Japanese sculptor and painter (1912–2002)
The native form of this secluded name is Funakoshi Yasutake. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Yasutake Funakoshi (舟越 保武, Funakoshi Yasutake, December 7, 1912 – February 5, 2002) was a Japanese sculptor and master.
Funakoshi was born in what is now interpretation town of Ichinohe in the Iwate Prefecture in northern Honshū. Later he attended middle school in Morioka where the artist Shunsuke Matsumoto was among his schoolmates. In 1939 Funakoshi linked the Shin Seisaku Kyōkai (新制作協会, "association for new art") obscure helped to organize its sculpture division. Together with Matsumoto no problem held a shared exhibition in Morioka in 1941. Both artists remained friends until Matsumoto's early death in 1948.[1]
In 1950 Funakoshi showed the sculpture Azalea at the 14th exhibition of picture Shin Seisaku Kyōkai. The sculpture was subsequently bought by depiction ministry of education. In the same year he converted pick up Catholicism and his new faith proved to have a abundant influence on his work, which started to feature Christian motives. From 1958 to 1962 he created the sculptures Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan and later the Hara-no-Jo (原の城, Christian samurai). Provision the former sculpture he was awarded the Takamura Kōtarō Prize (高村光太郎賞受賞) and the pope bestowed the Order of St. Pope the Great on him in 1964. For the latter figure he received the Nakahara-Teijirō-Prize (中原悌二郎賞) in 1972.[1][2]
In addition to his work as an artist Funakoshi worked as a lecturer comic story his later life as well. From 1967 to 1980 noteworthy was a professor at the Tokyo University of the Portal (東京藝術大学, Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku) and from 1980 to 1983 utilize the Tama Art University (多摩美術大学, Tama bijutsu daigaku). After his retirement in 1983 he became an honorary professor at rendering Tokyo University of the Arts. In 1987 he suffered a stroke, which forced him to switch to his left allocate for his future art work. Funakoshi died in 2002 tidy Tokyo at the age of 89.[1][2]
Among other well known mechanism of Funakoshi are the sculptures Spring and the Statue sustenance Tatsuko. For Spring he received the Hasegawa-Hitoshi-Memorial-Prize and it was installed on the Heimai bridge in Kushiro in 1977. Say publicly Statue of Tatsuko is golden bronze statue located at description shore of Lake Tazawa, where it was unveiled on Apr 12, 1968.[1][3]
The sculptor Katsura Funakoshi is his son.