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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
[[image:OkiShoji2.jpg|200px|thumb|Shoji Oki]]
 
[[image:OkiShoji2.jpg|200px|thumb|Shoji Oki]]
1922: Oki is born on April 16th in Sumiyoshi, Hyogo Prefecture, but is raised in Osaka.
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1922: '''Oki''' is born on April 16th in Sumiyoshi, Hyogo Prefecture, but is raised in Osaka.
  
1940(c): Oki attends Ichioka high school<ref group="※">Minomura, Ko. “Rope Friends’ Record, Part 2. The Originators of ‘Kitan Club.’” <i>Kinbiken News #5</i> Aug 1990. Print.</ref>.
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1940(c): '''Oki''' attends Ichioka high school<ref group="※">Ko Minomura. “Rope Friends’ Record, Part 2. The Originators of ‘Kitan Club.’” <i>Kinbiken News #5</i> Aug 1990. Print.</ref>.
  
1945(c): After post-war demobilization, Oki enrolls in the Occupation Forces design department<ref name=“design”>Kuroda News @ [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=貴重な情報発信サイト Customs Book Lounge]</ref>. He studies oil painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (currently Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music).
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1945(c): After post-war demobilization, '''Oki''' enrolls in the Occupation Forces design department<ref name=“design”>Kuroda News @ [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=貴重な情報発信サイト Customs Book Lounge]</ref>. He studies oil painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (currently Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music).
  
1947(c): Oki begins working as a western style sign painter<ref name=“design”>Kuroda News @ [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=貴重な情報発信サイト Customs Book Lounge]</ref>.
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1947(c): '''Oki''' begins working as a western style sign painter<ref name=“design”>Kuroda News @ [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=貴重な情報発信サイト Customs Book Lounge]</ref>.
  
 
1951: '''Oki''' illustrates ''Kondo Amatoria'' in the Nov 1951 issue of [[Kitan Club]].
 
1951: '''Oki''' illustrates ''Kondo Amatoria'' in the Nov 1951 issue of [[Kitan Club]].
  
1953: In the spring, Oki’s illustrations start to appear in “1,001 Nights” magazine<ref name=“design”>Kuroda News @ [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=貴重な情報発信サイト Customs Book Lounge]</ref><ref name=“fuzoku”>[http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4434046837?ie=UTF8&tag=iq05-22&linkCode=as2&camp=247&creative=7399&creativeASIN=4434046837 Oniroku Dan’s Original Comics Collection 1 (Magazine Five, 2004)]</ref><ref>Genzo Ariyoshi was editor-in-chief at that time.</ref>. His work also appears on the cover.
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1953: In the spring, '''Oki'''’s illustrations start to appear in “1,001 Nights” magazine<ref name=“design”>Kuroda News @ [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=貴重な情報発信サイト Customs Book Lounge]</ref><ref name=“fuzoku”>[http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4434046837?ie=UTF8&tag=iq05-22&linkCode=as2&camp=247&creative=7399&creativeASIN=4434046837 Oniroku Dan’s Original Comics Collection 1 (Magazine Five, 2004)]</ref><ref>Genzo Ariyoshi was editor-in-chief at that time.</ref>. His work also appears on the cover.
  
1958: Through Genzou Ariyoshi's introduction, Oki illustrates Toshiyasu Sawa’s “The Mermaid and the Dagger.”<ref name=“design”>Kuroda News @ [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=貴重な情報発信サイト Customs Book Lounge]</ref>
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1958: Through Genzou Ariyoshi's introduction, '''Oki''' illustrates Toshiyasu Sawa’s “The Mermaid and the Dagger.”<ref name=“design”>Kuroda News @ [http://smpedia.com/index.php?title=貴重な情報発信サイト Customs Book Lounge]</ref>
  
1980(c): Starting in the 1980s, Oki gains fame in other arts.<ref name=“fuzoku”>[http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4434046837?ie=UTF8&tag=iq05-22&linkCode=as2&camp=247&creative=7399&creativeASIN=4434046837 Oniroku Dan’s Original Comics Collection 1 (Magazine Five, 2004)]</ref>
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1980(c): Starting in the 1980s, '''Oki''' gains fame in other arts.<ref name=“fuzoku”>[http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4434046837?ie=UTF8&tag=iq05-22&linkCode=as2&camp=247&creative=7399&creativeASIN=4434046837 Oniroku Dan’s Original Comics Collection 1 (Magazine Five, 2004)]</ref>
  
2012: Shoji Oki celebrates his 90th birthday with “Shoji Oki’s Original Art Exhibition ‘Raucus Party of the Imagination (Orgia).’”
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2012: '''Shoji Oki''' celebrates his 90th birthday with “Shoji Oki’s Original Art Exhibition ‘Raucus Party of the Imagination (Orgia).’”
  
 
==Interesting points==
 
==Interesting points==
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* ''Lewd Picture Gallery of Private Forbidden Rope'' (MyWay Publishing, 2008)
 
* ''Lewd Picture Gallery of Private Forbidden Rope'' (MyWay Publishing, 2008)
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 19:54, 17 May 2021

Oki (沖) family name, Shoji (渉二) first name

Shoji Oki

Activities

Illustrator

Alternate Names

沖 渉二 (Japanese), Shyoji Oki (alternate spelling).

Biography

Shoji Oki

1922: Oki is born on April 16th in Sumiyoshi, Hyogo Prefecture, but is raised in Osaka.

1940(c): Oki attends Ichioka high school[※ 1].

1945(c): After post-war demobilization, Oki enrolls in the Occupation Forces design department[1]. He studies oil painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (currently Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music).

1947(c): Oki begins working as a western style sign painter[1].

1951: Oki illustrates Kondo Amatoria in the Nov 1951 issue of Kitan Club.

1953: In the spring, Oki’s illustrations start to appear in “1,001 Nights” magazine[1][2][3]. His work also appears on the cover.

1958: Through Genzou Ariyoshi's introduction, Oki illustrates Toshiyasu Sawa’s “The Mermaid and the Dagger.”[1]

1980(c): Starting in the 1980s, Oki gains fame in other arts.[2]

2012: Shoji Oki celebrates his 90th birthday with “Shoji Oki’s Original Art Exhibition ‘Raucus Party of the Imagination (Orgia).’”

Interesting points

Toshiyuki Suma introduced Shoji Oki to Oniroku Dan some time around 1972.[2]

Selected Works

  • Whips, Buttocks and a December Wind (Fuzoku Kitan February 1961: 48. Illustrations)
  • Rope and Woman Picture Collection (Misaki Shobo, December 1970. Compiled by Tankikai)
  • Oniroku Dan’s Original Comics Collection 1 (Magazine Five, 2004)
  • Lewd Picture Gallery of Private Forbidden Rope (MyWay Publishing, 2008)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kuroda News @ Customs Book Lounge
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Oniroku Dan’s Original Comics Collection 1 (Magazine Five, 2004)
  3. Genzo Ariyoshi was editor-in-chief at that time.

References (※)

  1. Ko Minomura. “Rope Friends’ Record, Part 2. The Originators of ‘Kitan Club.’” Kinbiken News #5 Aug 1990. Print.

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