Keiji Tanaka

1956 -
  • Lacquerware
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 2

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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
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