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Japanese artist
Junichi Kakizaki
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Junichi Kakizaki in Azumino 2021
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Born
| Junichi Kakizaki
(
1971-01-04
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January 4, 1971
(age 53)
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Nationality
| Japanese
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Known for
| Contemporary art
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Movement
| Floral art
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Nature art
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Land art
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Environmental art
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Media art
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Awards
| Nippon Flower Designers' Association The chief director award (1995, 1997)
All Japan Florists Association of the chairman award (1997)
Japan Vocational Ability Development Association of the flower decoration skills chairman award (2001, 2002, 2003)
TV Champion the 5th National Florist Championship victory prize (2003)
Special academy award of the Ito Gakuen (2003)
, Others.
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Junichi Kakizaki
(
?崎 順一
,
Kakizaki Jun'ichi
, born January 4, 1971)
is a Japanese
artist
,
sculptor
,
floral artist
,
nature art artist
,
land art artist
and
environmental artist
. He exhibits regularly both in Japan and internationally. Since 1992, he has mainly worked on
scenography
. He brought a
floral design
representation in area of
contemporary art
. His daughter, Memi, is a former member of Japanese idol group
Hinatazaka46
.
Biography
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Kakizaki was born in
Nagano
, Japan and has been a floral designer since 1990. His first solo exhibition was in 2003, the same year he won
TV Tokyo
's National Florist Championship in the programme
TV Champion
.
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Early career
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Kakizaki's design career started with a job at Serendipity Design in Tokyo where he worked on films, television programmes, and promotional videos. In 1992 his floral art exhibition "Flower and green for the town" was held at Yagihashi department store. This exhibition was done to commemorate 95 years since the establishment of the store in
Kumagaya
City,
Saitama Prefecture
. In 1993 he became an assistant to Interflora World Cup champion Fumihiko Muramatsu in
Shizuoka City
. In 1995 he took part in the
Hase-dera
art project in Nagano and then took charge of the stage decorations of a concert of many artists, including Eiichi Arai, Shonosuke Okura, Lee Jeongmi, Lebun Kamuy, Hasbaator, Un-Ryu, and the members of Kodo.
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Scenography utilizing flower design for butoh dance performances
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He designed scenography utilizing flower design for the
butoh
performances the "Kazuo Ohno Butoh at Hasedera" by
Kazuo Ohno
and Yoshito Ohno (1999) and "Kazuo Ohno Butoh at Hasedera 2000" by Kazuo Ohno and conceptual artist Yutaka Matsuzawa (2000).
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In 2002 he was part of a team responsible for the floral designs for "2 New Dance Pieces" by the Richard Hart's Guren Dance Theater. He founded Floridance with Hart in the same year. Foridance has performed many times, mainly in Nagano. He designed the scenography for the butoh dance production "New Life", commissioned by Swedish king and the city of Uppsala, performed at Vaksala torg in Uppsala, Sweden and Swedish Embassy in Roppongi, Tokyo (2007).
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Photo books
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- "METAPHOR" Publisher: Twins Lion Do, Author: Junichi Kakizaki, Photo: Junichi Kakizaki / Joji Okamoto, (21/06/2019), ISBN 978-4990928384 / ISBN 4990928385, (English / Japanese, Bilingual)
- "NEW LIFE - Quickening from the Cradle" = Atarashii seimei: Yurikago karano taid? = New Life: Yurikago karano taid?, Publisher: Kyuryudo art publishing, Author: Junichi Kakizaki, Photo: Junichi Kakizaki / Joji Okamoto, (2007/09/26), ISBN 9784763007285 / ISBN 978-4763007285, (Japanese / English, bilingual)
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External links
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See also
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