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Acceptance rate
  
23.6% (2015)

Phone
  
+81 42-342-6021

Total enrollment
  
7,000 (May 2015)

Founded
  
1962

Musashino Art University

Address
  
1-736 Ogawacho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8505, Japan

Notable alumni
  
Satoshi Kon, Kenya Hara, Ryū Murakami, Yurie Nagashima, Junko Mori

Similar
  
Tama Art University, Tokyo University of the Arts, Joshibi University of Art and, Tokyo Zokei University, Musashino University

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Musashino Art University (武蔵野美術大学, Musashino Bijutsu Daigaku, MAU) is a university in Kodaira, western Tokyo, founded in 1962 and having roots going back to 1929.

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Teikoku Art School (帝国美術学校, Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō; meaning "imperial art school") was founded in 1929; in 1948 it became Musashino Art School (武蔵野美術学校, Musashino Bijutsu Gakkō), and in 1962 it became Musashino Art University. It is known as one of the leading art universities in Japan.

From its start, the university taught fine art and industrial design; it later added architecture, fashion, and other fields.

MAU has exchange agreements with universities in other countries. It has a graduate school that awards master's degrees and doctorates.

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Alumni

  • Taku Aramasa, photographer
  • Kenya Hara, graphic designer and art director of MUJI
  • Katsuhito Ishii, film director
  • Koji Ishikawa, illustrator
  • Satoshi Itō (Project Itoh), science fiction writer
  • Satoshi Kon, anime director and manga artist
  • Junko Mori, artist
  • Ryū Murakami, novelist and film maker
  • Joji Nagashima, automobile designer of BMW
  • Yurie Nagashima, photographer
  • Rei Naito, sculpture
  • Tetsuo Araki, print artist
  • Tatzu Nishi, installation artist
  • Shinro Ohtake, painter
  • Yuko Shimizu, designer of Hello Kitty
  • Teachers

  • Taku Aramasa, photographer
  • Yurie Nagashima, photographer
  • Yoshiharu Sekino, cultural anthropologist
  • Undifferentiated

  • Ume Aoki, manga artist
  • Hiroki Endo, manga artist
  • Seiichi Hishikawa, film maker, art director, photographer
  • Fusako Kuramochi, manga artist
  • Soji Shimada, mystery novelist
  • Keita Takahashi, game designer
  • Yellow Tanabe, manga artist
  • Yoshihiko Wada, painter
  • Tomoki Kyoda, animation director
  • References

    Musashino Art University Wikipedia