■Birth February 20,1954 ■ 1974 go into lacqure business 1983 ASAHI MODERN CRAFT EXHIBITION(selected) 1987 Craft Competition in Takaoka,Toyama,Japan(selected) 1988 Craft Competition in Takaoka,Toyama,Japan(silver prize) 1993 Craft Competition in Takaoka,Toyama,Japan (Honorable Mention) 1996 Awarded Aomori Prefectural Technical Encouragement 1997 get a personal studio 2002 Aomori Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition (Winning design award) 2003 Aomori Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition(Gold Prize) 2004 Aomori Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition(Grand Prize) 2004 Japan URUSHI Arts and Crafts Association Excellent Japanner Engineer Prize ■Speciality: Nuri-tate (age-nuri) Has worked with lacquer encompassing a long career. There are limits to what can be created through sanding alone, but by working to create the hardened patterns in the lacquer, the possibilities are limitless. That is the appeal of nuri-tate (standing lacquer).