Membership | Full member, Japan Kogei Association |
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- 1975 Tsubame City (former Yoshida Town), Niigata Prefecture
- 1994 Joined Gyokusendo Co., Ltd.
- 2001 Studied under Norio Tamagawa (Living National Treasure, Hammering) and learned the mokumegane technique
- 2003 Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 43rd Traditional Kōgei New Works Exhibition (selected 6 times from this year onward)
Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 50th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 4 times from this year onward) - 2009 Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
- 2010 Submitted to and selected for the first time at the 39th Metalwork Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 3 times from this year onward)
- 2016 Specially submitted to "North America Mokume-gane Exhibit in Japan 2016" held at the Tsubame Industrial Materials Museum and Yamawaki Gallery (Tokyo)
- 2018 Retired from Gyokusendo Co., Ltd.
- 2019 Becomes independent and builds a workshop in Sanjo City, Niigata
Submitted to Japan-US Metalwork Artists Touring Exhibition 2019
Exhibition at the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago and "Tradition of Excellence: Japanese Techniques in Contemporary Metal Arts" Exhibition at the Penland Gallery, North Carolina - 2020 Solo exhibition (supported by the Sanjo City Young Artists Support Program)
”New Expressions of Tradition – Makoto Susa Exhibition"
- 2023Received the Sekido Museum of Art Award at the 51st Metalwork Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
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