# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shozo-shimamoto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:29:07.911Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shozo-shimamoto"
name: "Shôzô Shimamoto"
slug: "shozo-shimamoto"
description: "Shōzō Shimamoto  was a Japanese artist. Having studied with Jirō Yoshihara, the future Gutai leader, from 1947, Shimamoto was a key founding member of Gutai along with Yoshihara and fifteen others in August, 1954. He was close to the leader Yoshihara and actively engaged in the early activities and group administrations. He worked with a wide variety of techniques, such as poking holes in layered newspaper, throwing bottles of paint at canvases, experimenting with film and stage performances, and composing sound art. He was particularly noted for his innovative performance art. Indeed, when Yoshihara turned to focus more on painting, upon his meeting with the French art critic Michel Tapié, Shimamoto continued to urge the leader to pursue this direction, wanting to work with Allan Kaprow, for example."
tagline: "Japanese artist (1928-2013)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1928-01-22"
deathDate: "2013-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.079302666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5602409"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Shimamoto"
    title: "Shōzō Shimamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shozo_Shimamoto"
    title: "Shozo Shimamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Shimamoto"
    title: "Shōzō Shimamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Shimamoto"
    title: "Shōzō Shimamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B6%8B%E6%9C%AC%E6%98%AD%E4%B8%89"
    title: "嶋本昭三"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Shimamoto"
    title: "Shōzō Shimamoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A1%D1%91%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%BE"
    title: "Симамото, Сёдзо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bddc9023-aaa6-478e-96ce-dd71218d7fde"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2551656"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump