Kawase Hasui

Kawase Hasui

male, deceased (1957)
LivingNationalTreasuresofJapan, printmaker, woodblock printing, artist, Japanese, connoisseur…Living National Treasure, Living National Treasures
Kawase Hasui was a Japanese woodblock printmaker in the early 20th century. He and Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) are widely regarded as two of the...
Shoji Hamada

Shoji Hamada

male, deceased (1978)
LivingNationalTreasuresofJapan, From Tokyo, Living National Treasure, Japanese, ceramic, Tokyo Institute of Technology…Living National Treasures
Shoji Hamada was a Japanese potter. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and died in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture. He studied ceramics at Tokyo Institute of...
Toyozo Arakawa

Toyozo Arakawa

male, deceased (1985)
LivingNationalTreasuresofJapan, Nagoya, Potter, Japanese, mino, Living National Treasure…"Living National Treasure"
was a well known Japanese ceramic potter. He lived and worked in Mino, near Nagoya. He was given the title "Living National Treasure" in 1955.
Serizawa Keisuke

Serizawa Keisuke

male, deceased (1984)
katazome, LivingNationalTreasuresofJapan, Shizuoka, Shizuoka, okinawa, Japanese, dyeing…Living National Treasure, Living National Treasures
Serizawa Keisuke was a Japanese textile designer. In 1956, he was designated as a Living National Treasure for his katazome stencil dyeing...

Bandō Mitsugorō VIII

male, deceased (1975)
LivingNationalTreasuresofJapan, Living National Treasures, kabuki, Living National Treasure, Kabuki actor, fugu
Bandō Mitsugorō VIII (八代目 坂東 三津五郎)(19 October 1906 - 16 January 1975) was one of Japan's most revered Kabuki actors from the 1930s until his deat...
Itō Shinsui

Itō Shinsui

male, deceased (1972)
painter, Taisho period, woodblock print, taisho, Showa period, nihonga…LivingNationalTreasuresofJapan, Living National Treasure, Order of the Rising Sun, Living National Treasures
(4 February 1898–8 May, 1972), was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in Taisho and Showa period Japan. He was on...