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KOJIMA Takeshi

1940–2009

Profile

  • Name

    小島 武 こじま たけし KOJIMA Takeshi

  • Job Title

    Illustrator

  • Birth

    1940

  • Death

    2009

  • Area

    Tokyo

  • Profile

    Born in Manchuria. After being repatriated to Kitakyushu, Kojima lived in Hakata until high school, where he became immersed in cinema. He moved to Tokyo, where he attended Kuwasawa Design School. His illustrations and graphics cover a wide variety of genres, such as music, the stage, advertising, and publishing. From 1962, Kojima worked as a freelance illustrator, and in 1993 he was presented with the 24th Kodansha Publishing Culture Award in the Illustration category. His major works include projects with Art Theatre Shinjuku Bunka, Hitoshi Komuro, Yosui Inoue, and Wataru Takada, and his art has featured on the cover of "Number" magazine, as well as in "Hanashi no Tokushu," "New Music Magazine," "Shosetsu Shincho."

    Source: ddd HP Exhibition Archive "Takeshi Kojima: One Dream"

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