1956 Born in Toyama Prefecture
1980 Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art with a major in Craft metal casting
2001 Awarded the Takashimaya Art Prize by the Takashimaya Foundation
2007 Awarded Grand Prize at the Sano-Renaissance Metal Art Casting
Recent Major Group Exhibitions:
2000 "Seeing the Container - Living the Life” at Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Art, Craft Hall in Tokyo
2002 "Hands On" at Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA
2001 "Twist in Japan" at Nancy City Museum of Art in Nancy, France
"21 People from Europe and Asia" at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture
2006 "Collect" at Victoria and Albert Museum of Art in London, England
"Japanese Crafts" at Gallery Besson in London, England
2007 "Collect" at Victoria and Albert Museum of Art in London, England
"Japanese Suppleness" at Geeto Setto in Fredrickweiak, Denmark
2008 "A Japanese Dialogue” at Scottish Gallery in Edinburg, United Kingdom
2009 "Raising the Bar" at Middlesbrough Contemporary Art Museum, Middlesbrough, England
Public Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum of Art (London, England)
Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, England)
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, USA)
Scottish National Gallery (Edinburgh, UK)
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum (Aberdeen, UK)
Danish Royal Family (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, UK)
National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, Japan)
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (Ishikawa-ken, Japan)
The Japan Foundation (Tokyo, Japan)
Takaoka City Museum (Takaoka, Japan)
Kikuchi Kanjitsu Momorial Musee Tomo (Tokyo, Japan)
Rakusuitei Museum (Toyama, Japan)
MOA Museum (Atami, Japan)