Shoei Hitomi

1954 -
  • Lacquerware
  • Awarded twice at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $3,500 - 13,000
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  • Category
    Lacquerware
  • Born
    1954 -
  • Based in
    Kyoto
  • Membership
    Full member, Japan Kogei Association
Shoei Hitomi

Style

I make boxes using the harinuki techinique; a technique setting approximately 25 sheets of Japanese traditional paper on a wooden mold, applying lacquer and forming into a box. I apply wrinkled paper on the box and make patterns, and I finish the box by applying jewel beetles and shells.

Biography

  • 1954
    Born in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture
  • 1985
    Selected for the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 20 times from this year onward)
  • 1989
    Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected 7 times from this year onward)

Awards

  • 1991
    Received the Incentive Award at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2020
    Received the NHK Chairman Award at the 67th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
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