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'''Akiko Fukai''' () is a Japanese [[curator]] of [[fashion]] and textile arts.
She received a bachelor's and a master's degree in fashion history from [[Ochanomizu University|National University of Ochanomizu]] and studied at [[Paris-Sorbonne University]].<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Currently, Fukai is the Director and Chief Curator of the Kyoto Costume Institute.<ref name=":0" /> Her catalogue of the collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute has been published in Japanese, English, French, and German by popular German arts books publisher [[Taschen]].
Fukai has stated in interviews that the future of Japanese fashion is "basic clothing at reasonable prices."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Her scholarship emphasizes the relationship between tradition and innovation in Japanese fashion throughout history, with a particular focus on designs produced in Japan since the 1980s, the subject of her 2010 traveling exhibition ''Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion''.<ref></ref><ref name=":1" /> The exhibition was the first comprehensive survey of Japanese avant-garde fashion designers from this period and focused on the works of [[Issey Miyake]], [[Rei Kawakubo]], [[Yohji Yamamoto]], and [[Junya Watanabe]] among others.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The exhibition began at the Barbican Art Gallery and traveled widely, including to the Seattle Art Museum.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
One of the main differences she posits between Western and Japanese clothing is, in her own words: "In Europe, clothing is definitely external to the body. In Japan it is a coming together of the body and the garment ... [that] derives partly from the process of dressing and the rituals – the layering and layering of the kimono, for example."<ref name=":1" /> Her work on [[Japonism]] in fashion, inside and outside of Japan, examines western ideas of Japanese dress and how these ideas and styles were re-imported for a Japanese audience.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
She has received numerous awards for her work, including honors from the Japanese Commissioner for Cultural Affairs in 2008 and the Academy of Japonism in Japan in 2000; in 2004, she received an honorary doctoral degree from her alma mater, the National University of Ochanomizu.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Exhibitions (Selected) ==
* “Revolution in Fashion 1715–1815” ([[National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto|National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto,]] 1988)
* “Japonisme et Mode” (Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Paris, 1996)
* “Japonism in Fashion” ([[Brooklyn Museum]] and [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], 1998)
* “Fashion in Colors” ([[Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum|Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum]], 2005–2006)
* “Luxury in Fashion Reconsidered” ([[Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo|Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo,]] and National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2009–2010)
* “Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion.” (2010–2011, [[Barbican Centre|Barbican Art Gallery]], London, other locations)
== Publications ==
* ''Japonism in Fashion'' (1994)
* ''Fashion: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute, A History from the 18th to the 20th Century'' ([[Taschen]], 2002)
* ''The Century of Fashion'' (2005)
* ''The Cutting Edge: Fashion from Japan'' (2005)
* ''Fashion in Colors'' (2006)
* ''Reading Fashion from Pictures'' (2009)
* ''Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion'' (2010)
* ''Fashion: a Fashion History of the 20th Century'' (2012)
* ''Kimono Refashioned: Japan's Impact on International Fashion'' (2018)
== References ==
[[Category:Japanese women writers]]
[[Category:Women curators]]
[[Category:Women museum directors]]
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
<references />
She received a bachelor's and a master's degree in fashion history from [[Ochanomizu University|National University of Ochanomizu]] and studied at [[Paris-Sorbonne University]].<ref name=":0"></ref><ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Currently, Fukai is the Director and Chief Curator of the Kyoto Costume Institute.<ref name=":0" /> Her catalogue of the collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute has been published in Japanese, English, French, and German by popular German arts books publisher [[Taschen]].
Fukai has stated in interviews that the future of Japanese fashion is "basic clothing at reasonable prices."<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Her scholarship emphasizes the relationship between tradition and innovation in Japanese fashion throughout history, with a particular focus on designs produced in Japan since the 1980s, the subject of her 2010 traveling exhibition ''Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion''.<ref></ref><ref name=":1" /> The exhibition was the first comprehensive survey of Japanese avant-garde fashion designers from this period and focused on the works of [[Issey Miyake]], [[Rei Kawakubo]], [[Yohji Yamamoto]], and [[Junya Watanabe]] among others.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The exhibition began at the Barbican Art Gallery and traveled widely, including to the Seattle Art Museum.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
One of the main differences she posits between Western and Japanese clothing is, in her own words: "In Europe, clothing is definitely external to the body. In Japan it is a coming together of the body and the garment ... [that] derives partly from the process of dressing and the rituals – the layering and layering of the kimono, for example."<ref name=":1" /> Her work on [[Japonism]] in fashion, inside and outside of Japan, examines western ideas of Japanese dress and how these ideas and styles were re-imported for a Japanese audience.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
She has received numerous awards for her work, including honors from the Japanese Commissioner for Cultural Affairs in 2008 and the Academy of Japonism in Japan in 2000; in 2004, she received an honorary doctoral degree from her alma mater, the National University of Ochanomizu.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Exhibitions (Selected) ==
* “Revolution in Fashion 1715–1815” ([[National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto|National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto,]] 1988)
* “Japonisme et Mode” (Musée de la Mode et du Costume, Paris, 1996)
* “Japonism in Fashion” ([[Brooklyn Museum]] and [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], 1998)
* “Fashion in Colors” ([[Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum|Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum]], 2005–2006)
* “Luxury in Fashion Reconsidered” ([[Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo|Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo,]] and National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 2009–2010)
* “Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion.” (2010–2011, [[Barbican Centre|Barbican Art Gallery]], London, other locations)
== Publications ==
* ''Japonism in Fashion'' (1994)
* ''Fashion: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute, A History from the 18th to the 20th Century'' ([[Taschen]], 2002)
* ''The Century of Fashion'' (2005)
* ''The Cutting Edge: Fashion from Japan'' (2005)
* ''Fashion in Colors'' (2006)
* ''Reading Fashion from Pictures'' (2009)
* ''Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion'' (2010)
* ''Fashion: a Fashion History of the 20th Century'' (2012)
* ''Kimono Refashioned: Japan's Impact on International Fashion'' (2018)
== References ==
[[Category:Japanese women writers]]
[[Category:Women curators]]
[[Category:Women museum directors]]
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
<references />
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