Description
 Along with Funakoshi Yasutake and Sato Tadayoshi, Yanagihara Yoshitatsu is one of Japan's leading postwar figurative sculptors. The "Yoshitatsu Yanagihara Exhibition" will be held at the Hiratsuka Museum of Art from April 18, 2020, and at the Ashikaga City Museum of Art from June 14, 2020, to celebrate Yanagihara's achievements. In conjunction with this, Yanagihara, who was known as an outstanding art critic during his lifetime, writes about Rodin, Bourdelle, Henry Moore, Giacometti, and Takamura Kotaro, as well as a collection of essays about his own work. This book will give you a taste of how to enjoy sculpture appreciation in a more advanced way. It also includes a special interview with Yanaihara Isaku, who served as Giacometti's model.
 table of contents
 Chapter 1
 Auguste Rodin
 Antoine Bourdelle
 Henry Moore
 Alberto Giacometti
 Marini, Faccini, Greco
 Emilio Greco
 Giacomo Manzu
 Marino Marini
 Kotaro Takamura
 Sadakazu Hijikata
 Paris-Rome 24 hours
 By the Dove
 Crow
 Lonely Sculpture
 My View of Sculpture after the War
 Me and sculpture
 Chapter 2
 Untitled (from the catalogue of the Yomiuri Contemporary Sculptures by 10 Artists Exhibition)
 The Movement of Life《Bouget》
 The Lonely Artist, Funakoshi
 Living alone
 Peace of mind Yamato
 Chapter 3
 A conversation between Yoshitatsu Yanagihara and Isaku Yanaihara
 Yoshitatsu Yanagiwara Chronology / List of Sources / About the Publication
 About the Author
 Born in Kobe in 1910. Graduated from Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1936. Became a member of the Kokugakai in 1937. In 1939, he left the Kokugakai and helped establish the Shinseisakuha sculpture club (he left in 1963). Most of his prewar works were lost in a fire at the museum where he had entrusted his works to, along with Sato Tadayoshi. In 1953, he traveled to France and studied under Olicostos at the Grande Chaumiere. In 1958, he received the 1st Takamura Kotaro Award. In 1970, he became head professor at Nihon University's College of Art. In 1973, he received the 1st Nagano City Outdoor Sculpture Award, and in 1974, the 5th Nakahara Teijiro Award. In 1977, he was responsible for creating and installing the "Autumn" statue in "The Four Seasons of Eastern Hokkaido" at Nusamai Bridge in Kushiro City. In 1981, he published a collection of his works, "Yoshitatsu Yanagiwara," and in 1985, he published a collection of art essays, "Solitary Sculpture." In 1993, the "Yoshitatsu Yanagiwara Exhibition" was held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. In 1994, he received the 35th Mainichi Art Award. In 1995, the exhibition "Signposts - Carving Evidence of Life, Yanagihara Yoshitatsu" was held at the Miyagi Museum of Art (touring Kobe City Museum and eight other museums). In 1996, he was selected as a Person of Cultural Merit. In 1999, he received the Kobe Shimbun Peace Prize Special Award. In 2000, the "Yanagihara Yoshitatsu Exhibition" was held at the Setagaya Art Museum. From April 2020, the "Yanagihara Yoshitatsu Exhibition" will be held at the Hiratsuka Art Museum (touring Ashikaga City Museum of Art in June).