b. 1949, Hokkaido, Japan
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1972
Apprenticed to Baba Shodo
Exhibitions & Accolades
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1973
Admitted to Kanagawa Prefecture Art Exhibition
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1974
Moved to Oiso, Kanagawa and became independent
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1978
Admitted to The Modern Craft Arts Exhibition
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1984
Admitted to The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division
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1985
Admitted to The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Wood and Bamboo Exhibition
Appeared on the TVK Television show, Visiting Artists -
1990
Appeared on the CNN Television show, Japan This Week
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1991
Admitted to The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
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1992
Winner, The Encouragement Award, The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition, Eastern Division
Solo exhibition, Hiratsuka Gallery, Hiratsuka -
1993
Received the Superior Prize at The Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
Appeared on the NHK Television show, Sunday Art Gallery
Became a full member of The Japan Traditional CraftArts Association
Solo exhibition, Hiratsuka Gallery, Hiratsuka -
1994
Received The Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award
Solo exhibition, Shishiza Gallery -
1995
Received The Kanagawa Newspaper Award at The Kanagawa Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
Solo exhibition, Hiratsuka Gallery, Hiratsuka -
1996
Group exhibition, Ginza Wako, Tokyo
The Contemporary Japanese Craft Arts Traveling Exhibition
Solo exhibition, Umeya -
1998
Group exhibition, Ginza Wako, Tokyo
Group exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
Group exhibition, Bamboo Craft Arts, 13th Asia Memorial Convention -
1999
Solo exhibition, Ginza Wako, Tokyo
100 Meilleures Objects d’art Contemporains au Japon, Mitsukoshi Etoile, Paris
Group exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo -
2000
Bamboo Fantasies, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Next Generation, University of Arkansas, Little Rock -
2003
The Classic Japanese Basket, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Group exhibition, The Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA -
2004
Two-person exhibition, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Weavers of Wonder, Naples Museum of Art, FL
Invitational Show, Tanabata Ten, Hiratsuka City Museum, Kanagawa -
2006
Power & Delicacy: Master Works of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Art, Grinnell College, IA and Chicago Cultural Center, IL
Invitational Show, Take no Zo, Nakatomi Museum of Contemporary Craft, Fukui -
2007
Group exhibition, Beyond Basketry: Japanese Bamboo Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA
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2008
Three-person exhibition, A Sensei and His Students, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Group Exhibition, New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, NY -
2009
Received Encouragement Award from the Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
Group Exhibition, Many Shapes of Bamboo III, Oita Prefectural Art Museum -
2011
Tokyo Governor’s Prize, 58th Japan Traditional Craft Arts Exhibition
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2012
Awarded the “Purple Ribbon” by the Japanese Congress for lifetime achievement in the arts, presented by the Emperor of Japan
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2013
Group Exhibition, Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA
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2014
Solo Exhibition, Cosmos, TAI Modern, Santa Fe, NM
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2017
Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Modern at Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
Japanese Bamboo Art: The Abbey Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum Collections
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Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs
Japan Foundation, New York, NY