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Kyoko Asakura (1925-2016)
Asakura is one of the scarce sculptresses in Japan who acted at the forefront of sculpture world. Her way is to create modern and sophisticated image of women, as if seeing one scene of daily life. There women are depicted lovely and nobly as they are; this is the great attractiveness of Asakura's art. This piece shows her characteristics well, being fashionable and elegant.
Kyoko Asakura
Born in Tokyo in 1925. Her father is Fumio Asakura, a great master of modern Japanese sculpture and her elder sister is Setsu Asakura, a stage artist. She mainly acted in Nitten Exhibition in her early days, then withdrew the organization and became freelance in 1956. In 1982, she won Teijiro Nakahara Prize by "Nike". She made a lot of outdoor sculptures placed in urban area as Shinjuku, Ginza, Yokohama, Sendai, Himeji, and so on.
