A third-generation woodworker and lacquer craftsman, Murase performs every stage of the production himself, from turning the wooden bases to applying the natural urushi lacquer. He inherited his grandfather's close association with the tea ceremony and carries out research into tea-ceremony utensils. Using his skill on the lathe he creates superb forms he demonstrates his outstanding lacquering technique in the finish. He produces unique Negoro-style works that are ideally suited to the twenty-first century.
1957 Born in Tokyo as the grandson of the first generation Jihei who was a craftsman working with the wooden base and lacquer coating under the direction and patronage of Kitaoji Rosanjin.
1975 Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan High School of Music & the Fine Arts
1980 Graduated from the Sculpture Department of Tokyo Zokei University.
Joined the long-standing family lacquerware wooden base and coating business.
Received instruction in the Way of Tea from Ikeda Sokan of Hibi-an, a Master of the Urasenke School of Tea.
2001 Inherited the name, Jihei III, and the position of 7th generation lacquerware base maker.
Public Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
Yale University Art Gallery (Asian art collection) (New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
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The 24th Moonlit Tea Ceremony
Exhibition of Tea Utensils September 8 - 17, 2023一穂堂恒例の「月夜の茶会」茶道具展も 24回を迎え、自慢のアーティスト達は来年の干支 "龍"と歌会始の勅題"和"をテーマに創作されています。Read more
"和"は日本人らしくて、大切な言葉。平和の"和"でもあります。 -
Jihei Murase
March 10 - 19, 2023村瀬の作品は清潔で優しくて品格がある。Read more
その作品はフィラデルフィア美術館、メトロポリタン美術館、ヴィクトリア & アルバート博物館など 一穂堂の海外進出と共に挑戦し 互いに助け合い 前に進む 同志のような存在でもある。 -
第23回「月夜の茶会」茶道具展
"友と歩む" "卯" September 9 - 24, 2022今回のテーマは「友と歩む」と「卯」。Read more
人が作った モノ も 友 で、そばにいて語ってくれます。
今回で23回目を迎え、33名の工芸作家の秀作が集まりました。 -
三代目 村瀬治兵衛の世界
October 19 - 26, 2019When I was given the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the Ippodo gallery in New York in the autumn of 2016, I decided to hold a tea ceremony...Read more