Yasuko Mikado

1937 -
  • Dolls
  • Awarded 3 times at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
  • Price Range $2,000 - 3,500
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  • Category
    Dolls
  • Techniques
    Tōso dolls, Kamibari, Nunobari
  • Born
    1937 -
  • Based in
    Kyoto
  • Membership
    Full member, Japan Kogei Association
Yasuko Mikado

Style

Producing artwork with a story in the background.

Biography

  • 1937
    Born in Tokyo
  • 1959
    Studies under the late Sono Obayashi and learns how to make Toso dolls
    Later, studies under Tadako Ono and Nobuko Akiyama
  • 1976
    Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time
  • 1983
    Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
  • 1987
    Selected for the Osaka Arts and Crafts Exhibition for the first time (selected 4 times from this year onward)
  • 1988
    Evaluator at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (9 times in total)
  • 1989
    Evaluator at the Dolls Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (twice in total)
  • 2008
    Awarded as Osaka Prefecture Person of Merits in Crafts by the Governor of Osaka
  • 2009
    Evaluator at the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (twice in total)
  • 2010
    Solo Exhibition at Takashimaya Osaka

Awards

  • 1982
    Received the Nikkei Incentive Award at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 1985
    Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Award at the Dolls Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 1988
    Received the Kinki Branch Manager Award at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 1989
    Received the Asahi Shimbun Award at the Dolls Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2000
    Received the Japan Kogei Association Chairman Award at the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 2012
    Received the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award at the Dolls Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
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