Masato Mitsumaru

• Category
  Dolls
• Techniques
  Tōso dolls, Kamibari, Nunobari, Saishiki, Papier-mâché dolls
• Born
  1966 -
• Based in
  Osaka
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  

Style

Producing dolls by forming the base with wooden core covered with toso, and applying whitewash, cloth and Japanese traditional paper. I want to express my honest feelings by forming things that I am moved by.

Biography

• 1966
  Born in Osaka
• 2011
  Studied under Living National Treasure Nobuko Akiyama
• 2016
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 2022
  Evaluator at the 51st Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Awards

• 2013
  Received the Incentive Award at the 42nd Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2014
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association New Artist Award at the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2018
  Received the Mitsukoshi Isetan Award at the 29th Dolls Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2021
  Received the Shiga Governor Award at the 50th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2022
  Received the Namba Takashimaya Osaka Store Art Division Award at the Dolls Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award at the 69th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2023
  Received the Osaka Board of Education Award at the 52nd Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2025
  Kinki Traditional Kōgei Award, 54th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition