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Eiji Urata (謝榮慶)

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Eiji Urata (謝榮慶)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Eiji Urata
  • Chinese: 謝榮慶
  • Era: 1944
  • Geography: 台灣台南
  • Core roles: artist
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

謝榮慶，1944年生於台灣，台南市。在文化大學美術系求學期間，其作品曾獲獎於華崗美展、台北市美展、全國美展，並被收藏於台灣國立藝術館。畢業後進入台灣廣告股份有限公司從事設計工作，因受到當時由日本電通廣告株式會社派遣來台作技術指導的美術設計家織田博哉先生的賞識與鼓勵以及蘇茂生教授的推薦而前往日本東京留學。先後進入國立東京教育大學、多摩美術大學並取得碩士學位。在學期間一直在報宣廣告株式會社兼職，取得學以致用的寶貴工作經驗。其作品也曾多次在全國徵求設計作品活動中入選、獲獎;並且常被收錄於專業書籍中。在學中，由於受到多摩美術大學學長三宅一生先生的影響而對服裝設計的興趣與憧憬而進入大同經編株式會社工作。先後負責過 MUNSING WEAR〈企鵝牌〉、RAIKA、PLAYBOY 等名牌的設計;是華人在日本極少數的服裝設計師之一。

Education

  • 文化大學 — B.S.美術
  • 日本多摩美術大學 — M.S. Graphic Design

Employment

  • 大同經編株式會社 — 服裝及廣告設計

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Diaspora & Career Notes

Facts absorbed from the TAH profile text already cited on this page:

  • Born 1944 in Tainan; B.S. 美術, 文化大學; works awarded at 華崗美展, 台北市美展, and 全國美展, collected by 台灣國立藝術館.
  • Early career in design at 台灣廣告股份有限公司; the 電通-advertised Japanese art designer 織田博哉 (sent to Taiwan for technical guidance) and professor 蘇茂生 encouraged his study in Tokyo.
  • Studied at 國立東京教育大學 and 多摩美術大學 (M.S. Graphic Design); while studying worked part-time at 報宣廣告株式會社, gaining practice he could apply directly.
  • At 多摩美術大學 he was influenced by senior student 三宅一生 to move into fashion, joining 大同經編株式會社, where he handled designs for the MUNSING WEAR〈企鵝牌〉, RAIKA, and PLAYBOY labels — one of the very few Chinese fashion designers in Japan at the time.

Connected in the Vault

  • His 2016/05 TAH Who’s Who record is in the vault: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1001||TAH #1001: Eiji Urata 謝榮慶]] (see also [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/projects1001||TAH projects #1001]]).
  • Alongside [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/54-e8-ac-9d-e6-a6-ae-e6-85-b6-eiji-urata||TAH #54 (2015/09)]], these records document the same arc: 文化大學 → 台灣廣告 → Tokyo (國立東京教育大學, 多摩美術大學) → 大同經編株式會社 fashion design for MUNSING WEAR, RAIKA, PLAYBOY.

Sources

Vault deepening note (2026-09-14, vault-only)

  • Re-checked both cited TAH encyclopedia records already in the vault (#1001, #54): the full biography is already absorbed above; no additional facts remain in the source set.
  • Notable named influences 三宅一生 (Issey Miyake), 織田博哉, and 蘇茂生 have no vault pages — deliberately left as plain text, no new pages created.
  • SKIP note (deepen-x 09141300-16, 2026-09-14): corpus grep over content/works + content/articles returned only his own bibliographic records (#54, #1001), already linked above — no memoir material with new community facts to absorb.

Deepen — 2026-09-14 (slice 09142101-6)

SKIP (re-run): grep of works/articles returns only his own TAH 1001 bibliographic records (already wikilinked above) + works index — no community/memoir material.

Deepen — 2026-09-15 (slice 09150316-7)

SKIP-with-reason (3rd re-check): grep 謝榮慶/Eiji Urata over content/works + content/articles returns only his own records [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/54-e8-ac-9d-e6-a6-ae-e6-85-b6-eiji-urata|TAH #54]] and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whoswho1001|TAH #1001]] (both already linked). No memoir/community mentions; nothing absorbable.

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