Takashi Tsuji

• Category
  Lacquerware
• Techniques
  Lacquered bamboo, Maki-e, Dry lacquer, Zonsei, Kinma, Mother-of-pearl inlay (Raden)
• Born
  1973 -
• Based in
  Kagawa
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute Engineer in charge of Zonsei

Style

I was born and raised in a family of makie lacquerers; that is three generations from my great-grandfather. This is quite rare in Kagawa Prefecture, and naturally, I took up the path of urushi art in high school and junior college. My father was the most pleased with my progress, and after he died from an illness, I continued my studies under urushi artist OTA Hitoshi, and learned the technique of rantai kinma (incised and color-filled decoration on a woven bamboo core).
While learning, I came to realize my life’s vocation is to create my own style, a fusion of my father’s colored maki-e and the master OTA’s rantai techniques.

Biography

• 1973
  Born in Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture as the second son of lacquerware artist Shoji Tsuji
• 1993
  Graduated from Kagawa Prefectural Takamatsu Kogei High School, Lacquer Art Course
• 1995
  Graduated from Takaoka National College, Department of Industrial Crafts
  Selected for the first time for the 60th Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition (selected 14 times from this year onward)
  Selected for the first time for the 38th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 18 times from this year onward)
• 1997
  Studies under Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property for "Kinma", Hitoshi Ota
• 1998
  Completed the Research Associate Course at Kagawa Urushi Lacquerware Institute
• 2000
  Selected for the 47th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, artwork purchased by the Imperial Household Agency (selected 17 times from this year onward)
• 2002
  Selected for the 19th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected 13 times)
• 2009
  Submitted to the Yukio Nakagawa Pre Art Museum "Vessels" Exhibition
• 2010
  Participated in the ”Urushi House Project" at the Setouchi Triennale 2010
• 2011
  Kagawa Culture and Arts Newcomers Awarded Artists Exhibition held at the Kagawa Museum (Feb. 18 - Mar. 6)
  Six Lacquerware Artists Exhibition held at Naya de Teshigoto Exhibition Studio Yamamoto (Apr. 5 - 17)
• 2014
  Rantai Letter Box Decorated with Makie and Zonsei selected for the 61st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2015
  Rantai Box for Paper Decorated with Zonsei "Sea and Sky" selected for the 62nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2016
  Kanshitsu Box Decorated with Zonsei "Evening Calm in Seto” selected for the 63rd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2017
  Rantai Covered Food Box Decorated with Zonsei "Crown of Peace" selected for the 64th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2018
  Rantai Tanzaku Box Decorated with Zonsei "A Boy's Summer" selected for the 65th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2019
  Rantai Covered Food Box Decorated with Zonsei "Double Rainbow" selected for the 66th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2020
  Rantai Plate Decorated with Zonsei "Flight" selected for the 67th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition（Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition 18 times in total）

Awards

• 2005
  Received the ISOI Joshin Award at the 48th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2007
  Received the Kagawa Board of Education Award for Rantai Box for Paper Decorated with Makie "Sunset Street" at the 72nd Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 2008
  Received the 25th Otomaru Lacquer Art Research Encouragement Fund
• 2010
  Received the Kagawa Culture and Arts Newcomers Award for 2009
• 2011
  Received the My Favorite Artwork Award for Kanshitsu Makie Zonsei Box "Harvest Time” at the 76th Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 2012
  Received the Sanuki Board of Education Award for Kanshitsu Makie Zonsei Box "Harvest Time” at the 77th Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 2013
  Received the NHK Takamatsu Broadcasting Station Award for Rantai Box for Paper Decorated with Makie "Grapes" at the 56th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2014
  Received the Japan Kogei Association Shikoku Branch Incentive Award for the Rantai Ajiro Plate Decorated with Makie at the 57th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2015
  Received the Incentive Award and the Wajima Museum of Urushi Art Award for the Kanshitsu Water Container Decorated with Zonsei "Wind of Seto" at the 32nd Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  Received the Kagawa Governer Award for the Kanshitsu Plate Decorated with Makie and Zonsei "Wind of Seto" at the 80th Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 2017
  Received the Takamatsu Board of Education Award for the Kanshitsu Tanzaku Box Decorated with Makie "A Boy's Dream" at the 82nd Kagawa Prefectural Art Exhibition
• 2018
  Received the Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition Incentive Award for Rantai Plate Decorated with Makie and Zonsei "Waterfront" at the 61st Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2019
  Received the MEXT Award for Rantai Plate Decorated with Zonsei "Confrontation" at the 36th Lacquerware Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2020
  Received the ISOI Joshin Award for Kanshitsu Octagonal Box Decorated with Zonsei "Three Siblings" at the 63rd Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2021
  Received the Matsudaira Public Interest Association Award for Kanshitsu Plate Decorated with Zonsei "Confrontation" at the 64th Shikoku Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• KAKI Gallery (Toyama)

Official Site / Social Media etc.

• Official Site