Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Hanshin Koshien Stadium, the Tomiyuki Miyase Sculpture Exhibition “You are the leading role!!” will be held from June 4th (Tuesday).
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The Koshien History Museum, operated by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Fukushima-ku, Osaka City, President: Yusuke Kusu), will be holding an event at Hanshin Koshien Stadium 100 from June 4th (Tuesday) to September 1st (Sunday). To commemorate the anniversary, we will be holding a sculpture exhibition titled “You are the main character!!” by Tomiyuki Miyase, a sculptor and member of the Japan Art Academy.
Mr. Miyase believes that in high school baseball, where all teams are losers except for one winning team, it is the losers who create the drama, and has created a series of sculptures that focus on the losers of the game. In this sculpture exhibition, we will display three works from among the 14 works exhibited at Nitten from 1988 to 2001.
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・Strikeout: Youth in the Sunset (1990)
・Glory to you who wrote the hymn of youth (1992)
・Message from Koshien (1994)
[Event period]
From June 4th (Tuesday) to September 1st (Sunday)
【Venue】
Koshien History Museum Stadium area “Memorial Collection”
【Admission fee】
Included in the Koshien History Museum admission fee (no separate fee required).
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Sculptor Tomiyuki Miyase
Born in Kyoto in 1941. After graduating from Kanazawa College of Art, majoring in sculpture, studied in Europe and Italy.
1974 Invited to exhibit at the Agency for Cultural Affairs
Contemporary Art Selection Exhibition
1999 Appointed as head professor of Kanazawa College of Art
2002 Solo exhibition “14 Years of Koshien” held
2009 Received the 65th Japan Art Academy Award
2022 Appointed as a member of the Japan Art Academy Solo exhibition “Delivery! Sweat, tears, and emotion of Koshien baseball players” held 2024 Appointed as Chairman of the Japan Sculpture Society, a public interest incorporated association
Representative works exhibited at the Nitten Exhibition as portrait works ・2013 “The Master of Cinema: My Thoughts Are Far Away” by Yoji Yamada (Film Director) Installed at the Yoji Yamada Museum
・2015 “Ballman of Spirit” Hiroki Kuroda (baseball player)
・2021 “Major Leaguer M “One Ball of Soul” Kenta Maeda (Baseball Player) [Author’s message]
Fascinated by high school baseball players, he has been making them for 14 years. Now that I think about it, I guess that’s why I’ve been so moved by it. Standing at the top of nearly 4,000 schools is truly a dream world and a miracle. All of them are losers except for one winning school.
Of course, I once thought that the losers are the main actors in creating the drama, since they are overwhelmingly outnumbered. At that time, I wanted to capture it in form as a sculptor. At the moment of defeat, the person unconsciously hits the ground of the mound as hard as he can, and while he just hangs his head, tears fall on the ground. My eyes were glued to the phenomenon that involved the true nature of human beings and their deep spirituality, which could be seen from the karma and despair shown by losers regardless of their pretense. Come again next year! ! A large crowd cheers. There was a big, big, bigger on-site education shura to nurture young people. And there is no doubt that there is much more education in store.
I’m sure Shohei Otani has probably experienced it as well.
postscript
At that time, based on interviews from local tournaments around the country and the Koshien (spring and summer) tournaments, the author adapted his work from facts and devoted himself to expressing phenomena.
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10:00～18:00
*Admission is allowed until 30 minutes before closing time.
-Closed on Mondays (excluding match days and holidays)
-Admission fee: 900 yen for adults, 700 yen for high school students (student ID required), 500 yen for children (tax included)
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8-15 Koshiencho, Nishinomiya City, 663-8152
Koshien Plus 2nd floor Koshien History Museum
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