Keiji Tanaka

1956 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Awarded 3 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
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  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Techniques
    Carved lacquer, Kinma, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden), Chinkin
  • Born
    1956 -
  • Based in
    Okayama
  • Membership
    Full member, Japan Kogei Association
    Tanaka Urushi Studio

Style

TANAKA is pursuing the choshitsu kinma technique with its 3D effects, in which a line engraved kinma* pattern is crossed with a choshitsu** pitch-black ripple pattern to express depth and give an impression of transparency.
*Incised and color-filled decoration
**Carved lacquer

Biography

  • 1956
    Born in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
  • 1994
    Completed the Researcher Course at the Urushi Lacquer Ware Institute

Awards

  • 2007
    Received the Japan Kogei Association at the 50th Anniversary Japan Kogei Association Chugoku Branch Exhibition
  • 2025
    Okayama Prefecture Governor Award, 68th Chūgoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
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