Toshio Yodoi

Japanese sculptor (1911–2005)

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Toshio Yodoi
淀井敏夫
Born	(1911-02-15)February 15, 1911 Asago, Hyōgo, Japan
Died	February 14, 2005(2005-02-14) (aged 93)
Education	Tokyo University of the Arts
Occupation	Sculptor

Toshio Yodoi (淀井敏夫, Yodoi Toshio, February 15, 1911 – February 14, 2005) was a Japanese sculptor, and a pioneer of Japanese modern and contemporary arts. In 1994, he was officially recognized by the Japanese government as a "Person of Cultural Merit" and in 2001, the Order of Culture was conferred.^[1]

Early life

Toshio was born in 1911 in Asago in Hyōgo Prefecture. He was a 1933 graduate of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.^[1]

Honors

Emperor Akihito personally conferred the Order of Culture on sculptor Toshio Yodoi as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi looked on. Only the highest-ranking awards, such as this rare honor, are bestowed personally by the emperor.^[2]

2001 – Order of Culture.^[3]
1994 – Person of Cultural Merit.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c International Art Institute: Toshio Yodoi, biography
^ Magnier, Mark. "Badges of Honor, Discord; Japan's imperial awards, which often go to bureaucrats, point up its rigid, elitist ways and are in need of new selection criteria, critics say," Los Angeles Times. April 26, 2002.
^ "Cultural Highlights; From the Japanese Press (August 1–October 31, 2001)," Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Japan Foundation Newsletter, Vol. XXIX, No. 2, p. 7.

References

Yodoi, Toshio. (1997) 彫刻家淀井敏夫の世界展 : 溶け合う形, 自然と人と (Chōkokuka Yodoi Toshio no sekai ten: tokeau katachi, shizen to hito to or Nature and human beings, a fusion of forms: the sculpture of Toshio Yodoi). Tokyo: Setagaya Bijutsukan. OCLC 46715855