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{{short description|Japanese-American multidisciplinary artist (1935–2025)}}
[[Image:Yasunao Tone.jpg|thumb|right|Tone in 2007]]
{{nihongo|'''Yasunao Tone'''|刀根 康尚|Tone Yasunao|1935 – 12 May 2025}} was a Japanese multidisciplinary artist born in [[Tokyo]], Japan and working in New York City. He graduated from [[Chiba University]] in 1957 with a major in Japanese Literature. An important figure in postwar Japanese art during the 1960s, he was active in many facets of the Tokyo art scene. He was a central member of [[Group Ongaku]] and was associated with a number of other Japanese art groups such as [[Neo-Dada Organizers]], [[Hi-Red Center]], and Team Random (the first [[computer art]] group organized in Japan).{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} 

Tone was also a member of [[Fluxus]] and one of the founding members of its Japanese branch.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yasunao Tone – Blank Forms|url=https://blankforms.org/events/yasunao-tone/|access-date=2021-12-22|language=en-US}}</ref> Many of his works were performed at Fluxus festivals or distributed by [[George Maciunas]]’s various Fluxus operations. Relocating to the United States in 1972, he henceforth gained a reputation as a musician, performer and writer working with the [[Merce Cunningham Dance Company]], [[Senga Nengudi|Senda Nengudi]], [[Florian Hecker]], and many others.<ref>Yasunao Tone Bio at Lovely Music http://www.lovely.com/bios/tone.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Brooklyn Museum|url=https://brooklynmuseum.tumblr.com/post/164934015432|access-date=2021-12-22|website=Brooklyn Museum}}</ref> Tone is also known as a pioneer of “[[Glitch (music)|Glitch]]” music due to his groundbreaking modifications of compact discs and CD players.

Tone died on 12 May 2025, at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenberger |first=Alex |date=2025-05-14 |title=Yasunao Tone, Fluxus Artist Who Turned Sound Visual, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yasunao-tone-fluxus-dead-1234742202/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>