Yukio Yashiro

Yukio Yashiro (矢代 幸雄, Yashiro Yukio; 5, November 1890–25, May 1975) was a Japanese academic, art historian, Botticelli scholar and Director of the Institute for Art Research in Tokyo.

Yukio Yashiro
Yukio Yashiro in 1963
Born	(1890-11-05)November 5, 1890  Japan
Died	May 25, 1975(1975-05-25) (aged 84)
Other names	矢代 幸雄
Occupation	art historian
Relatives	son:Akio Yashiro

Biography

In 1960, he became the founding director of the Museum of Japanese Art (Yamato Bunkakan) in Nara, Nara.^[1] This museum of Asian art was established to preserve and display the private collection of the Kintetsu Corporation (Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd.).^[2]

Honors

• Charles Lang Freer Medal, September 15, 1965.^[3]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Yukio Yashiro, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 100+ works in 100+ publications in 7 languages and in 1,000+ library holdings.^[4]

The most widely held works by Yashiro include:

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• 2000 years of Japanese Art; 5 editions published in 1958 in English and held by 680 libraries worldwide^[4]
• Sandro Botticelli and the Florentine Renaissance; 4 editions published in 1929 in English and held by 197 libraries worldwide^[4]
• Art treasures of Japan; 1 edition published in 1960 in English and held by 168 libraries worldwide^[4]
• Sandro Botticelli; 2 editions published in 1925 in English and held by 138 libraries worldwide^[4]
• 日本美術の特質 by 矢代幸雄; 8 editions published between 1943 and 1965 in Japanese and held by 41 libraries worldwide^[4]
• The Avery Brundage Collection of Asian Art: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco; 1 edition published in 1966 in English and held by 26 libraries worldwide^[4]
• Japanische Kunst; 4 editions published in 1958 in German and held by 22 libraries worldwide^[4]
• 水墨画 by 矢代幸雄; 5 editions published between 1969 and 1977 in Japanese and held by 20 libraries worldwide^[4]
• 東洋美術論考; 3 editions published in 1942 in Japanese and held by 20 libraries worldwide^[4]
• 世界に於ける日本美術の位置; 5 editions published between 1935 and 1988 in Japanese and held by 19 libraries worldwide^[4]

See also

• Yamato Bunkakan