| Membership | Full member, Japan Kogei Association Full member, National Japanese Sencha Crafts Association Full member, Japan Association for Urushi Cultural Heritage |
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- 1951 Born in Saku City, Nagano Prefecture (Currently Sakuho Town)
- 1975 Graduated from the Department of Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering at the Shizuoka University
- 1976 Hired as a teacher in Kyoto, and taught woodwork at a special needs school
- 1983 Established a studio at home, and started teaching himself joinery
- 1985 Selected for the Kyoto Craft Arts Exhibition
- 1987 Entered the Kuroda Kenkichi Woodworking School, and studied Kurimono and Fuku-urushi technique
- 1992 Selected for the Kyoto Kogei Biennale
- 1999 Established his studio in Sumiyama, Uji City
- 2004 3-men exhibition at Lucite Gallery, Tokyo
- 2006 Selected for the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Kinki Exhibition. Selected successively to date
- 2008 Resigned as a teacher in order to devote himself to woodwork
- 2008 Founded the Kyoto Woodwork Association “Ikki Ichiyu” with fellow woodworkers. Holds an exhibition of works every autumn
- 2011 Studied kyushitsu under urushi artist IWABUCHI Yuji
- 2011 Selected for the Traditional Bamboo and Wood Exhibition for the first time
- 2012 2-men exhibition at Lucite Gallery, Tokyo
- 2012 Selected for the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition for the first time
- 2013 Sadahide Chiyozuru and Masato Ichikawa 2-men Exhibition in Kyoto
- 2014 Full member, National Japanese Sencha Crafts Association
- 2012Received the Grand Prix at the 1st Bowls Exhibition
- 2013Received the Japan Kogei Association Kinki Branch Manager’s Award at the 42nd Japan Traditional Art Crafts Kinki Exhibition
- 2013Received the Kyoto Shimbun Award at the 27th Japan Sencha Crafts Exhibition
- 2014Received the Minister of Education, Science and Culture Prize at the 28th Japan Sencha Crafts Exhibition
- 2014Received the Best New Artist Award at the 61th Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition
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