was born in Osaka, Japan.
He was a Japanese artist and considered a pioneer of modern jewelry in Japan.
He served as a member of the Japan Craft Design Association, the Japan Jewellery Designers Association, and the Mitglied von der Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst.
Awards and prizes
*1952–1957 Twice awarded prizes from the Living Industrial Arts Institute, Tokyo, Japan
*1969 Gold Prize at 3rd Craft Center Japan
*1970 Prize at the Japan New Craft Exhibition, Tokyo
*1990 Created a present for
Empress Kōjun to bestow on the
Empress Michiko on her enthronement
*1991 41st Craft Award in Excellence awarded by the Japanese Government
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
The , also known as MEXT or Monka-shō, is one of the eleven Ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the Government of Japan. Its goal is to improve the development of Japan in relation with the international community ...
*1994 First non-European to be awarded 'the Ring of Goldsmiths' from Gellschaft fur Goldschmiedekunst
*1995 Awarded ìContribution to Design Promotion' by the Japanese Government
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
The was a ministry of the Government of Japan from 1949 to 2001. The MITI was one of the most powerful government agencies in Japan and, at the height of its influence, effectively ran much of Japanese industrial policy, funding research and di ...
*1996 Awarded 'Bayerischer Staatspreis' by the Bayern Government Ministry, Germany
*1997 Awarded 'Kunii Kitaro Prize' by Japan Industrial Art Foundation.
Solo exhibition
*1978 Galerie am Graben, Wien, Austria
*1990 Electrum Gallery, London
*1993 Professor Yasuki Hiramatsu Retirement Exhibition,
Tokyo University of the Arts
*1994 STUDIO TON BERENDS, Den Haag, Netherlands
*1995 LUISE SMIT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
*1996 Galerij Sofie Lachaert, Gent, Belgium
*1997 Magari, Barcelona, Spain; Galerij Sofie Lachaert, Antwerpen, Belgium
*2006 Gallery HANAIRO, Anraku-ji (temple), Kyoto
*2008 Crafts Gallery, The
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
References
Japanese jewellery designers
1926 births
2012 deaths
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