Yasunori Kakuma
- Wood and Bamboo
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- Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 5
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- CategoryWood and Bamboo
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TechniquesWood joinery, Wiped lacquer finish
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Born1984 -
- Based inIshikawa
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MembershipFull member, Japan Kogei Association
Member of the Ishikawa Prefectural Art and Culture Association
Member of the Kanazawa Craft Council
Biography
- 1984Born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
- 2004Graduated from Kyoto Traditional Arts Technical College (current Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto), Woodcraft Department
Studies joinery under Norio FUKUSHIMA - 2005Selected for the first time for the Kanazawa Craft Exhibition
- 2006Selected for the first time for the Contemporary Arts Exhibition held at the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, selected several times from this year onward
Selected for the first time for the Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, selected several times from this year onward - 2007Selected for the first time for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, selected several times from this year onward
- 2010Certified as Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
About the Artist
Bringing Out the Charm of Wood Grains with Exquisite Skills
Woodwork artist Yasunori Kakuma received the MEXT Award at the 71st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition in 2024. His specialty is wood joinery, a traditional technique where no nails or metal parts are used, and the wood is assembled so that the jointed parts are not shown. He uses old wood found in the ground or in water called Jindai cedar wood and Jindai zelcova wood, and Japanese yew wood with a beautiful reddish-brown color. His artwork is simple but his sense of beauty can be seen in the details. Such beautiful forms where the beauty of wood is brought out to the most charms those who see his artwork.
Awards
- 2010Received the Incentive Award at the 51st Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2012Received the Kanazawa City Mayor Award at the 53rd Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the New Artist Award at the 59th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition - 2015Received Second Prize at the 71st Contemporary Arts Exhibition
Received the Hokkoku Shimbun President Award at the 21st Kenrokuen Grand Tea Ceremony - 2016Received the Kanazawa City Mayor Award at the 22nd Kenrokuen Grand Tea Ceremony
- 2017Received the Grand Prize at the 73rd Contemporary Arts Exhibition, General Division
Received the TV Kanazawa President Award (Technical Award)
Received the Incentive Award at the 58th Ishikawa Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Received the Hokkoku Shimbun President Award at the 23rd Kenrokuen Grand Tea Ceremony
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