Musashino Art University
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Musashino Art University (武蔵野美術大学 Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku?, MAU) is a university in Kodaira, western Tokyo founded in 1962 and has roots going back to 1929.
Teikoku Art School (帝国美術学校, Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō; meaning "imperial art school") was founded in 1929; in 1948 it became Musashino Art School (武蔵野美術学校, Musashino Bijutsu Gakkō), and in 1962 it became Musashino Art University. This is known[who?] as one of the leading art universities in Japan.
From its start, the university taught fine art and industrial design; it later added architecture, fashion, and various other fields.
The university has exchange agreements with other universities in a variety of countries. It has a graduate school that awards master's degrees and doctorates.
[edit] Students/professors
- Taku Aramasa, photographer
- Hiroki Endo, mangaka
- Koji Ishikawa, picture book author and illustrator
- Satoshi Kon, anime film director
- Fusako Kuramochi, manga artist
- Yuko Shimizu, designer
- Yoshihiko Wada, painter
- Yellow Tanabe, mangaka
- Ryu Murakami, novelist and film maker
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