The 31^st Ringa Art Encouragement Prize Winners Announced

On November 7, the Ringa Art Encouragement Award (organized by the Ringa Art Encouragement Fund), which publicly honors outstanding individuals for their exceptional achievements in the field of art criticism and art history research, announced the winners of the 31^st Ringa Art Encouragement Prize. In the Art History Research Division, ITŌ Yoshiyuki (Researcher, advisor of Fukuzawa Memorial Foundation), co-author of ‘Chōgenjitsu shugi no 1937 nen Fukuzawa Ichirō “Shūrurearizumu” o yominaosu’, was awarded. In the Art Criticism Division, KATADA Yūko (Curator, Yokohama Museum of Art) received the prize for her curatorial exhibition titled ‘Tetsuro Komai: A Pioneer of Modern Japanese Copperplate Prints’ and contribution of her essay to its catalog. (Japanese)