Masado Fujita

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

Style

Pursuing the colors of kinma* and shades of choshitsu** to express their charms in pleasant forms.

*Kinma: A technique to carve the pattern, apply color lacquer on the carved pattern and polish.
**Choshitsu: Painting layers of lacquer and then carving patterns to make three-dimensional relief carvings

Biography

• 1958
  Born in Hirosaki CIty, Aomori Prefecture
• 1981
  Completed the Special Study Course at Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
  Studied under Living National Treasure, Masami Isoi
• 1984
  Selected for the first time at the 31st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1985
  Selected for the first time at the 2nd Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Returns to Hirosaki City
• 1987
  Selected for the first time at the 27th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1994
  Kinma Vessel "Shushin", Dry Lacquer Kinma Box "Sekko" purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
• 1995
  Dry Lacquer Kinma Box "Mai no Yoru (The Night of the Dance)" submitted to "Choshitsu (Carved Lacquer) Today" Exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
• 2013
  Submitted to "From Crafts to Kōgei In Commemoration of the 60th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition" at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
  Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon

Awards

• 1981
  Received the Japan Urushi Association Incentive Award
• 1986
  Received the Aomori Prefecture Arts and Culture Encouragement Award
• 1989
  Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Award at the 29th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1996
  Received the Japan Kogei Association Award at the 13th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1997
  Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Award at the 37th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2001
  Received the Asahi Shimbun Award at the 18th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2002
  Received the Tokyo Governor Award at the 49th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2009
  Received the Wajima Museum of Urushi Art Award at the 26th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2012
  Received the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award at the 29th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Japan Kogei Association President Award at the 59th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2013
  Received the To-o Award from the To-o Nippo Press Co., Ltd.
• 2018
  Received the MEXT Award at the 35th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• Takamatsu Art Museum