artist

producer

若宮隆志
/ Takashi Wakamiya

1964 Born in Wajima, Ishikawa, Japan
1984 Employed at a Nushiya(lacquerware shop), learning the basics of manufacturing and selling Wajima Nuri
1988 Learned Makie technique from Seizan KISO
1998 Learned the basics of lacquer art, such as dry lacquer techniques and lacquer sunshine, from Michika Hirasawa
Started lacquer harvesting and lacquer tree planting
2002 The thirteenth president of Wajima Lacquerware Youth Association
2004 Started activities as “Hikoju Makie”
2014 2014 Culture Exchange Envoy of Agency for Cultural Affairs
Now Director of Wajima Lacquerware Association
Wajima lacquer reproduction project executive committee representative
As well as presenting works as a lacquer artist, Wakamiya is not limited to a single job such as a Nushiya(lacquerware shop) and a Makie painter, but plans new works while considering the inheritance of traditional designs and patterns, and fosters craftsman who suitable for it. He is also a producer of Hikoju Makie. The team is actively developing the market for lacquerware and making announcements overseas.

member

Yoshio Nishihata

西端 良雄

Wooden bowl

Shiori Sasaki

佐々木 栞

Chinkin

Kei Ikuta

生田 圭

Groundwork・Design

Haruka Oomori

大森 晴香

Makie

Osamu Yanagisawa

柳沢 修

Makie・Hyoumon

Kazuhiko Miyakoshi

宮腰 和彦

Groundwork

Masahiro Yamada

山田 満佐博

Makie・Saya-nuri

Ayano Konishi

小西 紋野

Makie

Wawa

高 禎蓮

Marketing Designer & Manager

  1. Osamu Omori – Saya-nuri / Shaping / Makie
  2. Mamoru Wakabayashi – Makie / Saya-nuri
  3. Kaoru Wakabayashi – Lacquering / Hyoumon
  4. Daisuke Matsuki – Makie / Raden / Hyoumon / Saya-nuri
  5. Ryuji Kitamura – Ro-i-ro / Saya-nuri
  6. Naoki Shirai – Base / Sculpture
  7. Hideki Furuhara – Makie
  8. Yuko Wada – Chin-kin / Ro-i-ro
  9. Chinami Yamada – Makie / Hyoumon

support

  1. Arisa Oguro – Wooden Sculpture Arties
  2. Yoshitaka Atarashi – Lacquer katana craftman
  3. Seizan Kiso – Makie craftman
  4. Tomio Sakashita – Serface Lacquering craftman
  5. Masahiro Somata – Lacquering craftman
  6. Saki Chikaraishi – Hyper knit creator
  7. Kazunori Hirasawa – Lacquering craftman
  8. Hiroyuki Yoshida – Surface Lacquering craftman
  9. Boyama Special Woodworking Plant
  10. Aizawa woodworking Plant
  11. Wajima KIRIMOTO woodworking Plant