Artist

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Portrait of Toshi Ichiyanagi

Japanese, 1933–2022

Toshi Ichiyanagi was a Japanese artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art.

Toshi Ichiyanagi was a Japanese avant-garde composer and pianist. One of the leading composers in Japan during the postwar era, Ichiyanagi worked in a range of genres, composing Western-style operas and orchestral and chamber works, as well as compositions using traditional Japanese instruments. Ichiyanagi is known for incorporating avant-garde techniques into his works, such as chance music, extended technique, and nontraditional scoring. Ichiyanagi was married to artist Yoko Ono from 1956 to 1962.

Collections represented

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