Jiro Takamatsu: Sculptural Shadows and the Poetics of Absence Jiro Takamatsu (高松 次郎, *Takamatsu Jirō*; 20 February 1936 – 25 June 1998) stands as a pivotal figure in postwar Japanese art, recognized for his radical exploration of materiality, perception, and the very nature of artistic representation. Born in Tokyo in 1936, Takamatsu’s career spanned decades during which he relentlessly interrogated conventional notions of art through…