1952-2018, Shizuoka City, Japan
- 1975
Studied under his grandfather
Exhibitions & Accolades
- 1982
Solo exhibition, Gallery Takei, Numazu
- 1985
Solo exhibition, Shin-Gifu Department Store
- 1986
Solo exhibition, Gallery Takei, Numazu and at Shizuoka Gas Salon
- 1988
Solo exhibition, Sapoa People, Tokyo and MOA Gallery, Nagoya
- 1990
Solo exhibition, Umeda Hankyu Department Store, Osaka
Solo exhibition, Gallery Kouki, Paris - 1991
Solo exhibition, La Richipel Surle, Bourgogne
Solo exhibition, Gallery Kukan, Shizuoka and at Shoumeido Hall, Tokyo - 1992
Solo exhibition, Gallery Space Ten, Tokyo
Group exhibition, Gallery Yummy, Hamamatsu and at Studio Com, Kyoto - 1993
Solo exhibition, Shoumeido Hall, Gallery F and Gifu Gallery, Space Ten, Tokyo
Solo exhibition, Hokushin Gallery, Tokyo - 1994
Solo exhibition, Studio Com, Kyoto and at Gallery Kukan, Shizuoka
Solo exhibition, Matsuya Department Store, Tokyo - 1995
Solo exhibitions, Akasaka Yu Gallery, Tokyo and Fujii and at Numazu and Shin-Gifu Department Stores
- 1996
Solo exhibitions, Isetan, Shizuoka and Kanazawa Department Stores
Two person exhibition, Ishigami-no-Oka Open Air Museum, Iwate - 1997
Solo exhibition, Gallery Kasumi and at Axis Sapoa People, Tokyo
Exhibition, German Culture Center, Tokyo - 1998
Solo exhibitions, Kura Gallery, Gifu and at Axis Sapoa People, Tokyo
Group Exhibition, Kodaira Shomei Hall, Tokyo - 1999
Solo exhibition, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2000
Bamboo Masterworks, Asia Society, New York, NY
- 2001
Winner, Cotsen Bamboo Prize 2000
Bamboo Masterworks, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Solo exhibition, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001, Bamboo Masterworks, Honolulu Academy of Art, Hawaii
2001, Bamboo Fantasies, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico - 2002
The Next Generation, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR
Group Exhibition, Tigerman Himmel Gallery, Chicago, IL - 2003
Three Views of Bamboo: Fujinuma, Nagakura, Shono, Kansas City Jewish Museum, Overland Park, KS
Solo Exhibition, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - 2004
Group Exhibition, Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA
- 2005
Solo Exhibition, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Exhibited at the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY - 2006
Power & Delicacy, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Hin: The Quiet Beauty of Japanese Art, Grinnell College, IA and the Chicago Cultural Center, IL
Group Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Collaboration with Daniel Ost at Nocturne, Brussels - 2007
Solo Exhibition, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Arts of Pacific Asia Show, San Francisco, CA
Listening to Bamboo: Japanese Baskets from the Collection of Ritalou & Robert Harris, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - 2008
Arts of Pacific Asia Show, San Francisco, CA
New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters, Japan Society, New York, NY - 2009
Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection, The New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
New Bamboo, Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture, Hanford, CA
Solo Exhibition, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Form Follows Function or Does It?, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR
Listening to Bamboo, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca NY - 2010
Intertwined Bamboo and Stem, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles, CA
Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY - 2011
Solo Exhibition, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2012
Solo Exhibition, Nagakura Kenichi: Fluid Duality, Denver Botanic Gardens, CO
- 2013
Birds in the Art of Japan, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Solo Show, TAI Gallery, Santa Fe, NM - 2017
Masterpieces of Japanese Bamboo Art, TAI Modern at Joan B Mirviss LTD, New York, NY
Abbey Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY - 2018
Fendre L’ Air, Musee du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac, Paris
Museum Collections
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Abbey Collection, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA
F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN