Artist Information and Artworks of Kazumori Takada

1975 -

Dolls
Awarded 6 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
Price Range $4,500 or more

Info

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Mythical Moon

H 31 x W 9 x D 10 cm
Year.2023 Sold Out

Awarded Artwork
“Preparation against winter for the famous pine tree”. Formed with toso over wooden core and covered with paper.

H 36.0 cm
Year.2022 Museum Collection

Selected Artwork
“Blue sky”. Formed with tōso over wooden core and covered with washi paper.

H 35.0 cm
Year.2021 Museum Collection

Awarded Artwork
Thunder Child

H 36.0 x W 15.5 x D 11.5 cm
Year.2025 Contact for Price

Selected Artwork
“Refreshing wind in Tibet” Formed with toso over wooden core covered with cloth and paper

H 41.0 cm
Year.2024 Contact for Price

Selected Artwork
“Playing music on cloud”. Formed with tōso over wooden core covered with washi paper.

H 30.0 cm
Year.2025 Contact for Price

Selected Artwork
Formed with Toso Over Wooden Core and Covered with Japanese Paper "Gojinjo Drummer Boy"

H 29.0 x W 13.0 x D 11.5 cm
Year.2021 Museum Collection

Awarded Artwork
Sleeping Cat

H 17.3 x W 14 x D 13 cm
Year.2024 Contact for Price

Selected Artwork
”Dawn in Mandalay" Formed with Toso Over Wooden Core and Covered with Japanese Paper

H 36.0 cm
Year.2023 Sold Out

Awarded Artwork
Wood Sculpture Covered with Washi Paper and Cloth "Ginshi Nekoze (Poem-reciting Slouch)"

H 24.5 cm
Year.2025 Contact for Price

Selected Artwork
Purifying Sound

H 33 x W 13 x D 16 cm
Year.2026 Contact for Price

Selected Artwork
“Morning of the festival”. Formed with tōso over wooden core with kimekomi.

H 35.0 cm
Year.2023 Contact for Price

Selected Artwork

Category
Dolls
Techniques
Tōso dolls, Kamibari, Nunobari, Wooden dolls, Kimekomi
Born

1975 -
Based in
Ishikawa
Membership

Full member, Japan Kogei Association
Managing Director of the Japan Kōgei Association Ishikawa Branch Doll Department
Festival Float Repair Technician of Takayama City

About the Artist

Dolls Made with Techniques Developed from Buddha Statue Carving

Kazumori Takada developed his skills in restoring cultural properties such as Buddha statue carvings and festival floats in his hometown Takayama, Gifu, and currently works as a doll artist in Ishikawa prefecture. He came under the spotlight when he received the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Award at the 68th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition in 2021. He forms dolls freely using tōso (a mixture of paulownia sawdust and paste) on a wooden core. His dolls, with delicate clothing and a storytelling aspect as if capturing a moment of a person's movement, is highly evaluated in Japan and overseas.

Style

Creating tōso dolls, formed with tōso (a mixture of paulownia sawdust and paste) over a wooden core, using Buddhist sculpture techniques of Buddhist statue sculptors in Kyoto and repairing techniques for festival floats and other cultural properties.

Biography

1975

Born in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture
1995

Studied under his father, sculptor of Buddhist statues, Jigen Takada
1996

Studied under painter of Buddhist images, Kayu Matsuhisa
2017

Studied under doll artist and Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property, Komao Hayashi
2019

Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 66th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition Doll "Hida Tokeiraku”
2020

Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 76th Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Ishikawa Doll "Ancient Fire"
2021

Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
2023

Received the Ishikawa Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award for the Year 2022
2025

Designated as Festival Float Repair Technician of Takayama City

Awards

2018

Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 59th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, Received the Incentive Award for Doll "Quiet Garden"
2019

Hokkoku Bank President Award for Doll "Pure Fragrance", 60th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
2020

Submitted to and selected for the first tine at the 30th Dolls Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, Received the Mitsukoshi Isetan Award for Doll "Child Gojinjo"
2021

Incentive Award for Doll "Day of the Festival", 61st Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Prince Takamatsu Memorial Award for Doll "Blue Sky", 68th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
2022

Japan Kōgei Association Doll Department Incentive Award for Doll "Welcoming the New Year", Traditional Kōgei Original Doll Exhibition in Osaka
2023

MOA Museum of Art Award for Doll "Dawn in Mandalay", 31st Dolls Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Hokkoku Bank President Award for Doll "Mythical Moon", 63rd Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition