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Maquette for stage design of Ballet Joie de Vivre for the "1st Jikken Kobo Presentation." Picasso Festival, Hibiya Kokaido Hall, November 16, 1951.
nr 2.
Kitadai Shōzō, mask of Harlequin as worn by Kanze Hisao, 1955
nr 3.
Kitadai Shōzō, drawing for the masks of Harlequin, 1955
nr 4.
Kitadai Shōzō, mask of Harlequin as worn by Kanze Hisao, 1955
nr 5.
Kitadai Shōzō, drawing for the masks of Harlequin, 1955
nr 6.
Columbine in Pierrot Lunaire, 1955
nr 7.
Ballet Mirai no Eve (Eve Future Ballet), 1955, performance documentation
pictures nr 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 photograph © Kitadai Shōzō; photograph provided by Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
pictures nr 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 photograph © Kitadai Shōzō; photograph provided by Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
(...) Jikken Kōbō consisted of fourteen members: the painters Kitadai Shōzō (1923–2001),
Fukushima Hideko (1927–1997), and Yamaguchi Katsuhiro (b. 1928);
the printmaker Komai Tetsurō (1920–1976);
the composers Fukushima Kazuo (b. 1930), Satō Keijirō (1927–2009), Suzuki Hiroyoshi (1931–2006), Takemitsu Tōru (1930–1996), and Yuasa Jōji (b. 1927);
the poet and critic Akiyama Kuniharu (1929–1996);
the photographer Ōtsuji Kiyoji (1923–2001);
the lighting designer Imai Naoji (b. 1928);
the pianist Sonoda Takahiro (1928–2004);
and the engineer Yamazaki Hideo (1920–1979).
From 1951 to late 1957 Jikken Kōbō created a series of works in collaboration with people outside the group and from a variety of creative fields. (...)
