YOICHI
YOICHI
甘いバナナの‥
Sweet Banana‥
土粘土、岩絵具、金箔
Clay, mineral pigments, gold leaf
120 x 190 x 60
2024
Yoichi Nishiyama
ARTIST INFORMATION
- 1979
- 福岡県みやま市生まれ
- 2003
- 博多人形師 國崎信正氏に師事
- 2007
- 博多人形師として独立
- 2007
- 博多人形作家協会入会 博多人形青年部入会
- 2011
- 博多人形商工業協同組合入会
- 2014
- 浜崎あゆみキャラクター ayupan 300体限定制作
- 2015
- 最年少で伝統工芸士認定
- 2017
- 博多人形青年部会長
- 2017~
- ユネスコ無形文化遺産 博多祇園山笠大黒流人形師
- 2024~
- 博多祇園山笠飾り山天神ソラリアプラザ見送り制作
- 2024-Present
- Producing the decorative Yamakasa for Tenjin Solaria Plaza for the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival
- 2017-Present
- Doll artist for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Hakata Gion Yamakasa Daikokuryu
- 2017
- Elected as the chairman of the Young Artists Division of the Hakata Doll Association
- 2015
- Certified as a traditional craftsman at the youngest age
- 2014
- Produced 300 limited edition characters of Ayumi Hamasaki's character "ayupan"
- 2011
- Joined the Hakata Doll Industry Cooperative
- 2007
- Joined the Hakata Doll Artists Association and the Young Artists Division
- 2007
- Became an independent Hakata doll artist
- 2003
- Apprenticed under Master Nobumasa Kunizaki, a Hakata doll artist
- Born in 1979 in Miyama City, Fukuoka Prefecture