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Simon Yotsuya (四谷シモン, Yotsuya Shimon, 1944 - ) is a Japanese artist known for creating ball jointed dolls. Most of his work is exhibited in the Yotsuya Simon Doll Museum located in the city of Sakaide, in the Kagawa prefecture in Japan.

Life

Born in Tokyo in 1944, Yotsuya begins making dolls as a a child^[1]. He credits Japanese author and translator Tatsuhiko Shibusawa for inspiring him to start making dolls. This is what Yotsuya has to say about dolls^[2] :

[Dolls] are the most familiar and at the same time the most difficult thing for people to understand. Dolls always make the viewer feel uncomfortable. The ambiguity of whether dolls are toys or art also amplifies this uncomfortable feeling. What exactly is a doll? Dolls, which have been shunned because of this uncomfortable feeling, are now attracting attention as a cutting-edge form of art precisely because of their uncanny nature. Dolls are being exhibited in museums and galleries more and more often these days. Nevertheless, it is a fact that dolls have not yet gained sufficient citizenship, and many people say that it is difficult to see doll works.

Work

His work has been exhibited mostly in Japan, but has been the object of exhibitions in Europe as well, in Paris, London and Poland^[2].

References

^ National Crafts Museum (1 April 2024). "四谷シモンinterview". YouTube.
^ ^a ^b Kamada Museum. "Yotsuya Simon Doll Museum - Tan Ou Sou". kamada-museum.jp.

[1] National Crafts Museum (1 April 2024). "四谷シモンinterview". YouTube.

[:0-2] Kamada Museum. "Yotsuya Simon Doll Museum - Tan Ou Sou". kamada-museum.jp.

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