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History History

  • BUNKA FASHION COLLEGE History
  • BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY History

1919

Namiki Women's and Children's Dressmaking School established.

1922

Bunka Sewing School opened.

Isaburo Namiki established the Bunka-style pattern cutting method and authored Lecture Notes on Women’s and Children’s Clothing (Fujin Kodomo Fuku Kogiroku).

1923

School name changed to Bunka Sewing School for Women. Accredited as Japan's first school of Western-style sewing. Decision that June 23 be the anniversary of the school's founding.

1927

Bunka Sewing School for Women moved to the current location in Yoyogi, Tokyo.

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1934

Complete Book on Dressmaking (Yosai Zensho) and fashion magazine Fashion Culture (Fukuso Bunka) published.

1935

Incorporated Foundation Namiki Gakuen authorized.

1936

Six-volume Bunka Dressmaking Course (Bunka Yosai Koza) completed.

Fashion research magazine Soen launched.

Bunka Sewing School for Women changed its name to Bunka Fashion College (Bunka Fukuso Gakuin).

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1946

Bunka Fashion College’s opening ceremony held following the end of World War II. Morning, afternoon, and evening (every other day) three-session system established.

1947

Bunka Fashion College Chain School System established.

1950

Bunka Women's Junior College opened.

1953

Bunka Fashion College established Japan’s first Fashion Model Training Department.

Fashion shows held at the school and in Tokyo (Tokyo Kaikan), Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka, inviting Christian Dior and his delegation from France.

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1954

Bunka Fashion College covered in the New York Times.

Fashion show held, inviting Howard Greer and his delegation from the USA.

1955

Circular school building completed.

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1956

Soen Award, considered a gateway to success for fashion designers, established in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Soen.

1957

Male students enrolled in Bunka Fashion College’s instructor course for the first time since the school opened.

Bunka Fashion College Correspondence Education Division set up.

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1958

French designer Pierre Cardin visited Japan and held a show at Bunka Fashion College’s auditorium.

1960

Fashion magazine High Fashion launched.

Namiki Gakuen sends its first clothing research delegation to the West. Second and third delegations sent later.

1961

Show of French designers, Maggy Rouff and Jacques Griffe, held.

Pierre Cardin visited Bunka Fashion College again and was made an honorary professor of the school.

High Fashion’s Pierre Cardin Prize established.

Women’s magazine Mrs. (Misesu) launched.

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1962

Hokuryuko Lodge and Bunka Hokuryuko Ski Area opened.

1963

Design awards Endo Award and Namiki Award established in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Bunka Gakuen.

1964

Bunka Women's University opened.

Bunka Women's Junior College becomes Bunka Women's University Junior College.

1966

Paris Branch of Soen opened in Paris, France.

1967

Karuizawa Lodge opened.

1969

Bunka Women's University Muroran Junior College opened.

Bunka Women's University Library (currently Bunka Gakuen Library) opened.

British Fair Fashion Show, co-organized by the British government, held at Toranomon Hall in Tokyo.

Bunka Fashion College’s partnership with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), State University of New York in New York City, USA established.

1972

Bunka Women's University Graduate School established.

Sumire Kindergarten affiliated with Bunka Women's University opened.

1973

Corporate name changed to Educational Foundation Bunka Gakuen.

London Fashion Festival, co-organized by the British government, held at Toranomon Hall in Tokyo.

1974

Suginami Senior High School affiliated with Bunka Women's University opened.

1975

Pierre Cardin visited Bunka Fashion College again and held a fashion show at the school auditorium.

1976

Bunka Fashion College approved as a vocational college under a special training college system.

Kindergarten affiliated with Bunka Women's University Muroran Junior College opened.

1979

Endo Memorial Hall completed.

Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum opened.

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1980

Bunka Institute of Language opened.

Fashion Creation Department, Fashion Technology Department, and Fashion Marketing and Distribution Department established as part of Bunka Fashion College’s education system reforms.

1983

Bunka Fashion College’s Fashion Accessories and Textiles Department established.

Nagano High School and Nagano Vocational School affiliated with Bunka Women's University opened.

1985

Kodaira campus completed.

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1986

Suginami Junior High School affiliated with Bunka Women's University opened.

1989

Graduate school’s Doctoral Program in Environmental Clothing Studies established.

1991

University’s Faculty of Literature established at the Kodaira campus.

1994

Bunka Fashion College started new curriculum system and transferred to credits system.

1996

Bunka Fashion Open College opened.

1998

A 21-story skyscraper (A, B and C Wings) completed as the new school building.

Graduate school’s Master’s Program in Living Environment Studies established.

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1999

Bunka Gakuen Fashion Resource Center opened.

Bunka Research Lab for General Study of Fashion, the Bunka Research Lab for Style and Function of Fashion, and the Bunka Research Lab for Future Fashion established.

2000

The Plaza completed.

University’s Faculty of Home Economics divided into the Faculty of Fashion Science and the Faculty of Art and Design under a new education and research system.

2002

Bunka Gakuen International Communication Center completed.

2003

Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building completed.

Bunka Fashion Business School opened.

Bunka Research Lab for Clothing Environment and the Bunka Research Lab for Dwelling Environment opened.

Bunka Fashion College opened Japan Bunka Fashion College at Donghua University in China.

University’s BUNKA Festival selected as “Support Program for Distinctive University Education” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

2004

Bunka Fashion College’s review board meeting convened for the Endo, Namiki, and Men’s Fashion Awards that were renamed the Bunka Fashion College Fashion Contest.

University’s Faculty of Literature name changed to Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

History of Japan’s Fashion exhibition held at the Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Bunka Gakuen and the 20th anniversary of Bunka Nagano Gakuen.

2005

Bunka Gakuen Intellectual Property Center opened.

University hosted the annual conference of the 7th International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI).

2006

Bunka Fashion Graduate University (BFGU) opend.

2007

Bunka Fashion College’s four-year Creative Design (Advanced Diploma) course established.

2008

Bunka Fashion College Hiroshima opend.

Bunka Fashion Research Institute opened.

University’s admission quota for international students established.

Bunka Gakuen Academic Archive Center completed.

2010

Bunka Fashion Incubation completed.

2011

Binka Women’s University and Bunka Women’s University Junior College changed its name to Bunka Gakuen University and Bunka Gakuen University Junior College.

Bunka Gakuen International Institute of Fashion in Industry and Academia established.

2012

University and Junior College’s male-female co-education started at all faculties and departments. The first class of male students enrolled.

Bunka Fashion College’s second collaboration school in China, Lumei & Bunka International Fashion College, opened at the Dalian campus of LuXun Academy of Fine Arts.

2013

Bunka Research Lab for Fashion Textiles,

Laboratory for Japanese Dress Culture opened.

Former Fuji Student Hall renovated and opened as Shion Student Hall.