Citizens' Cultural Center, Kanagawa
• "Michelle", Kawaguchi Western Park, Saitama^[3]
• "Raleigh", "Mary and Cathy", Sakura Station, Chiba
• "Lecture", Nagano-shi Shiroyama Park Children's amusement park, Nagano
• "Hitotsuki", Takaoka-shi Sogo-dori, Toyama
• "RAQUEL", Sakae Park, Aichi
• "Jill", Midosu Sculpture Street, Osaka
• "Flower", Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya, Tokyo
• "Vanessa", Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya, Tokyo
• "Lisa", Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya, Tokyo

Work Collection

• Asakura Kyoko Sculpture Collection and Waves, Photo book · Narahara Kazutaka, PARCO Publishing, 1980
• Kyoko, Photo book, Shigeo Anzai, PARCO publication, 1985

Notes and References

1. News: ●朝倉響子「二人」 - カエサルの世界. ●朝倉響子「二人」 - カエサルの世界. 2018-11-07. ja-JP.
2. Web site: Midosuji.biz ： ジル／朝倉 響子. www.midosuji.biz. ja. 2018-11-07.
3. News: 朝倉響子 / ミッシェル "Michelle". 2014-12-06. @ART. 2018-11-07. ja-JP.