Tanekuni Koyanagi

1944 -
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 2

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    • Category
      Lacquerware
    • Techniques
      Maki-e
    • Born
      1944 -
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Japan Association for Urushi Cultural Heritage
    Tanekuni Koyanagi

    Style

    Maki-e (sprinkled picture decoration) took hold in the Edo and Meiji periods; I want to reexamine the concepts underlying the techniques and materials, and their application from the perspective of maki-e being a true part of contemporary Japanese culture.

    Biography

    • 1944
      Born in Tokyo
    • 1963
      Graduated from the Arts Course at the Tokyo Metropolitan Komaba Senior High School
    • 1966
      Participated in the restoration and repair works on the National Treasure Chuson-ji Konjiki-do
    • 1967
      Studied as an apprentice under OOBA Shogyo (Upon MATSUDA Gonroku’s instruction)
    • 1968
      Selected for the 16th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition at the first attempt
    • 1971
      Assisted TAGUCHI Yoshikuni in the repair works on “Kyocho Taikan” displayed at the Okura Museum of Art (Upon MATSUDA Gonroku’s instruction)
    • 1973
      Participated in the production of sacred treasures for the Shikinen Sengu at Ise Jingu
    • 1974
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
    • 1977
      Engaged in lacquerwork restorations of Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Museum Lacquerwork Restoration Department) until 1993
      1978: His work was purchased by the Crown Prince, to be offered as a gift to the Queen of the Netherlands upon his visit to the Netherlands
    • 1981
      Completed the Training Course in Repairing Cultural Assets (Art Crafts) held by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (Certification No. 3)
    • 1983
      1st All-Japan Traditional Arts and Crafts Selected Artists Exhibition (Hosted by Mainichi Shimbun)
    • 1984
      2nd All-Japan Traditional Arts and Crafts Selected Artists Exhibition (Hosted by Mainichi Shimbun)
    • 1986
      Judge for the first time at the Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Urushi Works
    • 1987
      Judge for the first time at the 34th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
    • 1988
      Secretary at the Japan Kogei Association Urushi Works Section
    • 1992
      Completed restoration works on the Shell Inlaid Octagonal Pedestal, a National Treasure, at the Chuson-ji Sutra Repository (In charge of lacquerwork)
      Director at the Japan Kogei Association -2000
    • 1995
      Submitted to the Setagaya Art Exhibition (Submitted successively until the final exhibition)
    • 1996
      His work was collected by the Setagaya Art Museum
    • 2003
      Selected to submit to the “Crafting Beauty in Modern Japan – Celebrating 50 Years of the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition”
    • 2007
      Adviser at the Japan Association for Urushi Cultural Heritage Donated his work to the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
    • 2009
      Lecturer of the children’s workshop at the Heisen Exhibition, hosted by NHK and the Setagaya Art Museum
    • 2012
      Donated his work to the Wajima Museum of Urushi Art

    Awards

    • 1973
      Awarded at the 20th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
    • 1974
      Awarded at the 21st Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
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