Kanazawa College of Art
The Kanazawa College of Art (金沢美術工芸大学, Kanazawa Bijutsu Kōgei Daigaku, literally Kanazawa Art and Industrial Design University) is a university in Kanazawa, Japan. It was founded in 1946 by the municipal government following World War II. The graduate program opened in 1979.
Notable alumni
- Shigeru Miyamoto - video game designer for Nintendo
- Hiromasa Yonebayashi - animation director for Studio Ghibli
- Naohisa Inoue - painter
- Kazuyoshi Hayagawa - television commercial director
- Mamoru Hosoda - animation director
- Kinuko Y. Craft (Kinuko Yamabe) - painter, illustrator
- Akiko Higashimura - manga author
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Coordinates: 36°33′23″N 136°40′38″E / 36.55627°N 136.67729°E