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Bumpei Akaji (1921 – 2002) was an American sculptor. He was born in Lawai, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai in 1921. In 1943 he joined the United States Army and was sent to Italy with the 100th Battalion of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. He was inspired by the artwork in Florence and received a discharge in Italy. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and at the Academia de Belle Arti, Brera, in Milan on a Fulbright Scholarship. In 1950, he returned to Honolulu and in 1951 received a Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Along with Satoru Abe, Edmund Chung, Tetsuo Ochikubo, Jerry T. Okimoto, James Park, and Tadashi Sato, Bumpei Akaji was a member of the Metcalf Chateau, a group of seven Asian-American artists with ties to Honolulu.〔Matsumoto, Lacy, “Hawaii artist honors late friend with exhibition - Satoru Abe to show his work alongside pieces by Jerry Okimoto at Nu'uanu Gallery”, ''Honolulu Advertiser'', July 28, 2008, D1〕 Akaji learned welding from a local mechanic and is now best known for his large-scale welded copper and brass sculptures, which are both organic and abstract in nature, as typified by ''Cyparissus,''. The welded and/or pounded surfaces of his sculptures are often warm and sensual and over time develop a unique patina. He died in 2002. The Hawaii State Art Museum and the Honolulu Museum of Art are among the public collections holding work by Bumpei Akaji. His sculptures in public places include: * Untitled sculpture, Leilehua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1976 * ''Na Mana Nu Oli'', Bishop Trust Company, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1969 * ''Koaie'', Anuenue Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1972 * ''Nani Kaua`i: Ke Mau Nei Ke Ea O Kauai I Puhi Aina Malu''(Beautiful Kaua`i: The spirit of Kaua`i thrives in the peaceful land of Puhi), Kauai Community College, Lihue, Hawaii, 1977 * Untitled sculpture, Hana High and Elementary School, Hana, Hawaii, 1977 * ''Pule Oo'', Molokai Public Library, Kaunakakai, Hawaii, 1973 * ''Reflections 1989'', Kauai High School, Lihue, Hawaii, 1989 * ''Makaa eIke Aku i ke Awawa Uluwehi i na Kuahiwi o Manoa'' (Glowing Eyes Looking at the Lush Valley in the Mountains of Manoa, 1979) and ''VVV'' (1995), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1995 * ''Moanalua'', Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1976 * ''Pupu Ao Ewa'', Ewa Beach Community School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1972 * ''Gushing Waters'', Waipahu Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1978 * ''Wilia i uka, wilia i kai'', Pope Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1977 * ''Hana Hihi-u O Na Makani Ika-ika O Hono Kaa'', Honakaa School, Honokaa, Hawaii, 1975 * ''Hoolana'', University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii, 1984 * ''Maui Snares the Sun'', Maui Memorial Hospital, Wailuku, Hawaii, 1981 * ''The Sun God'', Wailuku State Office Building, Wailuku, Hawaii, 1970 * ''The Eternal Flame'', Hawaii State Capitol Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1974 * ''Birds Aloft'', Ala Moana Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1966 * ''Wai Hoola a Lono'', Koloa Public School & Library, Koloa, Hawaii, 1973 * ''Brothers in Valor Memorial'', Fort DeRusey, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1996 * Untitled copper sculpture, President William McKinley High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1963 ==References== * Morse, Marcia, ''Legacy: Facets of Island Modernism'', Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2001, ISBN 978-0-937426-48-7, pp. 13, 34-39 * Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, "Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces", University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 91. * Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967-1997'', Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1997, 145. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bumpei Akaji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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