Artworks|日本語 - Japanese

1946

Born In Tome Town, Tome District, Miyagi Prefecture Japan

1967

First exhibition (Ogikubo Poruteniya)

1968

Graduated from Hosei University, Tokyo Japan

1979

Exhibition at the Odakyu Department Store Shinjuku Art Salon (repeating every two years hereafter)
Self-published 「鹿踊りのはじまり」 "Shishi Odori no Hajimari"
「尽し尽し」 "Zukushi Zukushi" - 「私のきっからぼっこ」 "Watashi no Kikkara Bokko"
「賢治絵葉書帳」 "Kenji Ehagakicho" - 「どんぐりと山猫」 "Donguri to Yamaneko"

1980

Became a member of the Japan Print Society

1983

Exhibition of 23 prints at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA

1985

Created 「郷土玩具いろは歌留多」 "Kyodogangu Iroha Garuta"
(以後「花の歌留多」 "Hana no Karuta - 「宮澤賢治歌留多」 "Miyazawa Kenji Karuta"

1986

Exhibition at Maruzen Nihombashi (repeating annually hereafter)

1988

Japan Print Association Annual Exhibition Minster of Education Award

2000

Woodblock prints of 「秩父の夜祭」 "Chichibu no Yomatsuri" featured on Japan Postal Service stamps
「もらってうれしい木版画の年賀状」 "Moratte Ureshii Mokuhanga no Nengajyo" published by Nichibo Shuppansha

2002

『宮澤賢治の山猫と遊ぶ 楽しい木版画教室』 "Miyazawa Kenji no Yamaneko to Asobu Tanoshii Mokuhanga Kyoshitsu" published by Nichibo Shuppansha

Currently

President – Japan Print Society
Instructor - NHK Culture Center, Hikarigaoka
Lecturer - Waseda University Extension Center

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