Kyoko Asakura

QKyoko 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.

Career 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