Tama Art University

The Academy Tama (Japanese多 摩 美术 大学, Tama bijutsu daigaku, in short. Tamabi (多 摩 美), English Tama Art University ) in Tokyo with two campuses in Kaminoge ( Setagaya ) and Hachioji in 1935 as Imperial Art Academy Tama (多 摩 帝国 美术 学校, Tama teikoku bijutsu Gakko ) founded as a spin-off of the Imperial Academy of Arts (now the Musashino Art College ). The Tama Art College is a private university. She is internationally known as one of the leading art schools in Japan.

Also part of the university library and the Tama Art University Museum.

Known students and professors (selection)

  • Hiroko Okada
  • Keisuke Matsuura
  • Naoto Fukasawa ( born 1956 ), Japanese industrial designer
  • Fumie Sasabuchi
  • Gengoroh Tagame ( b. 1964 ), Japanese manga author
  • Issey Miyake ( born 1938 ), Japanese fashion designer
  • Nobuo Sekine, sculptor
  • Kishio Suga, sculptor
  • Yasutake Funakoshi (1912-2002), Japanese painter and sculptor, Professor ( father of Katsura Funakoshi )
  • Lee Ufan ( b. 1936 ), painter and sculptor, Professor
  • Kazuyo Sejima ( SANAA Architects), Architect, Professor
  • Toyo Ito, architect, Visiting Professor
  • Akira Tatehata (* 1947), art critic, curator, poet, professor
Musashino Art University
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