Japan Art Academy

Japan Art Academy(Nhật bổn vân thuật viện,Nihon Geijutsu-in)is the highest-ranking official artistic organization in Japan. It is established as anextraordinary organof the JapaneseAgency for Cultural Affairs( văn hóa sảnh, Bunkacho) in the thirty-first article of the law establishing theMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.The Academy discusses art-related issues, advises theMinister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technologyon art-related issues, and promotes arts in three categories: 1) fine art, 2) literary arts, 3) music, drama, and dance.It is closely associated with the annual Japan Art Academy Exhibition(Nitten), the premier art exhibition in Japan; the Japan Art Academy originally ran the Nitten but since 1958 the exhibition is run by a separate private institution. The Japan Art Academy headquarters is inUeno Park,Tokyo.

Offices of the Japan Art Academy

The Japan Art Academy should not be confused with theJapan Art Institute,which is a completely different organization.

History

The Japan Art Academy was founded in 1907 as theFine Arts Reviewing Committee(Bijutsu Shinsa Iinkai) of theMinistry of Education.It was intended to provide quality standards and a venue for art exhibitions in lateMeiji periodJapan. The first of the organization's annual exhibitions, called theBunten,was held in 1907. In 1919 theImperial Fine Arts Academy(Teikoku Bijutsu-in) was established by imperial decree, first headed byMori Ōgai.Upon establishment of the Imperial Arts Academy, the Fine Arts Reviewing Committee was discontinued and assimilated into the new organization, with theBuntenexhibition accordingly renamed theTeiten.

After a number of structural changes were made to the organization in response to criticism of its relevance and politics, it was eventually reorganized into theImperial Art Academy( đế quốc vân thuật viện,Teikoku Geijutsuin) in 1937,and the annual exhibition was renamed theShinbunten.After the end ofWorld War II,the dissolution of theEmpire of Japan,and the start of the Americanoccupation of Japan,the Imperial Art Academy was restructured as the Japan Art Academy ( nhật bổn vân thuật viện,Nihon Geijutsuin).Its annual exhibition was renamed the Japan Arts Exhibition(Nhật bổn mỹ thuật triển lãm hội,nihon bijutsu tenrankai)starting from the 1946 editions (spring and fall, to make up for the lack of an exhibition in 1945), abbreviated asNitten( nhật triển ).

In 1958, there was further re-organization whereby the Japan Fine Arts Academy became a solely academic and consultative body, and the organization of the Nitten annual exhibition was handled by a separate private company, the non-profit corporation Nitten ( xã đoàn pháp nhân nhật triển, Shadan Hōjin Nitten).

Membership

The Japan Art Academy consists of a maximum of 120 members, who are appointed for life.The Academy's membership is divided into the categories as follows.

Section I: Fine Arts

• Painting (since 2022)
  • Nihongaor Japanese-style Painting (until 2022)
  • Yōgaor European-style Painting (until 2022)
• Sculpture
• Crafts
• Calligraphy
• Architecture and Design (since 2022)
  • Architecture (until 2022)
• Photography and Video Arts (since 2022)

Section II: Literature

• Novels and Playwright
• Poetry
• Critics and Foreign Literature
• Manga(since 2022)

Section III: Music, Drama, and Dance

• Nōgaku
• Kabuki
• Bunraku
• Hōgakuor Traditional Japanese Music
• Yōgakuor Western Classical Music
• Dance
• Drama
• Film, including Television andAnime(since 2022)

List of leaders

• Mori Ōgai(1919–1922)
• Kuroda Seiki(1922–1924)
• Ryōjirō Fukuhara(Phúc nguyên liêu nhị lang)(1924–1931)
• Naohiko Masaki(Chính mộc trực ngạn)(1931–1935)
• Tōru Shimizu(Thanh thủy trừng)(1937–1947)
• Seiichirō Takahashi(Cao kiều thành nhất lang)(1948–1979)
• Jirō Arimitsu(Hữu quang thứ lang)(1979–1990)
• Tadashi Inumaru(Khuyển hoàn trực)(1990–2004)
• Shumon Miura(2004–2014)
• Kuroi Senji(2014–2020)
• Shūji Takashina(Cao giai tú nhĩ)(2020–present)

Nitten

Main article:Japan Fine Arts Exhibition

TheJapan Fine Arts Exhibition(Nhật triển,Nitten (Nihon bijutsu tenrankai))claims to be the largest combined art exhibition of its kind in the world, attracting a great number of fans andart critics.The exhibition consists five art categories:Nihongaand Western Style Painting, Sculpture, Crafts and Calligraphy. During each exhibition, works of the great masters are shown alongside works of the new but talented artists.

For ninety-nine years the exhibition (under its various names) was held at theTokyo Metropolitan Art Museum( đông kinh đô mỹ thuật quán,Tōkyō-to Bijutsukan) inUeno,but from the hundredth year in 2007 the exhibition venue was changed to theNational Art Center Tokyo( quốc lập tân mỹ thuật quán, Kokuritsu Shin-bijutsukan) inRoppongi.

The Japan Fine Arts Exhibition decided not to award any of the top prizes in any of the 5 sections for 2013, following the revelation of fraudulent judging in the calligraphy section of the fiscal 2009 show. It was the first time since 1958, when the organization became a nonprofit corporation, that none of the prizes were awarded.

External links

• Home page(in English)
• Home page of the Nitten