Kyoko_Asakura

Kyoko Asakura

Kyoko Asakura

Japanese sculptor (1925–2016)

Kyoko Asakura (Japanese: 朝倉 響子, Hepburn: Asakura Kyōko, 9 December 1925, Tokyo – 30 May 2016, Tokyo[1]) was a Japanese sculptor. Her birth name was written 矜子. She was the second daughter of sculptor Fumio Asakura and sister of stage designer and painter Setsu Asakura.

Asakura in 1950

Career

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

Solo Exhibition

Public space collection

Nicola, street of Himeji

Work Collection

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

References

  1. [1]
    "彫刻家の朝倉響子さんが死去". 産経新聞. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. [2]
    "●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 (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Midosuji.biz ： ジル／朝倉 響子". www.midosuji.biz (in Japanese). Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  4. [4]
    "朝倉響子 / ミッシェル "Michelle"". @ART (in Japanese). 6 December 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2018.


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