Kumeko Inoue

1952 -
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    • Category
      Dolls
    • Techniques
      Tōso dolls, Kamibari
    • Born
      1952 -
    • Membership
      Associate member, Japan Kogei Association
    Kumeko Inoue

    Style

    I make dolls formed with toso over wooden core and covered with paper. I carve paulownia wood to roughly form the base and adjust the form with toso (mixture of paulownia sawdust and paste), apply layers of whitewash, and finish by applying Japanese paper.
    I was taught by my master Imanishi that "you can cut later, so try to make the head and body with one piece of wood". I always keep my master's warm style in my mind and try to make my original dolls.

    Biography

    • 2005
      Studied under Toshiko Imanishi
      Started making dolls formed with toso
    • 2011
      Selected for the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
    • 2015
      Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (2016, 2017)
      Becomes Associate Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
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