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Tadanori Yokoo
is a Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker and painter. Yokoo's signature style of psychedelia and pastiche engages a wide span of modern visual and cultural phenomena from Japan and around the world. Career Tadanori Yokoo, born in Nishiwaki, Hyōgo, Nishiwaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in 1936, is one of Japan's most successful and internationally recognized graphic designers and artists. He began his career as a stage designer for avant garde theatre in Tokyo. His early work shows the influence of the New York City, New York-based Push Pin Studio (Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast in particular), but Yokoo cites filmmaker Akira Kurosawa as his most formative influence. The designer's ambition embarked on at an early age during Yokoo's teenager years, and before moving to Tokyo, he had done graphic design-related works for a period of time for the Chamber of Commerce in Nishiwaki. At the age of 22, Yokoo won an heritable mention at the Japanese Advertising Arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishiwaki, Hyōgo
file:Nishiwaki City Hall 西脇市役所 DSCF2133.jpg, 260px, Nishiwaki City Office is a Cities of Japan, city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 39,001 in 17210 households and a population density of 290 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . The city calls itself "The Navel of Japan (Nihon no Heso)." Located at the crossing of the 135° East Meridian (geography), meridian and the 35° North Circle of latitude, parallel, the city's ''Nihon no Heso'' Park marks the center of the nation Geography Nishiwaki is located in the northern Harima Province, Harima region of Hyōgo prefecture, about 50 kilometers north of Kobe city, bordered by the Chugoku Mountains to the north. The Kako River, Kakogawa River, Sugihara River, and the Noma River flow through the city, Neighbouring municipalities Hyōgo Prefecture * Kasai, Hyōgo, Kasai * Katō, Hyōgo, Katō * Sasayama, Hyōgo, Sasayama * Taka, Hyōgo, Taka * Tanba, Hyōgo, Tanba Climate Nish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takakura Ken
, born , was a Japanese actor and singer who appeared in over 200 films. Affectionately referred to as "Ken-san" by audiences, he was best known for his brooding style and the stoic presence he brought to his roles. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role four times, tied with Koji Yakusho for the most ever. Takakura additionally received the Medals of Honor (Japan), Japanese Medal of Honor with purple ribbon in 1998, the Person of Cultural Merit award in 2006, and the Order of Culture in 2013. Life and career Takakura was born in Nakama, Fukuoka in 1931. He attended Tochiku High School in nearby Yahata, Fukuoka, Yahata City, where he was a member of the boxing team and English society. It was around this time that he gained his streetwise swagger and tough-guy persona watching ''yakuza'' movies. This subject was covered in one of his most famous movies, ''Showa Zankyo-den'' (''Remnants of Chivalry in the Showa Era''), in which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setouchi Triennale -Teshima Yokoo House （豊島横尾館）横尾忠則-永山裕子 DSCF2288 , a TV station in Japan
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Setouchi may refer to: Places * Setouchi, Kagoshima, a town on Amami Islands, Japan * Setouchi, Okayama, a city on Honshū, Japan * Setouchi region, a region of Japan encompassing the Seto Inland Sea and adjacent coastal areas of Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyushu People * Jakucho Setouchi (1922–2021), Japanese Buddhist nun Other * Setouchi Volcanic Belt, a Miocene volcanic belt in southwestern Japan * Setouchi Junior College, a private junior college in Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan * TV Setouchi (TSC), callsign JOPH-DTV (channel 7) is a Japanese television station based in Okayama, serving as the affiliate of the TX Network for the Okayama is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chū ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diary Of A Shinjuku Thief
is a 1969 Japanese New Wave film co-written and directed by Nagisa Ōshima. Synopsis The film centers around Birdie, a young Japanese book thief who is caught by a store clerk named Umeko. As their encounters grow increasingly fraught with tension and desire, the two become lovers and begin committing thefts together. They also take part in a kabuki play based on the lives of Yui Shōsetsu and Marubashi Chūya. Cast * Tadanori Yokoo as Birdey Hilltop * Rie Yokoyama as Umeko Suzuki * Moichi Tanabe * Tetsu Takahashi * Kei Satō * Rokko Toura as himself * Fumio Watanabe as himself * Jūrō Kara as himself / singer * Reisen Ri Reception Roger Greenspun of ''The New York Times'' called most of the film dull "with an air of having been produced only for purposes of demonstration", concluding that "the result is a high-powered sterility in the midst of much energetic busyness." The film was described by Ronald Bergan, in his ''Guardian'' obituary of Oshima, as "an explosive a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagisa Oshima
is a Japanese name, Japanese given name used by either sex and is occasionally used as a surname. Written forms Nagisa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *渚, "beach, strand" *汀, "water's edge/shore" *凪砂, "lull, sand" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People with the name *Nagisa (harpist), Nagisa, a Persian harpist of the 7th century *, Japanese actress and singer *, Japanese singer and actress *Nagisa Aoyama (青山 なぎさ; born 1998), Japanese voice actress and singer *Nagisa Arakaki (新垣 渚; born 1980), Japanese professional baseball player *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese swimmer *Nagisa Katahira (片平 なぎさ; born 1959), Japanese television actress *Nagisa Nozaki (野崎 渚; born 1990), Japanese professional wrestler *Nagisa Oshima (大島 渚; born 1932), Japanese film director * (坂口渚沙, born 2000), Japanese actress and YouTuber. She is a member of the female idol group LarmeR, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mildred Constantine
Mildred Constantine Bettelheim (June 28, 1913 – December 10, 2008) was an American curator who helped bring attention to the posters and other graphic design in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in the 1950s and 1960s Biography Constantine (she used her maiden name professionally) was born on June 28, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York. She received bachelor's and master's degrees from New York University and attended the graduate school of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She worked for the College Art Association from 1931 to 1937 as an editorial assistant on the journal ''Parnassus''. She met Rene d'Harnoncourt, her future boss as director of the Museum of Modern Art, while she was working in Washington, D.C., at the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. She also traveled to Mexico, in 1936, as part of the leftist Committee Against War and Fascism, where she developed an interest in Latin and Central American political graphics. A Latin Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, screen printing, prints, book illustration, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. The institution was conceived in 1929 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Lillie P. Bliss, and Mary Quinn Sullivan. Initially located in the Crown Building (Manhattan), Heckscher Building on Fifth Avenue, it opened just days after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Wall Street Crash. The museum was led by Anson Goodyear, A. Conger Goodyear as president and Abby Rockefeller as treasurer, with Alfred H. Barr Jr., Alfred H. Barr Jr. as its first director. Under Barr's leadership, the museum's collection rapidly expanded, beginning with an inaug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup of the group was its mid-1970s trio of Froese, Christopher Franke, and Peter Baumann. In 1979, Johannes Schmoelling replaced Baumann until his own departure in 1985. This lineup was notable for composing many movie soundtracks. Since Froese's death in 2015, the group has been under the leadership of Thorsten Quaeschning. Quaeschning is Froese's chosen successor and is currently the longest-serving band member, having joined in 2005. Quaeschning is currently joined by violinist Hoshiko Yamane who joined in 2011 and Brandt Brauer Frick, Paul Frick who joined in 2020. Prior to this Quaeschning and Yamane performed with Ulrich Schnauss from 2014 to 2020. Schnauss only played two shows with Froese in November 2014 before Froese's passing. Tangerine Dream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams. His musical style consists of folk, rock, pop, and, later in his career, Islamic music. Following two decades in which he performed only music which met strict religious standards, he returned to making Secular music, secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. He has received two honorary doctorates and awards for promoting peace as well as other humanitarian awards. His 1967 Matthew and Son (album), debut album and its title song "Matthew and Son" both reached top 10 in the UK charts. Stevens' albums ''Tea for the Tillerman'' (1970) and ''Teaser and the Firecat'' (1971) were certified RIAA certification, triple platinum in the US. His 1972 album ''Catch Bull at Four'' went to No. 1 on the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emerson Lake And Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards) of The Nice, Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitars, producer) of King Crimson, and Carl Palmer (drums, percussion) of Atomic Rooster. With nine RIAA-certified gold record albums in the US, and an estimated 48 million records sold worldwide, they are one of the most popular and commercially successful progressive rock groups of the 1970s, with a musical sound including adaptations of classical music with jazz and symphonic rock elements, dominated by Emerson's flamboyant use of the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, and piano (although Lake wrote several acoustic songs for the group).Lake says almost dismissively, "It used to be a thing where as a balance to the record I would write an acoustic song." Lake's ballads, the least typical aspect of ELP's music, often garnered the band their greatest airplay and widest public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
