Jō Takeba

Jō Takeba
竹葉 丈
Occupations
  • Photography critic
  • photography historian
  • curator
EmployerNagoya City Art Museum
Known for
  • Research on the history of photography in Nagoya
  • Curating photography exhibitions at Nagoya City Art Museum
  • Editing works on Japanese modern photography

Jō Takeba is a Japanese photography critic, photography historian, and curator at the Nagoya City Art Museum.[1] His work has focused on the history of photography in Nagoya and on modern Japanese photography, including exhibition and publication projects that have helped reconstruct regional avant-garde networks in Japanese photography.[1][2]

Career

Takeba has been identified in English-language profiles as a photography critic and photography historian, and as of 2009 he has served as a curator at the Nagoya City Art Museum, where he has organized various photography exhibitions.[1] Official museum materials also identify him as a curator at the museum and as a lecturer for collection and exhibition-related events.[3][4]

Curatorial work

Takeba has curated or contributed to exhibitions on Japanese modern photography at the Nagoya City Art Museum. English-language exhibition listings identify him as the curator of The Development of Japanese Modern Photography in MANCHOUKUO (2017).[5] Museum and art-press materials for the 2021 exhibition Shashin no miyako monogatari: Nagoya shashin undōshi 1911-1972 also identify him as a curator or lecturer connected with the project.[6][7]

Writings and edited volumes

Takeba's principal publications include The Development of Japanese Modern Photography in Manchoukuo (2017) and The Movement of Modern Photography in Nagoya 1911-1972 (2020).[1] The latter is described as an overview of prewar and postwar avant-garde photography in Japan with a focus on Nagoya as the "capital of photography".[2]

Role in the study of Nagoya photography

Takeba's curatorial and editorial work has helped frame Photography in Nagoya as a major regional strand in the history of Japanese photography.[8][9][6] His work is also relevant to the study of prewar avant-garde photography in Japan and Surrealism in Japan in Nagoya, including artists such as Kansuke Yamamoto (artist) and groups such as Nagoya Photo Avant-Garde.[8][6] His curatorial career has also included work related to The History of Japanese Photography.[6]

Selected publications

Takeba's publications have focused on regional photographic history, Japanese modern photography, and exhibition-based research on prewar and postwar visual culture in Nagoya.[9][8]

  • The Development of Japanese Modern Photography in Manchoukuo (2017)
  • The Movement of Modern Photography in Nagoya 1911-1972 (2020)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Jō Takeba - 竹葉丈". Shashasha. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  2. ^ a b "The Movement of Modern Photography in Nagoya 1911-1972". Shashasha. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  3. ^ "学芸員による解説会「𠮷本作次　絵画の道行き」". 名古屋市美術館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  4. ^ "コレクション解析学2023". 名古屋市美術館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  5. ^ "The Development of Japanese Modern Photography in MANCHOUKUO". ART iT. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  6. ^ a b c d "「写真の都」物語 ―名古屋写真運動史:1911-1972―". ART iT (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  7. ^ "令和2年度 名古屋市美術館年報" (PDF). 名古屋市美術館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  8. ^ a b c "The Movement of Modern Photography in Nagoya 1911-1972". Shashasha. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  9. ^ a b "Jo TAKEBA - 竹葉丈". Shashasha. Retrieved 2026-03-10.

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