Jō Takeba
Japanese photography critic, historian, and curator
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Jō Takeba is a Japanese photography critic, photography historian, and curator at the Nagoya City Art Museum.[1] His work has focused on the history of photography in Nagoya and on modern Japanese photography, including exhibition and publication projects that have helped reconstruct regional avant-garde networks in Japanese photography.[1][2]
- Photography critic
- photography historian
- curator
- Research on the history of photography in Nagoya
- Curating photography exhibitions at Nagoya City Art Museum
- Editing works on Japanese modern photography
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竹葉 丈 | |
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Career
Takeba has been identified in English-language profiles as a photography critic and photography historian, and as of 2009 he has served as a curator at the Nagoya City Art Museum, where he has organized various photography exhibitions.[1] Official museum materials also identify him as a curator at the museum and as a lecturer for collection and exhibition-related events.[3][4]
Curatorial work
Takeba has curated or contributed to exhibitions on Japanese modern photography at the Nagoya City Art Museum. English-language exhibition listings identify him as the curator of The Development of Japanese Modern Photography in MANCHOUKUO (2017).[5] Museum and art-press materials for the 2021 exhibition Shashin no miyako monogatari: Nagoya shashin undōshi 1911-1972 also identify him as a curator or lecturer connected with the project.[6][7]
Writings and edited volumes
Takeba's principal publications include The Development of Japanese Modern Photography in Manchoukuo (2017) and The Movement of Modern Photography in Nagoya 1911-1972 (2020).[1] The latter is described as an overview of prewar and postwar avant-garde photography in Japan with a focus on Nagoya as the "capital of photography".[2]
Role in the study of Nagoya photography
Takeba's curatorial and editorial work has helped frame Photography in Nagoya as a major regional strand in the history of Japanese photography.[8][9][6] His work is also relevant to the study of prewar avant-garde photography in Japan and Surrealism in Japan in Nagoya, including artists such as Kansuke Yamamoto (artist) and groups such as Nagoya Photo Avant-Garde.[8][6] His curatorial career has also included work related to The History of Japanese Photography.[6]
Selected publications
Takeba's publications have focused on regional photographic history, Japanese modern photography, and exhibition-based research on prewar and postwar visual culture in Nagoya.[9][8]
- The Development of Japanese Modern Photography in Manchoukuo (2017)
- The Movement of Modern Photography in Nagoya 1911-1972 (2020)