Kyoko Asakura
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Kyoko Asakura (Japanese: 朝倉 響子, Hepburn: Asakura Kyōko, 9 December 1925, Tokyo – 30 May 2016, Tokyo[1]) was a Japanese sculptor. Her birth name was written 矜子. She was the second daughter of sculptor Fumio Asakura and sister of stage designer and painter Setsu Asakura.
- 1948 - Nitten Excellence
- 1956 - withdrew from Nitten
- 1979 - 7th Nagano prefecture Outdoor Sculpture Award
- 1982 - Teijiro Nakahara Excellence Award.
Solo Exhibition
- 1960 - Bungeishunjū gallery, Tokyo
- 1962 - Takashimaya, Osaka prefecture
- 1967 - Gallery Cube, Tokyo
- 1970 - Gallery Universe, Tokyo (also in 1973, 1978, 1981)
- 1985 - Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo / Yamagata Museum of Art, Yamagata Prefecture
- 1988 - Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo (also in 1993)
- 2000 - Modern Sculpture Center, Tokyo
- 2000 - Fumio Asakura Memorial Hall, Oita Prefecture
- 2003–2004 - Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Fukuoka prefecture
- 2010 - Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
