Artist Information and Artworks of Yoshihiro Nakamura

1957 -

Lacquerware
Awarded 8 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
Price Range Under $12,000

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Box with diagonal lattice design in colored urushi sheet cutouts.

H 16.5 x W 26.0 x D 13.6 cm
Year.2013 $ 9,196

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Urushi Frame "Rose"

H 43 x W 33 cm
Year.2023 Contact for Price

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Kanshitsu box with design in irokiriurushi. “Hydrangea”

H 3.8 x W 69.5 x D 22.8 cm
Year.2016 Contact for Price

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Urushi Frame "Checkered Pattern"

H 15.8 x W 22.7 cm
Year.2024 Sold Out

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Kanshitsu Letter Box with Line Design in Kirinukie

H 8.4 x W 23.5 x D 15.5 cm
Year.2023 Contact for Price

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Urushi Frame "Checkered Pattern"

H 6.0 x W 29.0 x D 39.0 cm
Year.2025 Contact for Price

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Set of Small Plates with Kanshitsu and Cut-out Design

H 1.0 x W 13.0 x D 17.4 cm
Year.2025 Contact for Price

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Pendant with Urushi Carving (tsuishitu) and Mother-of-pearl Inlay

H 0.6 x W 1.2 x D 3 cm
Year.2024 Sold Out

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Box with geometrical design in irokiri-urushi.

H 12.0 x W 32.0 x D 12.0 cm
Year.2023 Contact for Price

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Box with Geometric Patterns in Kirinukie

H 5.5 x W 18 x D 12.7 cm
Year.2023 Contact for Price

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Kanshitsu box with small chrysanthemum design in kirinukiharie.

H 7.3 x W 20.0 x D 20.0 cm
Year.2021 Contact for Price

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Set of Oval Trays with Flower Design in Irokiriurushi

H 2.0 x W 20.0 x D 12.6 cm
Year.2018 Contact for Price

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Kanshitsu Box with Design in Irokiriurushi

H 1.2 x W 13 x D 22.5 cm
Year.2024 Contact for Price

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Box with small chrysanthemum design in kirinukie.

H 12.0 x W 18.5 x D 11.5 cm
Year.2020 Contact for Price

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Kanshitsu food vessel.

H 4.3 x W 76.0 x D 19.5 cm
Year.2017 Contact for Price

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Category
Lacquerware
Techniques
Dry lacquer, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden)
Born

1957 -
Based in
Kagawa
Membership

Kagawa Prefectural Artists Association

Biography

1957

Born in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture
1976

Graduated from Urushi Work Course, Kagawa Prefectural Takamatsu-Kougei High School
1977

Studied under urushi-work artist MURAOKA Shigeki
1981

Completed Researcher Program at Urushi Lacquer Ware Institute, Kagawa Prefecture
1983

Developed lacquer board togidashi technique and later changed the name to irokiri urushi
2007

Attended a successor training course of important intangible cultural property
(raden (mother-of-pearl inlay) technique) and received guidance in the thick shell mother-of-pearl
inlay technique from KITAMURA Shosai

Awards

1983

Selected for the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition (first time)
1987

Full member, Japan Kogei Association
2011

Received the Kagawa Board of Education Award at the Kagawa Art Exhibition
2012

Received the Takamatsu MItsukoshi Award at the Traditional Crafts Shikoku Exhibition
2014

Received the Sanuki Lacquer Art Museum Director's Award at the 1st National Urushi Art Grand Prix