Seiji Kakuda

Style

Marquetry, joinery

Biography

• 1945
  Born in Kyoto
• 1993
  Research Member of the Japan Kogei Association
• 1995
  Associate Member of the Japan Kogei Association
  Dedicated Screen for tea ceremony brazier made of the sacred camphor tree to Shin-Kumano Jinja (Kyoto)
• 1996
  Selected for the 4th Tanko Biennale
• 2001
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
• 2008
  Member of Artists' Group "Kogei Kyoto"
  Artists' Group "Kogei Kyoto" Paris Exhibition (France)
• 2010
  Member of Kyoto Kogei Association
• 2013
  Artists' Group "Kogei Kyoto" Shinshu Takato Museum of Art Exhibition (Nagano), Chushin Art Museum Exhibition (Kyoto)
  Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum Exhibition (Hanoi)
• 2015
  Submitted to the Rimpa School 400th Anniversary Exhibition at Kyoto National Museum
  Selected as one of the 100 Kyoto Prefecture Kogei Artists (3 woodwork artists)
• 2016
  Member of the Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation
• 2019
  Artists' Group "Kogei Kyoto" Kyoto- Boston Sister City Relationship 60th Anniversary Exhibition
  Director of the Kyoto Kogei Association
• 2021
  Submitted to the Kyoto Kogei Association 75th Anniversary Exhibition

Awards

• 1995
  Received the Matsushita Award at the 42nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 1999
  Received the Wakayama Prefectural Board of Education Manager Award for the Jindai cedar wood snack tray and plates at the 28th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2000
  Received the President of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce Award for the Screen for tea ceremony brazier made of jindai cedar wood at the Kyoto Woodwork Exhibition
• 2001
  Received the Kyoto Governor Award for the Zelcova writing desk at the Kyoto Woodwork Exhibition
• 2009
  Received the Japan Kogei Association Award for the Jindai cedar wood box at the 38th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2010
  Received the Incentive Award at the Kyoto Kogei Association Exhibition
• 2015
  Received the NHK Station Manager Award at the 1st Geibunkyo Exhibition