Toyochika Takamura

A metal caster, he was born in Shita-ya, Tokyo, as the third son of sculptor Koun Takamura. His elder brother was sculptor and poet Kotaro. He studied under Nobuo Tsuda at the metal casting department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts) and after graduating in 1915 (Taisho 4), he founded the Mukai group in 1926 with the aim of establishing a new style of craft art. His works "Cast Silver Plate," "Diagonal Pattern Flower Cylinder," and "Cast Copper Flower Cylinder" were consecutively selected for special awards at the Teiten Exhibition from 1927 to 1929 (Showa 2 to 4). After that, he served as a judge and director at the Teiten, Bunten, and Nitten Exhibitions, and taught the next generation of artists as a professor at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (1933-44). In 1935, he founded the Jitsuzai Kogei Bijutsukai (Real Craft Art Association) and worked to establish a new style. In 1950, he became a member of the Japan Art Academy, and in 1964, he was recognized as a holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property. While his works have traditional shapes, many of them express a modern sensibility, breaking away from the ornamental crafts of the Meiji period. He also studied poetry under the husband and wife duo Yosano Tekkan and Akiko, and published a collection of poems entitled "Rokkoshu."

[Harada Kazutoshi]

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鋳金家。彫刻家高村光雲(こううん)の三男として、東京・下谷(したや)に生まれる。兄は彫刻家・詩人の光太郎(こうたろう)。東京美術学校（現東京芸術大学）鋳金科で津田信夫(のぶお)に師事、1915年（大正4）卒業後、新しい工芸美術の確立を目ざし、26年无会(むかい)を結成した。27～29年（昭和2～4）に帝展出品の「鋳銀盤」「斜交文花筒」「鋳銅花筒」が連続して特選となり、以後、帝展、文展、日展で審査員、理事等を務め、東京美術学校教授（1933～44）として後進を指導した。35年実在工芸美術会を設立して新様式の樹立に努めた。50年芸術院会員となり、64年には重要無形文化財保持者に認定された。作品は伝統的な器形をとりながらも明治の置物工芸から脱して、現代感覚を表出したものが多い。また詩歌を与謝野鉄幹(よさのてっかん)・晶子(あきこ)夫妻に学び、歌集『露光(ろこう)集』がある。

［原田一敏］

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