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KADO Isaburô
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Kado Isaburo was born in 1940 in Wajima (Ishikawa Prefecture), in the heart of the Japanese lacquer tradition. After finishing middle school at the age of 15, he began an apprenticeship with the chinkin-master Hashimoto Tetsushirô.
After completing the apprenticeship, Kado began using the chinkin technique to create lacquer panels (the technique involves scratching thin lines into lacquer surfaces which are later filled with gold). He was strongly influenced by contemporary American painters, whose works he saw in exhibitions in Tokyo and he took part in a movement in modern lacquer art which is not interested in functional objects, but rather in creating images and sculptures out of lacquer. He has received numerous prizes and awards, including the right to take part in the Nitten exhibition every year without prior evaluation by the judges. |
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