Kinhide Tokudaiji
Japanese art critic and aristocrat
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Kinhide Tokudaiji (徳大寺 公英, Tokudaiji Kinhide[2]; born 2 November 1919), also known as Kimihide Tokudaiji, is a Japanese art critic and aristocrat who was the head of the Tokudaiji family.
Yoneko Matsudaira[1]
Kinhide Tokudaiji | |
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徳大寺 公英 | |
| Born | 2 November 1919 Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | Kimihide Tokudaiji |
| Occupation | Art critic |
| Parent(s) | Saneatsu Tokudaiji Yoneko Matsudaira[1] |
Biography
Kinhide Tokudaiji was born on 2 November 1919 in Tokyo as the eldest son of Prince Saneatsu Tokudaiji and Yoneko Tokudaiji. Yoneko was from the Matsudaira family and was the daughter of Count Naoyuki Matsudaira.[3]
Tokudaiji studied political science at the Tokyo Imperial University, graduating in 1945.[4][5]
Tokudaiji was one of the founding members of Kōbō Abe's Kiroku Geijutsu no Kai.[6] Besides teaching at Gakushuin University, he was also commissioned by the Bridgestone Museum of Art.[5]