Yoshiaki Taguchi

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Maki-e, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden), Dry lacquer
• Born
  1958 -
• Based in
  Saitama
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  

Style

Expressing animals and plants using mother-of-pearl inlay and makie techniques.

Biography

• 1958
  Born in Tokyo
• 1977
  Studied makie under Yoshikuni Taguchi
• 1978
  Studied kyushitsu (lacquering technique) from Mashiki Masumura
• 1985
  Selected for the 32nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
• 1987
  Took part in the production of the Emperor's imperial throne at the 1st Zenshitsu-kai Exhibition held at the Seibu Art Forum
• 1991
  Took part in the production of the sacred treasures of Ise Jingu
  Took part in the reproduction of National Treasure "Ume Makie Tebako (Makie Box with Plum Design)"
• 1996
  Rainbows and Shimmering Bridges -Japanese Contemporary Lacquerware Exhibition (The Japan Society Gallery, NY and the Denver Art Museum, USA)
• 1999
  100 Selections of Contemporary Japanese Craft Exhibition (Mitsukoshi Etoile Museum, Paris)
• 2001
  "Harmony by Nine" Exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi (China, South Korea, Taiwan)
  ”Contemporary Japanese Crafts" Exhibition (sponsored by the Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Jakarta, Indonesia)
• 2003
  Japan's Traditional Art Crafts A 50-Year Retrospective
• 2006
  Japan & Korea URUSHI Arts Exhibition: Lacquer Works Today at The University Art Museum, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and Wajima Museum of Urushi Art
  "Harmony by Nine" exhibition at Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University (Beijing)
• 2007
  The Power of Crafts: Outlook for the 21st Century at the National Crafts Museum
• 2008
  Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
  Mitsukoshi Fine Arts Department 100th Anniversary "Beauty Today" Exhibition (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi)
  Took part in the production of the sacred treasures of Ise Jingu
• 2009
  "Life - In Line with the Theme of Utakai Hajime” Exhibition at the Jingu Museum
  "Urushi - The Mysterious Tree Sap" Exhibition at Montreal Botanical Garden, Canada (up to 2011)
• 2010
  "Light - In Line with the Theme of Utakai Hajime” Exhibition at the Jingu Museum
• 2012
  Celebratory “Vessels”: From the Lacquer Art Collection of the Crafts Gallery (National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery)
• 2013
  "From Crafts to Kōgei In Commemoration of the 60th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition" (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery)
  Contemporary Kōgei Styles in Japan (Agency for Cultural Affairs / The Morikami Museum, Florida, USA)
• 2014
  "Beauty of KOGEI Art Crafts in Japan" (JCC, Singapore)
  The 19th Mokichi Okada Award Exhibition (MOA Museum of Art)
• 2015
  "Contemporary Japanese Crafts – The Kikuchi Kanjitsu Prize" (Musee Tomo)
• 2017
  Animals, Animals, Animals from the Museum Collection (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Crafts Gallery)
  83 Selected Treasures of the Heisei Era (Yakushuji Temple)
  Japanese Contemporary Urushi Art Exhibition (Japan Museum SieboldHuis, Netherlands)
• 2018
  URUSHI Tradition and Innovation (Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art / Yokohama Sogo / MOA Museum of Art)
  150 Years of Japonism (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris)
• 2020
  Decorative Arts in Meiji and Heisei - Crafting Beauty and Technique Across 150 Years (Museum of Modern Greek Culture,Athens, Greece)
  Kōgei 2020 – The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature (Agency for Cultural Affairs / Tokyo National Museum, Hyokeikan)
• 2021
  Kogei Artists in Saitama Inheriting Culture - Tea Utensils Made by Living National Treasures" (Iruma City Museum)
• 2022
  Japan Kōgei Association x ASUKA CRUISE (Asuka II)
• 2023
  POKEMON x KOGEI Playful Encounters of Pokemon and Japanese Craft (National Crafts Museum, Kanazawa)

Awards

• 1989
  Received the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award at the 6th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1993
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award at the 40th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1996
  Received the Tokyo Governor Award at the 43rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1997
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Incentive Award at the 44th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2000
  Received the Japan Urushi Association Chairman Award at the 7th Beauty of Urushi, Japanese Lacquer Exhibition
• 2002
  Received the Excellence Award at the 13th MOA Mokichi Okada Award Exhibition
  Received the Minister of Education ,Culture,Sport,Science and Technology Encouragement Award at the 10th Beauty of Urushi, Japanese Lacquer Exhibition
• 2008
  Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
• 2009
  Received the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award at the 16th Beauty of Urushi, Japanese Lacquer Exhibition
• 2018
  Received the MEXT Award at the 25th Beauty of Urushi, Japanese Lacquer Exhibition
• 2023
  Received the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award at the 30th Beauty of Urushi, Japanese Lacquer Exhibition
• 2024
  Received the Minister of Agriculture, Association for Promotion of TraditionalCraft Industries Award at the 30th Beauty of Urushi, Japanese Lacquer Exhibition

Public Collections

• The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
• National Crafts Museum
• MOA Museum of Art
• The Museum of Fragrance, Iwata
• Jingu Art Museum
• Fukushima Prefectural Museum of art
• Yakushiji Temple
• Wajima Museum of Urushi Art
• Meiji Jingu

Official Site / Social Media etc.

• Official Site