Takiguchi Shuzo Archive
Takiguchi Shuzo (1903-1979) was a poet and critic associated with Japanese post-war Surrealism, who is particularly known for his watercolor works, painted from 1960 onwards. He wrote experimental poetry under the influence of Surrealism whilst still a student at Keio, went on to become one of the mainstays of avant-garde art criticism during the post-war years, and then became more widely known for his artworks using decalcomania, amongst other techniques. The main archive contains over 10,000 items relating to Takiguchi’s life from WWII to his death in 1979: correspondence, manuscripts, sketches, notes, scrapbooks, photographs, collected objects, printed ephemera, books, and serial magazines.
The ‘Takiguchi Shuzo Archive’ was established in April 2001, when Takiguchi’s relative, Suzuki You, donated a number of documents to the university.
【Catalog of materials】
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What's on
- SHOW-CASE PROJECT Extra-1 Motohiro Tomii: The Presence of Objects and Matters
- 舞踏家・上杉満代による舞踏ワークショップ「呼吸を遊び 体と遊び 床を踏む！」
- Correspondences and Hyōryūshi [Drifting-poetry]
- インクルーシヴ・プログラム 「きょうの料理」でめぐる100年！ツアー
- Papier Plié 02: Correspondences between Shuzo Takiguchi and Shusaku Arakawa/Madeline Gins — Margin and Blank
- ラーニング・ワークショップ「放送博物館」で考えるーアナログ技術のこれまで・これから