Teiichi Hijikata

Art historian and art critic. Born in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Aesthetics and Art History, Faculty of Literature, Tokyo Imperial University in 1930 (Showa 5), ​​he studied in Germany from 1936 to 1932. While attending the old Mito High School, he founded the literary coterie magazine "They Themselves" with Seiichi Funahashi and others, and initially studied modern Japanese literature, writing "History of Modern Japanese Literature Criticism" (1936), but later turned to art research, studying German, Dutch, and modern Japanese art. In 1968 (Showa 43), he received the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for "Germen of the German Renaissance." He served as director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Modern Art from 1965, and received the Kikuchi Kan Prize (1973) and the Mainichi Art Award in 1978 for his achievements in exhibition activities. He died in Kamakura.

[Shinichi Nagai]

"The Collected Works of Teiichi Hijikata, 12 volumes (1976-78, Heibonsha)"

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美術史家、美術評論家。岐阜県大垣生まれ。1930年（昭和5）東京帝国大学文学部美学美術史学科を卒業し、31～32年ドイツに遊学。旧制水戸高校在学中に、舟橋聖一らと文芸同人誌『彼等自身』を創刊するなど、初めは日本近代文学を研究、『近代日本文学評論史』（1936）を著したが、のち美術研究に転じ、ドイツ、ネーデルラント、近代以降の日本美術を研究。68年（昭和43）『ドイツ・ルネサンスの画家』で芸術選奨文部大臣賞を受賞した。65年から神奈川県立近代美術館館長を務め、展覧会活動の業績で菊池寛賞受賞（1973）、78年には毎日芸術賞を受けた。鎌倉に没。

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『『土方定一著作集』全12巻（1976～78・平凡社）』

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