Kazumi Murose, Urushi Artist
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- 1950
- Born in Tokyo.
- 1970
- Enters the Fine Arts Craft Department at Tokyo University of the Arts (former name: Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music).
- 1973
- Recieves the Ataka Award from Tokyo University of the Arts.
- 1974
- Graduates with B.A. degree from the Fine Arts Craft Department at Tokyo University of the Arts, specializing in Urushi Arts.
- 1975
- Work accepted at the 22nd Japanese Traditional Arts exhibition.
- 1976
- Graduates with M.A. degree from the Fine Arts Research Department at Tokyo University of the Arts, specializing in Urushi Arts (graduate art portfolio purchased by the university).
- 1977
- 24th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1978
- 25th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
Receives Incentive Award at the 18th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts New Works Exhibition.
- 1979
- 26th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1980
- 27th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1981
- 28th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
Receives Tokyo Board of Education Award at the 21st Japanese Traditional Art Crafts New Works Exhibition.
- 1982
- 29th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1984
- One person exhibition, Seibu, Ikebukuro.
31st Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1985
- Receives Incentive Award at the 32nd Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
Receives Japan Art Crafts Association Award at the 2nd Japanese Traditional Urushi Arts Exhibition.
- 1986
- 33rd Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1987
- 1st Zenshitsu–kai Exhibition.
34th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1988
- 35th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
Receives Tokyo Board of Education Award at the 5th Japanese Traditional Urushi Arts Exhibition.
- 1989
- One person exhibition, Mitsukoshi, Nihonbashi.
36th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1991
- 2nd Zenshitsu–kai Exhibition.
Establishes Mejiro Institute of Urushi Conservation for the conservation of urushi–art cultural properties.
38th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1992
- 39th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1993
- Lectures at the International Council of Museums (ICOM) Conference, Washington D.C.
- 1995
- Japanese Studio of Crafts Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Creates monument, Namazu, JR Yoshikawa Station, Saitama.
42nd Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1996
- Contemporary Japanese Lacquerware Exhibition, Japan Society, New York / Denver Museum.
Lectures at the ICOM Conference, Edinburgh.
43rd Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
Creates replica of the National Treasure, Ume Maki–e Tebako, for The Great Shrine of Mishima (–1998).
- 1997
- Creates large mural, designed by Tatsuo Takayama, for the Convention Bureau, Beppu, Oita.
44th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1998
- Lectures on urushi–arts preservation at Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The World Urushi Arts Exhibition, Taiwan.
45th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 1999
- Lectures at Urushi Art Restoration International Conference, Munich, Germany.
Work selected for exhibition at the 100 Selections of Contemporary Japanese Craft Exhibition, Paris, France.
46th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 2000
- One person exhibition, Mitsukoshi, Nihonbashi.
Contemporary Japanese Urushi Exhibition, Holland.
Restoration work of the ceiling maki–e painting, Oju Kiji Maki–e, for Kotohira–gu in Kagawa (–2004).
47th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 2002
- 49th Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 2003
- The Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition 50th Anniversary, Waza–no–bi , Mitsukoshi, Nihonbashi.
50th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Art Crafts (Jury Committee).
- 2004
- One person exhibition, Ginza Wako.
Creates large mural Yuko for Yutenji Temple, Tokyo.
51st Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition.
- 2005
- One person exhibition, Narukawa Museum, Hakone.
- 2007
- Receives the Japanese Cultural Art Development Award.
CRAFTING BEAUTY IN MODERN JAPAN–Celebrating Fifty Years of the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition, British Museum, London.
Group exhibition, Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum, Kyoto.
- 2008
- Designated as an important intangible cultural property for maki-e technique.
One person exhibition, Seibu, Ikebukuro.
Presented with the Purple Ribbon Medal.
- 2021
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Presented with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.
- Present
- Individual recognition of important intangible cultural property
Meber of the board of directors, Japan Art Crafts Association
Member of the executive board, Japan Cultural Assets Urushi Association
Member of The Academy of Urushi Art Research Committee
Member of the scholar jury committee, Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
Prominent member of the jury committee for the Japanese Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition, the Japanese Traditional Urushi Arts Exhibition, and the Traditional Art Crafts New Works Exhibition
Member of the Eisei–Bunko board of trustees
- Collections
- The Agency for Cultural Affairs
Tokyo University of the Arts
Craft Gallery, Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art
Japan and Germany Hall, Berlin
Kyushu Sangyo University
The Museum of Fragrance, Toyota
Narukawa Museum, Hakone
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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