b. 1958 Tokyo, Japan
- 1979
Graduated from Oita Prefectural Beppu Advanced Technology Academy
Exhibitions & Accolades
- 1981
Admitted to Beppu City Art Exhibition (thereafter 3 times)
- 1982
Winner of Beppu City Art Exhibition Prize (thereafter 2 times)
Admitted to Oita Prefecture Art Exhibition
Admitted for first time to Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Western Division (thereafter admitted 2 times) - 1983
Winner of Oita Prefecture Art Exhibition Award
Winner of Western Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition Award - 1987
Solo Exhibition, Gallery Momiyama, Kanagawa
- 1989
Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition in Osaka and Tokyo
- 1990
Odawara Open-air Maquette Exhibition in Kanagawa
- 1992
Solo Exhibition, Plaza Gallery, Tokyo (also in 1994)
- 1993
Winner of Funabashi Environmental Sculptures Prize (thereafter 2 times)
Solo Exhibition, Gallery Space You, Kanagawa (thereafter 2 times)
International Tannan Art Festival I Fukui (also in 1996)
Shinobazu Object Festival, Tokyo (thereafter 2 times)
Humor Art and Environmental Sculpture Exhibition, Chiba (thereafter 2 times) - 1994
Winner of Shinobazu Object Festival Prize
Park and Sculpture-Origin of Public Space I, Kanagawa (thereafter 3 times)
Sculpture in Living Space, Kanagawa
B. P. F. ART ’94, Chiba - 1995
Mitsukoshi House Pavilion-Bamboo Arts, Tokyo
Fieldwork in Fujino, Kanagawa (thereafter 2 times) - 1997
Park and Sculpture-Report, Gallery Space You, Kanagawa
Chiba Art Flash, Chiba - 1998
Fieldwork and Sculpture, Puurs, Belgium
Fujino International Art Symposium Summer Art Festival, Kanagawa
Art on the Street, Kanagawa - 1999
Solo Exhibition NAN-O-TUBE, Tokyo International Forum
- 2000
Bamboo Fantasies, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2002
The Next Generation, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Commissioned to do site specific sculpture, Bridge Over Tomorrow, Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA - 2003
Outdoor Installation on Robert & Karen Duncan property, Lincoln, NE
- 2006
On Site / Artists’ Projects, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, VA
Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Art, Grinnell College, IA and Chicago Cultural Center, IL
Power & Delicacy: Master Works of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - 2008
Outdoor Installation at the Kennedy Center,Washington, DC
Created an indoor sculpture at the Chihuly Center, Franklin Park, OH
New Bamboo:Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, NY - 2009
Many Shapes of Bamboo III, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita
- 2013
Oita’s Art Movement, in partnership with the Oita Prefectural Government, a museum quality show, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2014
Group show, Japanese American Cultural Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Modern at Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
Museum Collections
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, CA
Oita Prefectural Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA