Tokyo Polytechnic University

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Tokyo Polytechnic University
東京工芸大学

Established: Founded 1923,
Chartered 1966
Type: Private
President: Nobuyuki Kobayashi
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Campus: Nakano, Tokyo, Atsugi, Kanagawa
Website: www.t-kougei.ac.jp
Gate of Tokyo Polytechnic University
Gate of Tokyo Polytechnic University

Tokyo Polytechnic University (東京工芸大学 Tōkyō Kōgei Daigaku?) is a private university in Honchō, Nakano, Tokyo. Its nickname is Shadai (写大). It was formerly known as Tokyo College of Photography (東京写真大学 Tōkyō Shashin Daigaku?).

The university was founded as Konishi Professional School of Photography in Shibuya in 1923. The founder, Rokuemon Sugiura VII, was the president of Konishi Main Shop (Konica) at that time and found the school to success the wish of Rokuemon Sugiura VI, the predecessor president.

Beginning in 2007, the university offers courses in manga studies and animation studies.

Among the alumni of Tokyo Polytechnic are photographers Eikoh Hosoe and Sakae Tamura, and Akitaro Daichi, Yoko Kamio, Takashi Koizumi, and Kenji Tsuruta.

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