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Kōji Kinutani

Kōji Kinutani (1943–2025) was a Japanese painter, university teacher and artist.

Also recorded as Koji Kinutani

Kōji Kinutani , Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University of the Arts , received the Order of Culture on November, 2021.

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Biography

Born at Nara in 1943, died in Bunkyō-ku in 2025.

Kōji Kinutani studied at Tokyo University of the Arts and Nara Prefectural Nara High School. The recorded working language is Japanese.

Employment is recorded with Tokyo University of the Arts and Osaka University of Arts.

Work by Kōji Kinutani is recorded in the collections of Nara Prefectural Museum of Art, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art.

Distinctions recorded are Person of Cultural Merit, Japan Art Academy Prize, Order of Culture and Junior Third Rank.

Kōji Kinutani , Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University of the Arts , received the Order of Culture on November, 2021.

Kōji Kinutani , Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University of the Arts , received the Order of Culture on November, 2021.

大臣官房人事課 · 文部科学省ホームページ · 令和3年度 文化勲章受章者:文部科学省

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Places

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  • Nara

    Birth place

  • Bunkyō-ku

    Death place

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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.

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