Koken Nomura

Franziska Ehmcke

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DruckVerlag Kettler
01 August 2025

Drawing & drawings; Sculpture; Installation art; Individual artists, art monographs

Shortly before his death, the artist Koken Nomura, who was born in Japan in 1948 and died in Cologne in 2021, planned a publication of selected works. This book follows the artist's original wish in its selection of works and texts. His use of different materials, artistic approaches and means of expression were as complex as our lives. Anchored in the art world of the West, Koken Nomura repeatedly referred to his inherent Japanese perspectives. He naturally incorporated the cultural and spiritual traditions of his homeland into his work, which repeatedly touched on the spiritual dimension of life.

Text in English, German and Japanese.

AUTHOR: Franziska Ehmcke (born 1947) was a Research Assistant in the East Asian Faculty of the University of Cologne from 1978 to 1986, later working as a freelance translator and author between 1986 and 1993. She was Professor and Head of the Department of Japanese Studies at the University of Cologne from 1994 to 2012, and member of the board of the Center for Asian Studies. On June 14, 2013, Ehmcke was awarded the Japanese order Order of the Rising Sun for her cooperation with other institutions and projects in Japan, promotion of Japan outside of academia, and impact on German-Japanese relations, having established the first taught degree program in Japanese at the University of Cologne, which trained Japanese schoolteachers. Ehmcke's publications include Der japanische Tee-Weg Bewusstseinsschulung und Gesamtkunstwerk (Cologne, 1991) and Osaka zu byobu Ansichten der Burgstadt Osaka in Schloss Eggenberg (Graz, 2010).

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Shortly before his death, the artist Koken Nomura planned a publication of selected works. .

This book follows the artist's original wish in its selection of works and texts .

Koken Nomura's oeuvre includes sculptures, installations, works on paper, photography and poetry

85 colour, 17 b/w illustartions

By: Franziska Ehmcke
Imprint: DruckVerlag Kettler
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 215mm,
ISBN: 9783987411816
ISBN 10: 3987411813
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

6 Einführung Introduction 17 Tausend Sonnen Thousand Suns 37 Installationen und Plastische Arbeiten Installations and Sculptures 73 Bilder Drawings and Collages 99 Fotoserien Photo Series 125 Zu den Werken About the Works 140 Vita und Ausstellungsverzeichnis Vita and exhibition list 145 Danksagung Acknowlegements 146 Impressum Imprint

Franziska Ehmcke (born 1947) was a Research Assistant in the East Asian Faculty of the University of Cologne from 1978 to 1986, later working as a freelance translator and author between 1986 and 1993. She was Professor and Head of the Department of Japanese Studies at the University of Cologne from 1994 to 2012, and member of the board of the Center for Asian Studies. On June 14, 2013, Ehmcke was awarded the Japanese order Order of the Rising Sun for her cooperation with other institutions and projects in Japan, promotion of Japan outside of academia, and impact on German-Japanese relations, having established the first taught degree program in Japanese at the University of Cologne, which trained Japanese schoolteachers. Ehmcke's publications include Der japanische Tee-Weg – Bewusstseinsschulung und Gesamtkunstwerk (Cologne, 1991) and Osaka zu byobu – Ansichten der Burgstadt Osaka in Schloss Eggenberg (Graz, 2010).