Kihachiro Kawamoto

Japanese: 川本喜八郎 - かわもときはちろう

1925－2010 A puppet animation creator from the late Showa to Heisei era.
Born on January 11, 1925. After working at Toho Studios, he founded a commercial production company in 1958 and began making puppet animations. In 1963, he studied under Trnka in Czechoslovakia. After returning to Japan, he released works such as "Oni" (1947), "Dojoji" (1951), and "Fire House" (1954). He was in charge of puppet art for the NHK TV puppet shows "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (1982) and "Shin Heike Monogatari" (1993). In 2004, he won the Grand Prize in the Animation Division of the Japan Media Arts Festival, organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, for his renku animation "Winter Days." He passed away on August 23, 2010, at the age of 85. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from Yokohama Technical College (now Yokohama National University).

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

1925－2010　昭和後期-平成時代の人形アニメーション作家。
大正14年1月11日生まれ。東宝撮影所勤務をへて昭和33年CM制作会社をつくり,人形アニメをはじめる。38年チェコスロバキアでトルンカに師事。帰国後「鬼」(47年),「道成寺」(51年),「火宅」(54年)などを発表。NHKテレビの人形劇「三国志」(57年),「新平家物語」(平成5年)の人形美術を手がける。平成16年連句アニメーション「冬の日」で文化庁メディア芸術祭アニメーション部門大賞。平成22年8月23日死去。85歳。東京出身。横浜高工(現横浜国大)卒。

出典　講談社デジタル版日本人名大辞典+Plusについて　情報 | 凡例

<<: Kawamori mine

>>: Kawamoto