Biography

Gozo Yoshimasu
Born in 1939, Tokyo, Japan
1963

BA, Japanese Literature, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024

Ne No Ne, SIGNAL, Tokyo

2023

Footnotes - Gozo Yoshimasu According Gozo Yoshimasu According Gozo Yoshimasu,
Maebashi City Museum of Literature, Gunma

2022

Voix, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo
Tabata Memorial Museum of Writers and Artists, Tokyo

2021

Dear Monster, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo2018

Yoshimasu Gozo, Art Office Ozasa, Kyoto, Japan2017

Yoshimasu Gozo, Shumoku Gallery, Nagoya, JapanHATENOUTAGOE - Poet Yoshimasu Gozo, Ashikaga Museum of Art, Tochigi, Japan;
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, Naha; Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo- 2018

2016

The Voice Between: The Art and Poetry of Yoshimasu Gozo, The National Museum of ModernArt, Tokyo

2014

Yoshimasu Gozo Solo Exhibition: Water Weaving Day, ......, Temporary Space, Sapporo, Japan

2013

Yoshimasu Gozo: Dear Monster, Temporary Space, Sapporo, Japan
Yoshimasu Gozo, Daiwa Foundation Japan House, London

2010

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition : Garden of golden was blind, BLD Gallery, Tokyo

2008

Garden of Gold Gone Blind - Yoshimasu Gozo, Hokkaido Museum of Literature,Sapporo, Japan

2006

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition : SHIRO WO KASANERU, Waseda gallery, Tokyo2005

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: A drop of light, Galerie José Martinez, Lyon

2004

Yoshimasu Gozo's Universe of Books, Calligraphy and Manuscripts,
Tokushima Prefectural Museum of Literature and Calligraphy, Tokushima, Japan

2003

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: Fallen Leaves of Light, Aoyama Book Center, Tokyo
Poetic Spectrum - Images, Objects, and Words of Gozo Yoshimasu, Location One, New YorkYoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: Shi-no-shio-no-ana, photographer’s gallery, Tokyo
Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: A drop of light 1984-2003,Mizuta Museum in Josai International University, Chiba, Japan

2002

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: As though Tattooing on My Mind, Galerie JoséMartinez, Lyon
Yoshimasu Gozo Polaroid Exhibition: Ecriture in a moment, Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo

2000

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: KAZE NO KARADA, OZC, OsakaYoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: Le Jardin Palimpseste, Logos Gallery, Tokyo;
galerie Claude Samuel, Paris; CCI Alsace Eurométropole, Strasbourg
1998Language Objets at Waters’ Edge: Poetry/Objets/Photography from Yoshimasu Gozo,
Saito Memorial Kawaguchi Museum, Saitama, Japan
Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: A weary whale..., Gallery Verita, Tokyo

1997

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: As though Tattooing on My Mind,
Gallery Verita, Tokyo

1996

Yoshimasu Gozo Exhibition: MOMOHA/SAKAIGAWA/UCHUBAKO, Temporary Space,
Sapporo, Japan

1994

Yoshimasu Gozo solo Exhibition: Sitting/Ishikari River Mouth, Temporary Space,
Sapporo, Japan

1991

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: To Afunrupa-ru, Nishida Gallery, Nara, Japan
Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: To Afunrupa-ru, Nakamura Kaki Store,Sapporo, Japan
Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: To Afunrupa-ru, Voice Gallery, Kyoto, Japan1990

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: HI NO KUNI NO RASEN NO UTA,
Shimada Museum of Arts, Kumamoto, Japan
Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: To Afunrupa-ru, Gallery 1956, Naha, Japan
Yoshimasu Gozo Photography Exhibition: To Afunrupa-ru, Gallery Verita, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions
2024

ONE SINGLE BOOK, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo2023

15, Take Ninagawa, Tokyo

2021

Poet Slash Artist, Manchester International Festival, Manchester

2019

MOT Annual 2019 Echo after Echo : Summoned Voices, New Shadows,Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Reborn-Art Festival 2019, Ayukawa, Miyagi, Japan2018

Sharjapan: The Poetics of Space, Al Hamriyah Studios, Sharjah, UAE

2017Yoshimasu Gozo: Fire Embroidery - Beyond Ishikari Sheets,Sapporo International Art Festival 2017, Hokkaido University Museum, Sapporo, Japan
MOT Satellite 2017 Spring: by the deep rivers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

2015

Shinano Primitive Sense Art Festival, Shinano Kodo, Nagano, Japan2014

Aomori Earth2014 - Part 2: Knotted Poems, Stone Fence, Aomori Prefecture Museum of Art,Aomori, Japan2010

Avant-Garde Entertainment Movie Festa Japan,International Hall, Nara Prefecture Cultural Hall, Nara, Japan

2006

Paraty Poetry Festival, Japan Foundation, Paraty, Brazil

2004

Brazil, Body, Nostalgia, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

2002

The Melting Point: Group Show by Poets and Sculptors, Urawa Museum of Art,
Saitama, Japan

1996

International Poetry Festival of Medellin, Medellin

1995

Yoshimasu Gozo Photography & Yanagisawa Noriko Copperplate Print Exhibition,

Yamaha Gallery, Shizuoka, Japan
1991

Japan Festival 1991, Japan Foundation, London
21st São Paulo Biennale, Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, São Paulo

1990

Sakaigawa Wandering, Sapporo, JapanAwards
2015Japan Art Academy Prize & Imperial Prize

2013

Person of Cultural Merit, Japan
Order of the Rising Sun, Japan

2003

Medals of Honour, Purple Ribbon, Japan

Selected Publications
2021

Voix, Shichosha

2019

Across the Bare Common - Japanese and American Poets Respond to Emerson,
Takanashi Shobo(with Forest Gander, Masaki Horiuchi)

2018

Dancing Language, Ronsosha
Embroidery of Fire: Gozo Yoshimasu 2008-2017, Kyobunsha

2016

Alice Iris Red Horse: Selected Poems of Yoshimasu Gozo, New Directions
Gozo Yoshimasu: Momentary Ecriture, edition.nord
Dear Monster, Misuzu Shobo
My Poetic Biography: Seize the Fire with Bare Hands!, Kodansha

2012

Lectures on Poetics: Infinite Echoes, Keio University Press

2011

Naked Writing, Shoshi Yamada

2010

Mokpo Correspondence, Yatate Publishing
Garden of Gold Gone Blind, Iwanami Shoten

2009

A Quiet America, Shoshi Yamada
Miracle - gozoCiné, Osiris

2008

omote-gami, Shichosha

2007

The Dead, JINYA

2006

Words that Quake to the Loom, Shoshi Yamada (with Ryoko Sekiguchi)
To the World as Archipelago, Iwanami Shoten (with Ryota Imafuku)
Nowhere Tree, Shironsha

2005

In between 11: Ireland, EU-Japan Fest, Japan Committee
On the Shores of Asia, Fujiwara Shoten (with Ko Un)
Snake of Heaven, Bloom of Violet, Shueisha

2004

Goro-Goro, Japan Daily News

2003

Poetry in the Pocket, Journey to My Beloved Poets, NHK Publishing

2002

The Other Voice, ShichoshaBrazil Diaries, Shoshi Yamada

2001

The Bared Wildflower: From Poetry to the World, Iwanami Shoten
Dolce/Sweetly: A New Encounter to with Image and Word, Iwanami Shoten(with Alexandr Sokurov, Miho Shimao)

The Flaming Movie House, Seidosha
2000

Hometown of Words, My Hometown Fussa, Yatate Publishing
Kenji’s Music Room, Shogakkan

1999Life is Halfway to a Dream - Walking with Shinobu Orikuchi, Shichosha
Gozo Yoshimasu: Poetry Collection, Haruki Bunko
Sea of Melted Snow: Tampopo and Tampupu, Yatate Publishing

1998“The Island of Snow,” or “The Ghost of Emily,” Shueisha
At the Fringes of This Era, Heibonsha (with Hiromasa Ichimura)

1997

Ocean in a Boardgame, Cosmos in a Poem, Kawade Shobo (with Yoshiharu Habu)

1995

At the Entrance to the House of Fireworks, Seidosha
Ishikari Sheets, Angelica House

1994

Gozo Yoshimasu: Poetry Collection vol.3, Shichosha
Gozo Yoshimasu: Poetry Collection vol.2, Shichosha

1993

Bones of the Tree, Yatate Publishing (with Shuri Kido)

1992

Ship of Death, Shoshi Yamada
Flapping Cuckoo Comes Splaying His Wings of Bone, Shoshi Yamada
August Sunset, Unicorn, Chusekisha
Hometown of Words, Yatate Publishing

1990

Helix Songs, Kawade Shobo

1989

Scotland Travels, Shoshi Yamada

1987

Notebook on Tokoku, Ozawa Shoten
Time Goes Trembling On, Shichosha

1986

Green City, Shining SIiver, Ozawa Shoten

1984

Osiris, the God of Stone, Shichosha

1983

Letter to the Tree Towering Next to the Big Hospital, Chuo Koronsha

1982

Ting-a-ling Train That Flew to the Sky, Shogakkan (with Akira Horiguchi)

1981

Place of Quiet, Ozawa Shoten
Imagine a Helix, Ozawa Shoten

1979

Blue Sky, Kawade Shobo
Hot Wind - a thousand steps, Chuo Koronsha

1978

The Poetry of Gozo Yoshimasu vol.1-5, Kawade Shobo
Gozo Yoshimasu: Poetry Collection, Shichosha
A River of Sun, Ozawa Shoten

1977

River Written in Cursive, Shichosha

1976

I, Blazing Mirage, Ozawa Shoten

1974

Exorcising My Demons, Seidosha

1973

Kingdom, Kawade Shobo
Morning Letters, Ozawa Shoten1971

Gozo Yoshimasu Anthology, Shichosha
The Tower of Intellect, Seijisha

1970

Golden Poetry, Shichosha

1964

Departure, Shin-Geijutsusha

Selected TV Programmes, Radio & Films
2022

Vertigo (directed by Haruo Inoue)se (directed by Kei Shichiri)

2021

SWITCH Interview Masters, NHK

2018

The Reality Behind What We See (directed by Haruo Inoue)

2016

A Hunger Artist (directed by Masao Adachi)

2006

Islana Song: Thousands of Islands (directed by Ken Inoue)
Kunio Yanagita: Soul of a Poet, NHK

2002

Literature and Climate: Poetry in the Pocket, NHK

2000

Artists’ Challenge, NHK

1997

Nomadic Poets, NHK
Brazil, Undiscovered Haiku Kingdom, NHK
Future Tide: Yoshiharu Habu & Gozo Yoshimasu - Ocean in a Boardgame, Cosmos in a Poem,NHK

1996

Future Tide: Mekas - Okinawa/Tokyo Travel Meditations, NHK
Contemporary Poem Laboratory, NHK

1985

Imitating Hydrangea (directed by Shiroyasu Suzuki)