The Council for Cultural Affairs has recommended three people be designated as living national treasures. They are kimono fabric dyer Yasumasa Komiya, 62, noh drummer Takashi Kakihara, 77, and chinkin (gold-inlay lacquerware) artisan Kazuo Yamagishi, 64. The council made the recommendation Friday to Yoshimasa Hayashi, the ...
Japanese rakugo classic comic storyteller Katsura Beicho died of pneumonia on Thursday evening, his office said. He was 89. Beicho, whose real name was Kiyoshi Nakagawa, was honored by the government as a living national treasure in 1996 and was awarded the Order of Culture ...
'The 61st Japan Traditional Kogei: Art Crafts Exhibition'
Feb. 25-March 15 The first "Nihon Dento Kogei Ten" art-and-craft exhibition was established in 1954 to help foster and pass down the skills of Japanese traditional crafts. This 61st edition features 320 works created by designated living national treasures as well as by today's young ...
'Living National Treasure, Matsui Kosei: A Retrospective'
Kosei Matsui, a designated living national treasure, fused traditional techniques with his own creative expression to craft beautiful ceramics. To commemorate a decade since his passing, this exhibition showcases some of the finest examples of Matsui's work alongside the tools that he used and ...
Top creators call for museums to save nation's modern heritage
What do industrial design, architecture, manga, anime, video games and traditional craft techniques have in common? Well, apart from each having spawned some of Japan's most popular cultural exports, the similarity is this: Japan has no national museums dedicated to their preservation, display and ...
