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NINJÔ Yoshikatsu
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Ninjô Yoshikatsu was born in the turmoil of the Pacific war in Korea in 1944. His father was a wooden sandals maker. After finishing junior high in 1960, Ninjô lived a restless life, moving from one place to another and doing all sorts of jobs, including working as a metal filer, an assistant at a publishing firm, a salesman, and often as a seasonal harvester. He went to night school to get his high school diploma and began reading Buddhist texts and Nietzsche.
In 1974, following a friend’s recommendation, he began an apprenticeship in the wood turning workshop of Konishi Hisao in Shôgawa (Toyama Prefecture). After finishing the apprenticeship, he worked in a lacquer workshop from 1978 to 1980 in Akita (Akita Prefecture), where he learned the basic skills of lacquering. |
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