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GLASS ARTIST
SHOHO |
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Shoho is a glass artist specializing in the Satsuma Kiriko style of cut
and etched glass. |
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He is a member of the Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, and has 39
years’ experience in the medium. |
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Shoho has won numerous awards and prizes for his work. His studio is located in Kawakami, Kagoshima. |
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Shoho was born in 1968 in Kagoshima Prefecture to a
manufacturing family. In 1986 he joined the |
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traditional world of Satsuma Kiriko and glass craft. In the same year, he became a first-generation student |
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contributing to the revitalization of the Shimadzu Family Satsuma Kiriko
glassware industry. Prior to |
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establishing his own presence, Shoho studied in Miyazaki Prefecture under
the tutelage of the prestigious |
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glass artist Kuniaki Kuroki for about a year. Upon returning to Kagoshima, he established himself as an |
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independent glass craftsperson working mainly in the tradition of Satsuma
Kiriko, and began to exhibit |
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both within Japan and abroad. In this capacity, Shoho has also worked
tirelessly to promote the traditions |
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of Kagoshima within the country, and to overseas audiences. As part of
this service, for the past 11 years |
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he has contributed to the education of local students by holding demonstrations
and lectures about |
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Satusuma Kiriko at local schools. To date, Shoho has been working as a
professional glass artist for 39 years. |
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1968 |
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- Born in Kagoshima Japan |
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1986 |
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- Graduated from the Department of Interior Design at Kagoshima Technical
High School |
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- Joined Shimadzu Kogyo Co., craftshop for Satsuma Kiriko cut glass |
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- Involved in learning Kiriko glass craft at the start of a full-fledged
restoration |
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project of the Satsuma Kiriko cut glass making process, by the Shimadzu family. |
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1994 |
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- Award for Excellence at the 5th Kagoshima New Crafts Exhibition |
1996 |
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- Joined Kyushu Glass Art Exhibition '96 |
1997 |
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- Joined the 13th Annual 7th Group Exhibition of Traditional Crafts |
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(Sponsored by the Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts) |
1998 |
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- Joined the 14th Annual 7th Group Exhibition of Traditional Crafts |
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(Sponsored by the Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts) |
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- Selected for the Kagoshima Prefectural Art Exhibition of Excellent Work& Cultural Festival |
1999 |
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- Winning design, Kagoshima Fair '99 Design Competition |
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2000 |
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- Studied at Glass Art Miyazaki (now Kuroki Glass Art), under Kuniaki |
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Kuroki, designated as National Contemporary Master Craftsperson |
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2001 |
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- Founded Busho Glass Studio for cut glass |
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2002 |
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- Began production of Satsuma Kiriko cut glass |
2003 |
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- Appeared on “Tamari’s Iki-iki Club” TV show, produced by KTS Kagoshima |
2004 |
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- Winning entry at the 15th Kagoshima Crafts Exhibition Kagoshima |
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- Appeared on "Otona no Jiyuryoko", TV program produced by Nippon TV BS |
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2005 |
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- Interviewed for Kagoshima’s "Festa" monthly event magazine |
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- ‘Old Rock’ glassware featured in a TV commercial for Hamada Shochu Distillery Company |
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- Appeared on “Tetsuwan DASH” as a driver for the ‘Dan Kichi’ solar car,
representing Kagoshima |
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2006 |
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- Began production of the brand, Busho cut glass |
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- Solo exhibition at Kagoshima’s Dolphin Port Yamakataya Crafts store |
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- Presentation for career development program at Ishiki Municipal Junior
High School |
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2007 |
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- Busho Glass Studio becomes incorporated. |
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- Solo exhibition at Kagoshima’s Dolphin Port Yamakataya Crafts store |
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- Appeared in the 2nd episode of an NHK TV News special on traditional Satsuma crafts |
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- Appeared on the MBC radio program Tanpopo Music Club “Kaido ga Iku” |
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- Winner of the President’s Award, 2007 Kagoshima New Products Competiton |
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2008 |
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- Joined the exhibition "Kagoshima" for the Tokyo Ikebukuro Tobu
Department Store |
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- Guest lecturer for traditional crafts at Kagoshima kawakami Elementary
school (1th annual) |
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- Collaboration with Zuikodo and Kawanabe Butsudan (designated traditional craft by the Ministry of Economy, |
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Trade and Industry) to make Buddhist altars |
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- Solo exhibition at Kagoshima’s Dolphin Port Yamakataya Crafts store |
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- Appeared in the 3rd episode of an NHK TV News special on traditional
Satsuma crafts |
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2009 |
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- Guest lecturer for traditional crafts at Kagoshima kawakami Elementary
school (2th annual) |
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- Busho Glass Studio designated as a studio of traditional crafts by the Kagoshima Prefectural Government |
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- Featured in Minami Nihon Newspaper (a division of Kyodo News Services) "Glass Artist’s Enchanting Designs " |
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- Featured in "Craftsmanship - the tradition and crafts of Kagoshima” Kagoshima Living Newspaper |
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- Appeared in Asahi Broadcasting Corporation ABC’s “Asada!, Live desu Tabi
Salad” TV program with a studio visit |
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from Junko Yaginuma, professional figure skater. |
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- Joined Kagoshima Industry Fair 2009, in Kamoike Dome, Kagoshima |
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2010 |
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- Guest lecturer for traditional crafts at Kagoshima kawakami Elementary
school (3th annual) |
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- Selected for the “Top one hundred designs" at Kagoshima Design Fair 2010 |
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- Glasswork featured on the website for the Toyo Ink Company |
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- Engaged in the production of Satsuma Kiriko premium shochu bottle for the 40th anniversary edition of Kanade 2010 |
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Satsuma Musou Shochu |
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2011 |
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- Presentation for career development program at Sakuragaoka Municipal
Junior High School |
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- Guest lecturer for traditional crafts at Kagoshima kawakami Elementary
school (4th annual) |
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- 10th anniversary of the opening of Busho Glass Studio |
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- Celebrates 25 years working with cut and etched glass |
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- Registered Artist name as Shoho: 頌峰 |
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2012 |
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- Glasswork used as inspiration for choreography by Kirishima Kokubu Central
Municipal High School Dance Club for the |
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46th National High School Athletic Federation‘s Exhibition Meet |
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- Presentation for career development program at Yoshino Municipal Junior
High School |
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- Guest lecturer for traditional crafts at Kagoshima kawakami Elementary
school (5th annual) |
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- Appeared in YTV Yomiuri “Nippon! Omotenashi Tabi” program with a studio
visit from Chris Matsumura and |
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Moe Yamaguchi |
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- Organized a public workshop and studio tour at Busho Glass Studio |
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- Creation of commemorative glass for singer Keali'i Reichel's visit to
Japan |
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2013 |
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- Studio visit by Kai Atoh for YTV Yomiuri Television (Nippon Television
Group) program 'Toku ni Ikitai' |
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(I Want To Go Far) |
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- Guest lecturer for traditional crafts at Kagoshima kawakami Elementary
school (6th annual) |
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- Alumnus lecturer at Kagoshima Prefectural Technical High School |
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- Participant in Hakata Hankyu Department Store 2nd Annual Exhibition |
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- Recommended exhibitor for the 8th Business Conference of ADO |
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(All Japan Department Stores Development Organization) |
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- Collaboration with jewelry designer Ayaka Nishi for her New York exhibition |
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- Hexagon decanter 'Pariden' blue glass piece featured on the JNTO |
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(Japan National Tourist Organization) Facebook page |
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- Exhibitor at the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris, France '8 Satsuma Artists
in Paris' exhibition |
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- Exhibitor at Kagoshima Yamakataya's 5th annual Kagoshima Local Products
exhibition |
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- Exhibitor at Maruya Gardens' exhibition, '8 Satsuma Artists: Paris and
Home Again' |
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- Studio visit by Tokyo Girls' Collection model Uchiya Eiko (2008 1st runner
up) for |
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Kagoshima's KKB TV program 'Kingspe' |
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- Studio visit by Vladimir Skala, one of the four master engravers at Moser
Glassworks, the |
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world-renowned Czech crystal workshop. |
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2014 |
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- Guest lecturer for traditional crafts at Kagoshima kawakami Elementary
school (7th annual) |
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- 1st Tokyo Press Exhibition in Nipponbashi: Kagoshima ‘ii-mono’ (premium
products) Promotion - Exhibitor. |
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- Presentation of a new innovative colouring technique using gold; Satsuma
Antique Roman-Style |
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Cut Glass “Hospitality”. (Tokyo Press Exhibition in Nipponbashi) |
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- Exhibition at Marui Imai Sapporo Main Department Store: Arts
and Crafts Gallery |
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- Cover photo for Mitsumi-Sumitomo premium Platinum Card Luxtage, July
issue (front and back). |
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- MBC South Japan Broadcasting TV show ‘4 Satsuma Artists in Paris’. |
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- Exhibitor at the Japan Cultural Institute in Paris, France '4 Satsuma Artists in Paris' exhibition |
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- KYT Yomuri Television ‘News Every’ 5 minute Special Feature ‘Cut Glass
Artist Shoho' |
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- Exhibitor at Maruya Gardens' exhibition, '4 Satsuma Artists: Paris and Home Again' |
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- 2nd Tokyo Press Exhibition in Nipponbashi: Kagoshima ‘ii-mono’ (premium
products) Promotion - Exhibitor. |
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- Kagoshima Yamakataya Department Store: 6th Kagoshima Local Products
Exhibition - Exhibitor |
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- Friends FM radio broadcast ‘Yumi Channel: Things I remember’ |
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- ABC Asahi Broadcasting ‘It’s Morning! Live Travel Salad’ TV show: Studio
visit with Lasalle Ishii. |
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- Presentation of Black-on-Black innovative faceted glass cutting technique. |
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2015 |
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- Guest lecturer for traditional crafts at Kagoshima kawakami Elementary
school (8th annual) |
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- Recommended exhibitor for the 10th Business Conference of ADO |
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(All Japan Department Stores Development Organization) |
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- Honoured to make the acquaintance of Mr. Osamu Saito, winner of the French
Arts and Culture Medal. |
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- Exhibitor at the 47th Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Kagoshima
Competition (Hotel Shiroyama). |
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- Honoured to make the acquaintance of Mr. Jörg Weszkalnys, preeminent
glass artist at Meissen Crystal of Germany. |
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- Commissioned to supply glassware to the Consulate General of Japan (MOFA) , Marseilles, for presentation to honoured guests. |
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- Exhibitor at Kagoshima Yamakataya Department store 7th “Furusato Kagoshima” |
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- Featured craftsperson in “Shigotobito” website and circular. |
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- Exhibitor at the 30th Citizen’s Culture Festival Welcome Event, Kagoshima
Competition (Crown Prince and Princess in attendance) |
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- Exhibitor at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Paris, France, as a member of the collaborative exhibit for the |
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Satsuma Cuisine and Satsuma Shochu Association. |
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- Exhibitor at the 30th Citizen’s Culture Festival, Main Exhibition. |
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2016 |
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- Honoured to make the acquaintance of Mr. Kunio Nakajima, world-famous enamel
jeweler featured on the |
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NHK documentary show Bino Tsubo. |
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- Exhibitor at the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi flaghip store’s “Outstanding Products
for Spring” exhibition at Hotel New Otani. |
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- Celebrated 30 years as a glass artist (15 years since the opening of his
atalier) |
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- Kagoshima Yamakataya Department Store Art Gallery "Shoho and Akira
Furugaki Two Person Exhibition" |
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- The Spectacular Spirit of Satsuma Kiriko and Satsuma Yaki - |
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- Appeared on KTS Kagoshima Minna no News TV News to promote the exhibition at Yamakataya Department Store. |
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- Featured in a 5-page article in Fuji Dream Airlines in-flight magazine. |
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- “Real Work” lecturer at Kagoshima Shugakukan Junior High School’s Conversations with |
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Working Adults series of career-development seminars. |
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- Photo of the original work “Satsuma Kiriko Roman Old” featured in the package design for |
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Kyushu Ryohan’s rice brand “Treasure Chest from Kagoshima” |
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- First live demonstration of Satsuma Kiriko to incorporate magnified projection:
Satsuma Sendai City, |
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Sendai Elementary School “Genki Juku” lecturer: “Satsuma Kiriko is Great!” |
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- Appeared on NHK TV News in connection with Satsuma Sendai City, Sendai
Elementary School “Genki Juku” lecture. |
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- Appeared on NHK News Website in connection with Satsuma Sendai City,
Sendai Elementary School “Genki Juku” lecture. |
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- Appeared in Minami Nippon Newspaper in connection with Satsuma Sendai
City, Sendai Elementary School “Genki Juku” lecture. |
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- Participated in the opening ceremony of Floral Artist Shougo Kariyazaki x Akira FurugakiCeramics Exhibition |
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at Hong Kong SOGO Department Store. |
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2017 |
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- “Real Work” lecturer at Kagoshima City Yoshino Junior High School’s Conversations with |
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Working Adults series of career-development seminars. |
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- Exhibitor at the 47th Small to Mid-sized Business National Research Conference
in Kagoshima (Shiroyama Hotel) |
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- Guest lecturer for traditional crafts at Kagoshima kawakami Elementary
school (9th annual) |
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- Commissioned to present the “Hanayaka” design Satsuma Kiriko platter
to the publicly listed company Tobishima Construction, |
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to commemorate the completion of their hotel. |
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- Meeting with world-renowned architect and Fellow of the Royal Institute
of British Architecture, TAKASAKI Masaharu. |
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- Commissioned to supply glassware to the Japanese Embassy (MOFA) , Mauritius
(Africa), for presentation to honoured guests. |
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- Kagoshima Prefecture High School Industrial Education "Learning Instruction
Study Group" |
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(for prefectural teachers) Demonstration · Lecturer (Venue: Kagoshima Industrial High School) |
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2018 |
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- Top entry for “Page for the Nation’s Best Regional Brand Gifts” in the
2018 New Year’s issue of Living Shinbun (dist. 9,000,000 households). |
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- Somuta Elementary School Father’s Association Parent-Child Workshop:
Satsuma Kiriko hands-on glass cutting workshop using marbles. |
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- Yoshino-Higashi Junior High School “Real Work” career guidance guest
speaker. |
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- Special appearance on KTS Kagoshima/FTS Kyushu-Okinawa broadcast of |
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“From Satsuma to the World! 150 years since the Meiji Restoration – Dream
beyond Time and Space” TV documentary. |
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- Exhibitor at the Bakamatsu Restoration Expo Special Exhibition for |
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“The Important Tangible Cultural Property, Former Yamauchi Residence,
Sansuien” in Kochi, Shikoku. |
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- Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Flagship Store, “The Works of
Shoho”. |
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- Winner of Kagoshima Bank’s “Kagin Cultural Foundation Award”. |
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- Invited Exhibitor at ROCCA Jewelry’s 15th Anniversary Exhibition held at Shigetomi
Shimadzu Family Villa, Shimadzu Shigetomiso. |
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- Shimizu Elementary School “Let’s Learn About Satsuma Kiriko” guest speaker
(Grade 3, part 1). |
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- Kagoshima Prefectural Industrial Club guest speaker, “Passing Down the
Heritage of World-Renowned Satsuma Kiriko Glass”. |
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2019 |
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- Collaboration with Patisserie Yanagimura for “Chocolate Expo”. |
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- Work featured in a 2-page spread in Precious fashion
magazine. |
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- Kagoshima Southern Wind Rotary Club round table, guest speaker. |
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- Work featured in a poster display at Camden Town’s “Kagoshima Exhibition”
in London, UK. |
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- Unveiling of the new tumbler piece, featuring an energetic fantasia of
a ladybird and the sun, titled “Flowers of the Sun – Celestial Messenger”. |
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- Unveiling of the new large plate piece, featuring the soothing natural beauty of cherry blossoms, titled “Beauty of Flowers”. |
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- Unveiling of the new hexagon decanter piece, featuring the whimsical fantasia of a ladybird in the woods, titled “Celestial Messenger of the Woods” |
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- Work featured in a 2-page spread in Fuji Dream Airlines in-flight magazine. |
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- Southern Kagoshima Ethics Corporation, guest speaker. |
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- Production and exhibition of the works “Drifters -Gen-“ and “Drifters -Sai-“ as part of the original painting exhibition of |
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HIRANO Kouta’s manga, Drifters, held in Kanon Hall, Aira. |
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2020 |
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- Kagoshima Rotary Club round table, guest speaker “Culture and Glass Art”. |
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- Produced commemorative gift for Taiwan Taipei Northwest Rotary Club 56th Anniversary. |
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- Kagoshima City, guest speaker “Search for Kagoshima Yokamon”. |
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- Guest on the 4-week radio series, “Afternoon Wisdom” on Ginga FM. |
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- Featured in the online magazine, GOETHE, in an interview with former soccer player NAKATA Hidetoshi in his column |
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“Vignettes of Japanese Craft: Satsuma Kiriko harkens back to the times
of Shimadzu.” |
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- Ibid., Yahoo News. |
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- Exhibitor at the 21st
France-Japan Multinational Contemporary Art Exhibition, organized by JIAS
(Japan International Artist Society) at the National Art Center, Tokyo. |
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- Featured on “J Channel + Cameraperson Report” broadcast on KKB Kagoshima
Broadcast News (also available on KKB’s YouTube channel). |
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- Selected Exhibitor for the Salon d’Automne in Paris, France. |
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- Pieces exhibited in the Japan Section of the Salon d’Automne. |
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- Piece selected as a gift to Her Imperial
Highness, Princess MIKASANOMIYA Yoko. |
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- Featured in ONBEAT Bilingual Magazine for Art and Culture from Japan,
Vol. 13 pp. 132 – 133 |
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“Discover Nihonmono: Hidetoshi NAKATA goes to….Kagoshima” and pp. 144
– 145 “Shoho: Maker of Light”. |
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2021 |
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- Celebrated 35 years as a glass artist; 20 Year Atelier Anniversary. |
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- Guest on DJ Meiken’s radio show, “The Wind is from the South” on Okinawa
Radio Ginowan FM. |
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- Appointed to design the new uniform for Kagoshima United Football Club
based on the ‘Kiriko Diamond’ concept. |
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- Appears on KTY Yomiuri TV “news every” to talk about Kagoshima United
Football Club new uniform design. |
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- KKB Kagoshima Broadcast News “J Channel + Cameraperson Report” from 2020
featuring Shoho, wins Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of |
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Japan prize, “Filming Technique Prize” for cameraperson SHINZONO Ryuta, and is re-broadcast. |
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- Text interview about uniform design posted on Kagoshima United Football
Club website. |
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- Appears on KTY Yomiuri TV “news every” to on the post-game broadcast for the match between Kagoshima United FC and Fukushima United FC |
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to talk about Kagoshima United Football Club new uniform design. |
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- Participated in “Shoho’s Night Gallery and Dinner” event at Bistro de
Rêve, Kagoshima. |
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- Work featured in a 2-page spread in Toyoko Inn’s in-room magazine, Tanoyaku. |
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- Selected Exhibitor for the Salon d’Automne in Paris, France. |
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- Guest on MBC Radio (South Japan Broadcasting) Ponymates radio show, “Pony
Number 1: Autumn Art” |
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