Bumpei Akaji (1921–2002) bụ onye America na-ese ihe si Hawaii. A mara ya maka ịgbado nnukwu egwu na ihe ọkpụkpụ ọkpụkpụ nke ike ịhụ na Hawaii niile dịka nke mmemme Hawaii's Art in Public Places.
A mụrụ Akaji na Lawai, n'agwaetiti Kauai nke Hawaii na 1921. Na 1943 ọ sonyeere ndị agha United States wee ziga ya na 100th Battalion nke 442nd Regimental Combat Team zigara Italy. [1] frescoes na mosaics ọ hụrụ na Florence na Ravenna kpaliri ya. [2] Mgbe ọ gbasịrị n'aka ndị agha, ọ nọrọ na Ịtali ka ọ gụọ akwụkwọ na Academy of Fine Arts na Florence na Academia de Belle Arti, Brera, na Scholarship Fulbright . Na 1950, ọ laghachiri na Honolulu, na 1951, bụ onye mbụ natara Master of Fine Arts na ọkpụkpụ si Mahadum Hawaii na Manoa . [2] Akaji bụ onye otu Metcalf Chateau, otu ndị na-ese ihe asaa ndị Eshia na America nwere njikọ na Honolulu . [3] Na 1959 o kere ọrụ mbụ ya, nke gosipụtara na Ala Moana Center. [1]
Akaji ike ịgbado ọkụ site n'aka onye na-arụzi ihe n'obodo ma ugbu a amaara ya nke ọma maka nnukwu ọkpụ ọla kọpa na ọla kọpa, nke bụ ma organic na abstract n'okike, dịka Cyparis seresus. N'elu welded na/ma ọ bụ pounded elu nke ya ọkpụkpụ na-ekpo ọkụ na nke anụ ahụ na ka oge na-aga imepe patina iche iche iche..
Ndị dike ihe ngosi nka nke steeti Hawaii na ihe ngosi nka nke Honolulu so na mkpokọta ọha na-ejide ọrụ Akaji. Steeti nyere ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ ya dị ka ihe nke mmemme Art in Public Places nke Hawaii, nke na-achọpụtapụta 1% nke ego owuwu n'igbodi ọhụrụ iji nka. [1] Ihe ọkpụkpụ ya n'ebe nsogbu na eze egwu:
Nani Kaua`i: Ke Mau Nei Ke Ea O Kaua ʻ i I Puhi Aina Malu (Mara Kaua`i: Mụọ nke Kaua`i na-eto eto na ala udo nke Puhi), Kauai Community College, Lihue, Hawaii, 1977
Ọkpụrụkpụ enweghị aha, Hana High and Elementary School, Hana, Hawaii, 1977
Ntụleghachi 1989, Kauai High School, Lihue, Hawaii, 1989
Maka ʻ ae ʻ Ike Aku i ke Awawa Uluwehi na Kuahiwi o Manoa (Glowing Eyes Looking at the Lush Valley in the Mountains of Manoa, 1979) and VVV (1995), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1995
Moanalua, Moanalua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1976