Yoshitada Ihara

Yoshitada Ihara

Location: Japan

Since 2012/07, I am working on land art that combines standing trees growing in satoyama and thinned wood (cypress and cedar). It grows as plants grow and the work continues to evolve.

1957 Former professor of Tenpo Misho-ryukado
School(Japanese traditional art)
1961 Trains stage art at OSK
1967-74
He is awarded the Nika exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) every year. It was chosen following the Kansai Nika    exhibition (Kyoto municipal art museum).
1973 (The Imperial Highness Princess Takamatsu of the Imperial Family) Appointed as a special member of the Japan Ikebana    Art Association
1980 Jodo Buddhism Seizan Zenrinji Buddhism Academy(Obtained
qualifications as a solemn teacher, a cloth teacher and a
cultural member)
【Solo exhibition】
1991 Yoshihara Ihara's solo exhibition: Stone sculpture at Shoen Sculpture Center 10 in San Diego, California
1996 Solo exhibition by Yoshitada Ihara @ Gallery 2, Chiba, Japan
2001 Traveling exhibition II "Tree of origin" at the entrance of the Horticultural Center in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture.
A traveling exhibition "Tree   of Origin" at the entrance of the Osaka Museum of History, and Osaka Broadcasting Station in Osaka (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
【Group exhibition】
1967-74 He is awarded the Nika exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) every year. It was chosen following the Kansai Nika exhibition (Kyoto municipal art museum).
1971 Hyogo prefecture, the first time Art festival festival of modern art Hyogo ken Museum of Art
1972 Hyogo Prefectural Contemporary Art Museum Award Winner
Awarded Tokyo Art Museum Special Award.
1973 Tokyo Art Museum Culture Special Exhibition
Japan Flower Arrangement Special Member .
2001 An exhibition at Takashimaya Kyoto Department Store in Kyoto.
【Publication】
Professional magazine 'Sculpture' (published by International Sculpture Center)
Other, lost or not at hand
【Career as an artist】
1967-74 He is awarded the Nika exhibition (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) every year. It was chosen following the Kansai Nika exhibition (Kyoto municipal art museum).
1971 Hyogo prefecture, the first time Art festival festival of modern art Hyogo ken Museum of Art
1972 Hyogo Prefectural Contemporary Art Museum Award Winner
Awarded Tokyo Art Museum Special Award.
1973 Tokyo Art Museum Culture Special Exhibition
Japan Flower Arrangement Special Member . 
1989 Three sculptures were built on the main street of Kagawa Bridge station in Hyogo ken.
1990 Qualified person in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1991 I built a sculpture of Sho-en Sculpture Center 10 in San Diego, California.
1992 The artwork was nominated for the exhibition and won the French Maubeugeu City Art Contest.
1993 Exhibiting sculptures purchased at Ashkenazy Gallery, Belleage Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, USA
1994 The artwork was nominated for the exhibition and was chosen for semifinals at the US Fertilization School in Alabama, USA
1995 Lithuania World Sculpture Symposium.
One of the sculptures exhibited permanently at the European Central Art Museum in Lithuania.
1996 I built a sculpture in Nakao Park in Akashi City Hyogo Prefecture.
1998 I built a sculpture in the Midohigaoka Plateau of Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
I built three sculptures (permanent collection) in the Skokie North Shore Sculpture Park in Chicago.
the year of 2000
A sculpture at the Anada Park, Kakogawa city, Hyogo Prefecture.
Erected an ecological sculpture in Shizen no Ie in Kobe city, Hyogo Prefecture.
Traveling Exhibition I (an ecological sculpture "Tree of Origin") in Kakogawa City Hall, Hyogo Prefecture.
2001 Traveling Exhibition II "Tree of Origin" at the entrance of Center for horticulture in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Exhibition at Takashimaya Kyoto department store in Kyoto.
Traveling Exhibition "Tree of Origin" at the entrance of Osaka Museum of History, and Japan Broadcasting Cooperation, Osaka station (NHK) in Osaka.
2005 Erected 12 Sculptures of Soul Object in Okura Akashi Coast in Hyogo Prefecture.
2006 Erected a Sculpture in Kakogawa Kanno Park in Hyogo Prefecture.
2007 I built sculptures at Himeji Awa Park in Hyogo Prefecture .
2019 Moku-Renma(kigumi)was selected for an Honorable Mention Āward.
Circle foundation in riom,Francei)
[ Personal long-time solo exhibition, Yoshitada Ihara]
Since 2012..07,I am working on land art that combines standing trees growing in SATOYAMA and thinned wood (cypress and cedar). It growas as plants grow and the work continues to evolve.


Portfolio:

moku-renma(kigumi)

This is a land art that combines standing trees growing in a coniferous forest and thinned timber (cypress and cedar) (^^). It is a work in which the shape evolves while the growth of standing trees and the thinned timber are intertwined in accordance with the natural providence.

moku-rennma(kigummi) “moku-rennma(kigummi)”

This is a land art that combines standing trees growing in a coniferous forest and thinned timber (cypress and cedar) (^^). It is a work in which the shape evolves while the growth of standing trees and the thinned timber are intertwined in accordance with the natural providence.

En-gi(Series) “En-gi(Series)”

This is a land art that combines standing trees growing in a coniferous forest and thinned timber (cypress and cedar) (^^). It is a work in which the shape evolves while the growth of standing trees and the thinned timber are intertwined in accordance with the natural providence.
The title ENGI is a basic concept of Buddhism. (Meaning that events are born by relationships)

En-en(Series) “En-en(Series)”

This is a land art that combines standing trees growing in a coniferous forest and thinned timber (cypress and cedar) (^^). It is a work in which the shape evolves while the growth of standing trees and the thinned timber are intertwined in accordance with the natural providence.
Auspicious titles are a basic concept of Buddhism. (Meaning that events are born by relationships)

En-en(part) “En-en(part)”

This is a land art that combines standing trees growing in a coniferous forest and thinned timber (cypress and cedar) (^^). It is a work in which the shape evolves while the growth of standing trees and the thinned timber are intertwined in accordance with the natural providence.
Auspicious titles are a basic concept of Buddhism. (Meaning that events are born by relationships)