Kyoto Traditional Crafts Exhibition

• Date: Sunday, September 28, 2025
• Hours: 11:00-18:00
• Venue: Chorakukan Honkan, 3rd and 3rd floors (usually closed to the public)
• The exhibition will be open to the public with an admission ticket (from ￥1,000) or a ticket for the Art Festival in CHOURAKUKAN 2025 event.

Profile of Engraver

• Nakamura Tsuchibu
  Born in Kyoto in 1956. Studied under his father, Chikkedo Eishin (Nakamura Seiichiro) III.
  In 1990, he founded the craft studio Hammai, and in 2015, he established Tofu Art Crafts Co.
  He has been actively involved in the production of reproductions of national treasures from the Tokyo National Museum collection and has won awards at the Japan Metal Crafts Exhibition of Traditional Crafts.
  He also conducts workshops on handmade rings to familiarize people with the joys of metal crafts and handcraft.
  <Awards, Exhibitions, etc.
  2018 Nikkei Newspaper Award, 47th Japan Traditional Crafts Kinki Exhibition
  2018 Asahi Newspaper Company Prize, 47th Traditional Crafts Japanese Metalwork Exhibition
  2019 48th Annual Traditional Japanese Metal Crafts Exhibition, Japan Crafts Association Award
  2022 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award at the 50th Japan Metal Crafts for Traditional Crafts Exhibition
  2022 Kyoto Takashimaya "Chikkedo Eishin VII and Nakamura Uchimai: Chanoyu Metal Craft Exhibition" etc.
  Production of a sample of the manufacturing process and hands-on replica of the central platform peacock of Chusonji Konjikido at the Tokyo National Museum in 2023.
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• ■ Official website:Tofu Bijutsu Kogei Co.

Profile of Cutting Gold Artist

• Shigeko Murakami
• Born in Kyoto in 1949, he began cutting gold in 1988 under Kisho Kitamura, a cut gold cutter.
  Since 1991, he has cut gold on various Buddhist statues, including the statue of Bishamonten at Kuramadera Temple in Kyoto Prefecture.
  <Awards, Exhibitions, etc.
  1996 First Prize, 12th Exhibition of Various Traditional Crafts, Director-General Prize of Agency for Cultural Affairs
  2009 The 56th Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition, Incentive Award of the Japan Crafts Association
  2013 Kinki Bureau of Economy Director-General's Prize for Standing Cut Gold Amida Nyorai at the 36th Kyo-butsudan and Kyo-butsugu Technique Competition Exhibition
  2015 38th Kyo-butsudan and Kyo-butsugu Technique Competition Exhibition, Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director-General's Prize, Cuttin Kirinorira Taisho Statue
  Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education Award, The 26th Exhibition of Various Traditional Crafts, 2017
  2021 The 50th Japan Traditional Crafts Kinki Exhibition 50th Anniversary Excellence Prize
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• ■Japan Crafts Council homepage:Shigeko Murakami