Japanese sculptor who learned the art of sculpture from his father FUNAKOSHI Yasutake and lived and worked in Tôkyô after periods spent in Europe | 1951 born in Morioka, Iwate prefecture | 1971-75 studies at “Tokyo Zokei University” | 1975-77 studies at “Tokyo University of the Arts” | 1988 participates in the Venice Biennale | 1989 São Paulo Biennale | 1992 joins the documenta IX in Kassel, Germany | 2000 Shanghai Biennale, China | 2024 dies in Tôkyô