Living National Treasure Mamoru Nakagawa

  • Metalwork
  • 1947 -
Mamoru Nakagawa

Membership Full member, Japan Kogei Association
Status Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Property for Chisel work )
  • 1971 Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Industrial Art Department
  • 1974 Studied under Kaga Inlay artist Kaishu Takahashi
  • 1979 Selected for the 26th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
  • 1982 Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
  • 1995 Evaluator at the 42nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    Submitted to the "Japanese Studio Crafts: Tradition and the Avant-Garde" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (London)
  • 1999 Submitted to 100 Selections of Contemporary Japanese Craft Exhibition (Paris)
  • 2003 Submitted to Japan's Traditional Art Crafts A 50-Year Retrospective
    Evaluator at the 50th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2004 Designated as Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property (Living National Treasure)
    Planned and submitted to the "Contemporary Japanese Metalwork Exhibition" (Copenhagen)
    First Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store
  • 2005 Evaluator at the 52nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2007 Submitted to Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan:Celebrating Fifty Years of the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition (London)
  • 2008 Submitted to SOFA (Sculpture Objects ＆ Functional Art) New York
    Artwork added to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    Gave lectures and demonstrations in New York, Washington, and Los Angeles as a cultural exchange ambassador sent by the Agency for Cultural Affairs
  • 2009 Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
  • 2010 Artwork added to the collection of the British Museum (London)
  • 2011 Movie on Kaga Inlay made by the POLA Foundation of Japanese Culture
  • 2012 Solo Exhibition at the Gold Museum (New Taipei City, Taiwan)
  • 2015 Submitted to the Asia Art Fair (New York)
  • 2018 Received the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
  • 2021 Artwork added to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Japanese Metalwork Exhibition held

  • 1975Awarded at the Kanazawa Craft Exhibition (also awarded in '76, '77 and '84)
  • 1976Awarded at the Contemporary Arts Exhibition of Ishikawa Prefecture (Also awarded in '78 '79 and '80)
  • 1978Received the Kanazawa City Mayor Grand Award at the Kanazawa Craft Exhibition
  • 1981Received thte Grand Award at the Contemporary Arts Exhibition of Ishikawa Prefecture
  • 1985Awarded at the Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 1988Received the Incentive Award at the 18th Metalworks Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    Received the Asahi Shimbun Award at the 35th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 1989Received the Tansuiō Award from the Satoh Artcraft Research & Scholarship Foundation
  • 1991Received the TOYP Grand Award from the Junior Chamber International Kanazawa
  • 1994Received the Excellence Award at the 24th Metalworks Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 1996Received the Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award at the 43rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2000Received the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award at the 30th Metalworks Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2001Received the Japan Kōgei Association Important Intangible Cultural Property Holder Award at the 48th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2002Received the Grand Award of the Craft Division at the 13th Mokichi Okada Award Exhibition held at the MOA Museum of Art
  • 2003Received the Japan Kōgei Association Important Intangible Cultural Property Holder Award at the 50th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
    Received the Hokkoku Cutural Award from the Hokkoku Shimbun
  • 2004Received the POLA Traditional Culture Award Excellence Award
    Received the Kanazawa City Cultural Award
  • 2006Received the Chunichi Cultural Award
  • 2007Received the Ishikawa Television Broadcasting Award

  • The British Museum
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
  • Agency for Cultural Affairs
  • 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
  • Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art

Price Range

$ 2,000 - 54,000

47 artworks posted