Finding aid for the Yoshie Yoshida Papers LSC.2350
Finding aid prepared by Kelly Besser, 2021.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2021 January 11.
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Title: Yoshie Yoshida papers
Creator:
Yoshida, Yoshie
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2350
Physical Description:
2.6 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1959-2005
Abstract: As an art critic and curator, Yoshie Yoshida (1929-2016) organized many exhibitions and events in Japan. After becoming a
member of Art Critics Association, he was also engaged in supporting political and performance art. The collection ranges
from monographs, serials and audiovisual material to scrapbooks, article clippings, exhibition programs, posters and correspondence.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are mostly in Japanese, with some in English and Portuguese.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains processed audiovisual materials. All requests to access digital materials
must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained
by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue
the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of Item], Yoshie Yoshida papers (Collection 2350). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Source of Acquisition
The acquisition was through the gift of the Yoshida family, with the assistance of Yoshiko Shimada (who compiled the archival
materials into files) and William Marotti, in 2016. The "Kazuko Tsujimura" folder was donated by Tsujimura's brother to Yoshiko
Shimada and added to the collection in 2017.
Processing Information
Physical processing performed by Wil Lin and Hannah Moshier and intellectual processing performed by Junko Tanaka, under the
guidance of Courtney Dean, 2017-2018.
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Biography/History
Yoshie Yoshida, an art critic, curator, and event/exhibition organizer, was born in Japan in 1929. In the 1950s he carried
Matsuki's Hiroshima Panels throughout Japan as a travelling exhibit. Upon publishing a book "Takiguchi Shuzo oboegaki" in
1961, he became a member of Art Critics Association. In 1965, he founded an artist-run gallery, Modern Art Center of Japan.
Yoshida organized an art performance, Haisen Bansankai (Dinner Party Commemorating WWII Defeat, 1962) and Festival of Humans
and Earth (1970). He also supported political art such as Akasegawa Genpei's 1000-yen Trial (1965-67) and anti-expo art movement
(1969). He died in Tokyo, Japan, in 2016. Among his works are "Kaitaigeki no maku orite: 60-nendai zen'ei bijutsushi" (avant-garde
art history in the 60s) in 1982, and "Matsuzawa Yutaka Pusai no hako" (1983) where Yoshida edited the portfolio of the artist.
Scope and Content
This collection was created by an art critic Yoshie Yoshida (1929-2016), and ranges from monographs, serials and audiovisual
material to scrapbooks, article clippings, exhibition programs, posters and correspondence. Monographs center on exhibition
catalogs, materials on surrealism, and books by/on particular artists (Shuzo Takiguchi, Genpei Akasegawa and Yutaka Matsuzawa).
Serials chiefly consist of newsletters from art museums and institutes. An extensive amount of materials and documents are
also found on Butoh (a Japanese avant-garde dance form). Other materials and documents cover social, political as well as
artistic events/movements in which Yoshida was involved, such as Ningen to Daichi no Matsuri (Festival of Humans and Earth),
Sanrizuka Struggle and Artist Union.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Art critics -- Japan -- Archives.
Arts, Japanese -- 20th century -- Archives.
Yoshida, Yoshie
box 1, folder 7, box 2, folder 1
box 3, folder 3
Articles and exhibition programs
1963-1970
Scope and Content
Includes Anti-Expo statements by Yoshida and items on Modern Art Center of Japan.
box 3, folder 4
Court documents
1963-1972
Scope and Content
Includes documents on 1000-yen Note Trial and Utopia and Visions Exhibition Q&A.
box 3, folder 5-6
Artist Union
1975-1979
Scope and Content
Articles from "Artist Union" newsletters, articles on Artist Union, and programs of Artist Union Symposiums.
box 3, folder 7-8
Sanrizuka
1978-1982
Scope and Content
Flyers for assemblies, articles and newsletters relating Sanrizuka Struggle (a series of protests against the construction
of Narita Airport in Tokyo). Includes items on Issaku Tomura (Protest Coalition leader) Exhibition, curated by Yoshida.
box 4, folder 1-4
Cosmos Exhibition
1973-1974
Language of Material: Some items in Portuguese.
Scope and Content
Articles, flyers and correspondence on Cosmos Exhibition held in Sao Paulo in 1974.
Files composed by Yoshida.
Includes Yoshida's journals during the exhibition and Brazilian trip.
box 4, folder 5-7
Festival of Humans and Earth (File 1)
1971
Scope and Content
Photographs, correspondence, programs, articles relating to the event organized by Yoshida.
Contains documentation on the event.
box 4, folder 8, box 5, folder 1
Festival of Humans and Earth (File 2)
1971
Scope and Content
This file has "Ozaki" (event co-organizer) written on cover, and centers on correspondence and mail art.
box 5, folder 2-4
Correspondence
1978-2003
Scope and Content
Chiefly letters and postcards from artists.
box 5, folder 5
International Surrealism Exhibition
1975-1978
Language of Material: Items all in English.
Scope and Content
Articles, flyers and program on the Exhibition held in Chicago, 1978, organized by Yoshida.
box 5, folder 6
War-related materials
1975-1978
Scope and Content
A military artist directory and articles on war/military art.
box 6, folder 1-2, box 5, folder 7-8
Butoh
1977-2001
Scope and Content
Programs, flyers and newsletters related to Butoh (Japanese avant-garde dance form).
Contains letters from Yoko Ashikawa (Tatsumi Hijikata's student and collaborator).
box 6, folder 3-4
Shuzo Takiguchi
1970-1979
Scope and Content
Photos, books and correspondence.
Includes Liberty Passport from Takiguchi and photos by Mitsutoshi Hanaga.
box 6, folder 5-7
Zuisoroku by Hironae Yoshida
1945-1946
Scope and Content
Photocopy of a three-volume autobiography written by Hironae Yoshida (Yoshida's father).
box 6, folder 8
Kazuko Tsujimura
1965-1978
Scope and Content
Collection of Yoshida's portraits and correspondence with Yoshida, collected by Kazuko Tsujimura.
box 7
Audiovisual materials
1990-1998
Scope and Content
Ten VHS tapes, including Nobuyuki Oura's "Enkin o kakaete," Butoh performances, and videos featuring Isao Mizutani and Takami
Sakurai.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
box 8
Posters
1963-1976
Scope and Content
Posters and photographs for exhibitions and events, including
1000-yen Note Trial 1965
Matsuzawa Yutaka "Pusai no itai ni tsuite" 1964
Photographs for the Festival of Humans and Earth posters 1971
Global Art Vision 1971
Urban Open Space in Hiroshima 1972
Hi-red Center 1966?
box 9, folder 1-4
Yutaka Matsuzawa
1951-1973
Scope and Content
Postcards, flyers and programs for exhibitions and events organized by Yutaka Matsuzawa. Also includes correspondence from
Matsuzawa to Yoshida. Two issues of "Art & Project bulletin" are in English.
