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Yasunari Kitaura
北浦 康成
BornMay 25, 1938 (Tokyo, Japan)
Died26 de abril de 2023 (85 years; Madrid, Spain)
CitizenshipJapanese
EducationStudent of Morihei Ueshiba and Kisshōmaru Ueshiba
Occupation(s)Aikidoka and Art historian
OrganizationReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

Yasunari Kitaura (北浦 康成, Kitaura Yasunari)[1], May 25, 1937 (Tokyo, Japan), April 26, 2023 (Madrid, Spain), was a Japanese art historian, expert in the European Renaissance, member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando[2] and Aikido master holder of an 8th Dan from Aikikai Hombu Dojo; he was Shihan representative of Aikikai in Spain through the Spanish Cultural Aikido Association (Asociación Cultural de Aikido, ACAE), of which he himself was the founder.

Biography

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He graduated in French by Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) and obtained a Ph.D. degree in Art history by Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid, Spain) with the thesis entitled El sistema imaginativo de El Greco. He published several books and articles on the history of European, Japanese, and Chinese Art. His morphological analysis of art works from the European Renaissance led him to uncover numerous links among works by different artists and their relations to ancient Greece. This analytical study allowed him to determine certain rules that govern the composition of a piece of art in the Renaissance and thus elucidate the imaginative system of the artists of that period.[3]

He trained in Aikido under the founder Morihei Ueshiba and his son, Kisshomaru Ueshiba.

In 1967 he traveled to Madrid (Spain) funded by a scholarship of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain, with the aim to further develop his studies in the history of European Art. In 1968 he introduced Aikido in Spain, devoting his life to its dissemination with the special support from both, Kisshomaru Ueshiba and Moriteru Ueshiba (current Doshu), who visited Spain in numerous occasions.[4] As an example of the dissemination of Aikido in Spain, one can mention the honoris causa Doctorate of Kisshomaru Ueshiba by Universidad Politécnica de Valencia in 1992.[5]

Along his more than fifty years in Europe, Yasunari Kitaura trained numerous experts in Aikido, especially in Spain, his country of residence. He also contributed significantly to the dissemination of this martial art throughout the continent, including Russia and some former soviet republics.[6]

His Aikido style was characterized by its sobriety and the elegance of movement. His view of Aikido was based on energetic and forceful movements that establish dynamical and harmonious unifications with the ki (energy flow) that emanates from uke (attacker). His lectures were not limited to technical explanations, but additionally addressed philosophical and aesthetical aspects of both, attack and defense. The theoretical basis of this concept of Aikido was summarized in a lecture entiltled "Kimusubi" (unification/harmonization of energy flows), delivered in a conference for peace (Gernika, Spain, 1994) in which solutions were sought for aggresive conflicts; this lecture was eventually published as a part of the book "La plenitud del vacío" (in Spanish).[4]

Distinctions

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  • Commendation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (2008) for his dedication.

Bibliography

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Books:

  • Kitaura, Yasunari (2003). El Greco: génesis de su obra (in Spanish). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC. ISBN 84-00-08160-9.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1999). La plenitud del vacío: ensayos sobre el Aikido y otros aspectos de la cultura japonesa (in Spanish). Compañía Literaria. ISBN 84-8213-064-1.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1991). Historia del arte de China (in Spanish). Cátedra. ISBN 84-376-0992-5.

Videoconference (in Spanish):

Articles:

  • Kitaura, Yasunari (2007). «Las pinceladas-cinceladas del Greco». In "Sapientia libertas: escritos en homenaje al profesor Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez" (in Spanish). Museo Nacional del Prado. ISBN 978-84-8480-122-1.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1997). "Pervivencia o reminiscencia de la Antigüedad en el "San Mauricio" del El Greco". Goya: Revista de arte (in Spanish) (259–260): 437-450. ISSN 0017-2715.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1995). "El Greco y Miguel Angel: problemas del dibujo en El Greco". Archivo español de arte (in Spanish). 68 (270): 145-164. ISSN 0004-0428.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1995). "El Greco y la tradición". Goya: Revista de arte (in Spanish) (247–248): 2-11. ISSN 0017-2715.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1994). "Sonetos de Góngora y Paravicino dedicados a El Greco". Boletín del Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar (in Spanish) (57): 49-66. ISSN 0211-3171.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1993). "El Greco, heredero de Miguel Angel y Tiziano: una nueva dimensión de los Moti y lo pictórico". Archivo español de arte (in Spanish). 66 (262): 185-189. ISSN 0004-0428.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1993). "Nacimiento y desarrollo de la fantasía creadora". Boletín del Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar (in Spanish) (52): 37-78. ISSN 0211-3171.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1989). "¿Qué aprendió Velázquez en su primer viaje por Italia?". Archivo español de arte (in Spanish). 62 (248): 435-454. ISSN 0004-0428.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1989). "El Greco y Durero". Boletín del Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar (in Spanish) (37): 143-234. ISSN 0211-3171.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1988). "El Greco y Leonardo ("Stilfragen" en el Greco)". Goya: Revista de arte (in Spanish) (205–206): 24-39. ISSN 0017-2715.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1987). "El San Sebastián de El Greco de la catedral de Palencia: un estudio morfológico". Archivo español de arte (in Spanish). 60 (239): 307-322. ISSN 0004-0428.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1987). "Pieta-Beraudiere (Col. Niarchos) de El Greco". Boletín del Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar (in Spanish) (29): 23-44. ISSN 0211-3171.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1987). "El Greco y Rafael". Goya: Revista de arte (in Spanish) (199–200): 68-83. ISSN 0017-2715.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1986). "El proceder artístico de El Greco". Boletín del Museo del Prado (in Spanish). 7 (20): 85-93. ISSN 0210-8143.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1984). "El ver del pintor El Greco". Boletín del Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar (in Spanish) (15): 64-81. ISSN 0211-3171.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1982). "El colorido del Greco". Boletín del Museo e Instituto Camón Aznar (in Spanish) (8): 70-83. ISSN 0211-3171.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1981). "Unamuno ante Calderón y El Greco". Goya: Revista de arte (in Spanish) (161–162): 340-345. ISSN 0017-2715.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1979). "La estética naturalista de Unamuno y la corriente naturalista en el pensamiento japonés". Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos (in Spanish) (346): 5-37. ISSN 0011-250X.
  • Kitaura, Yasunari (1974). "Ukiyoe-Hanga o grabados japoneses en madera". Goya: Revista de arte (in Spanish) (119): 287-296. ISSN 0017-2715.

References

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  1. ^ Pranin, Stanley A. (1991). "Encyclopedia of Aikido [KITAURA, YASUNARI]". www.aikidojournal.com. Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
  2. ^ "Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando". Archived from the original on April 1, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Kitaura, Yasunari (2003). El Greco: génesis de su obra (in Spanish). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC. ISBN 84-00-08160-9.
  4. ^ a b Kitaura, Yasunari (1999). La plenitud del vacío (in Spanish). Compañía Literaria. ISBN 84-8213-064-1.
  5. ^ Universidad Politécnica de Valencia Doctor honoris causa degree.
  6. ^ Aikido Russia Start of the USSR Aikido Federation.
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