Tetsuya Noguchi

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Tetsuya Noguchi (野口哲哉, Noguchi Tetsuya, born 1980 in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese artist known for his images of samurai in modern everyday or comical situations.^[1]

Noguchi was born in 1980 in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.^[2][3] He graduated from Hiroshima City University in 2003 specializing in oil painting, going on to complete graduate school there in 2005.^[2]

Since his youth, Noguchi has been inspired by science fiction, samurai films, history, and plastic models, and he uses these as influences in his paintings and sculptures.^[4] He was first inspired by a photo of a samurai taken around the end of the Tokugawa period, as well as by the works of Kobori Tomoto.^[4] His works have appeared in over 15 solo exhibits since his first in 2008.^[2] Two books featuring his works were published in 2014.^[3][5]

Solo

• "Noguchi Tetsuya Exhibit" (Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair (TCAF), 2008)^[2]
• "Positive Contact" (Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Matsuzakaya Nagoya Branch, 2011)^[2]
• "Noguchi Tetsuya Exhibit" (Gallery Tamae, 2011)^[2]
• "Noguchi Tetsuya Exhibit: Noguchi Tetsuya's Warrior Identification Guide" (Nerima Ward Art Museum, 2014)^[2][4]
• "Noguchi Tetsuya Exhibit: Noguchi Tetsuya's Warrior Identification Guide" (Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Art Museum, 2014)^[1][2]
• "The Historical Odyssey" (Haneda Airport International Terminal, 2015)^[2]
• "Sleep Away" (Art Fair Tokyo, 2015)^[2]
• "Noguchi Tetsya's Works: Journey to Another World" (Gallery Tamae, 2015)^[2]
• "Human Silhouette" (Art Fair Tokyo, 2016)^[2]
• "Antique Human" (Gallery Tamae, 2016)^[2][5]
• "Drawing Exhibit: Armor and Pencil" (Gallery Tamae, 2017)^[2]
• Works Exhibit: Armored Neighbor: Armor-clad Neighbors" (Gallery Tamae, 2017)^[2]
• "Putting Love Over Medieval Times" (Pola Museum Annex, 2018)^[2]
• "Within Armor: Toyama Version" (Mori Shusui Museum of Art, 2019)^[2]
• "This Is Not a Samurai" (Arsham Fieg Gallery, New York, 2019)^[2]
• "This Is Not a Samurai" (Takamatsu Art Museum / Gunma Museum of Art / Kariya City Art Museum / Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum, 2021)^[2][3]

• From Medieval with Love (野口哲哉作品集 ~中世より愛をこめて~, Noguchi Tetsuya Sakuhinshū: Chūsei Yori Ai o Komete) (February 2014, Kyūryūdō, ISBN 9784763018182)^[3]
• Where the Samurai Are (野口哲哉ノ作品集 「侍達ノ居ル処。」, Noguchi Tetsuya no Sakuhinshuu "Samurai-tachi no Iru Tokoro") (February 2014, Seigensha, ISBN 9784861524295)^[3][5]

Noguchi's work has been described as "archival, historical and yet happily contemporarily comical",^[1] and having "technique...so exquisite that it elevates the work entirely out of the realm of parody".^[4] His works are sometimes mistaken as being actual historical works due to their detail and style.^[5]

Noguchi has received the following awards and recognition:

• "Noguchi Tetsuya's 21st-century samurai | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 1 June 2021.