List of Living National Treasures of Japan (crafts)

This list of Living National Treasures of Japan (crafts) contains all the individuals and groups certified as Living National Treasures by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the government of Japan in the category of the .

Crafts are divided into eight categories: pottery, textiles, lacquerware, metalworking, dollmaking, woodworking, papermaking, and other. The categories are subdivided into a number of more specific subcategories.

Those working in crafts are eligible for recognition either individually (Individual Certification) or as part of a group (Preservation Group Certification).

List of current designated individuals (crafts)

Ceramics Name Born Category Subcategory Year Designated1936PotteryTetsugusuri20051934PotteryShino-yaki19941936PotteryBizen-yaki20041929PotteryHakuji19951954PotteryHakuji20131941PotterySeiji20071932PotteryYūri-kinsai20011941PotteryMumyōi-yaki20031935PotterySetoguro2010

Textiles Name Born Category Subcategory Year Designated1925TextilesEdo Komon19781922TextilesYuzen20001941TextilesYuzen20071946TextilesYuzen20101935TextilesRa20001929TextilesSeigō Sendaihira20021936TextilesYūsoku Orimono19991936TextilesKenjō Hakata-ori20031924TextilesTsumugi-ori19901939TextilesTsumugi-ori20051927TextilesSaga Nishiki19941936TextilesBingata19961932TextilesShishū19971922TextilesShuri no Orimono19981935TextilesTate Nishiki20001954TextilesMokuhan Zurisarasa20081954TextilesMonsha20101946TextilesYaeyama Joufu2024

Lacquerware Name Born Category Subcategory Year Designated1950LacquerwareMaki-e20081947LacquerwareMaki-e20101940LacquerwareChinkin19991926LacquerwareKinma19851931LacquerwareKinma19941951LacquerwareKinma20131944LacquerwareKyūshitsu20021945LacquerwareKyūshitsu20061941LacquerwareKyūshitsu20081938LacquerwareRaden1999

Metalworking Name Born Category Subcategory Year DesignatedYukie Ōsumi (大角幸枝)1945MetalworkingTankin20151937MetalworkingDora20021947MetalworkingChōkin20041944MetalworkingChōkin20081920MetalworkingChūkin19931941MetalworkingChūkin20051937MetalworkingHammering19951940MetalworkingHammering20061942MetalworkingHammering2010

Dollmaking Name Born Category Subcategory Year Designated1928DollmakingIshō Ningyō19961936DollmakingTōsa2002

Woodworking Name Born Category Subcategory Year Designated1934WoodworkingBamboo20051945WoodworkingBamboo20121934WoodworkingWood19941937WoodworkingWood19971942WoodworkingWood20011944WoodworkingWood20031941WoodworkingWood2012

Papermaking Name Born Category Subcategory Year Designated1933PapermakingEchizen Hōsho20001931PapermakingTosa Tengujō-shi20011935PapermakingNajioganbi-shi2002

List of past designated individuals (crafts)

Ceramics Name Born Died Category Subcategory Year Designated18861963PotteryIroe195519001968PotteryIroe196119191992PotteryIroe198619262001PotteryIroe198919342013PotteryIroe200118931968PotteryTetsugusuri195519262004PotteryTetsugusuri198518941978PotteryMashiko-yaki195518941985PotteryShino-yaki195518961981PotteryHagi-yaki197019102012PotteryHagi-yaki198318961967PotteryBizen-yaki195618991983PotteryBizen-yaki197019061994PotteryBizen-yaki198719322001PotteryBizen-yaki199618951985PotteryKaratsu-yaki197619021985PotterySometsuke198519121990PotterySeihakuji198319122004PotteryRyukyuan Pottery198519181987PotteryTetsue198619272003PotteryNeriage199319172005PotterySansai199519192007PotteryFolk Pottery (Jōmon)199619332006PotterySeiji199719242005PotteryTokoname-yaki199819332009PotterySaiyū19971959PotteryKoishiwara-yaki2017

Textiles Name Born Died Category Subcategory Year Designated18821961TextilesEdo Komon195518931955TextilesNagaita Chūgata195518971988TextilesNagaita Chūgata195518771956TextilesYuzen195518911977TextilesYuzen195518941982TextilesYuzen195519011960TextilesYuzen195519092008TextilesYuzen196719122002TextilesYuzen198419112008TextilesYuzen198819001956TextilesYuzen Yōjinori195518891980TextilesShōaizome195518951984TextilesKataezome195619021963TextilesKataezome196218981983TextilesKataezome197318981988TextilesRa196019021970TextilesSeigō Sendaihira195618851974TextilesKarakumi195618981988TextilesYūsoku Orimono196019001983TextilesKenjō Hakata-ori19141989TextilesTsumugishima-ori (Kasuri-ori)198319222012TextilesTsuzure-ori199719092003TextilesYomitanzan Hana-ori198918941976TextilesIse Paper Stencil (Tsuki-bori)195519071973TextilesIse Paper Stencil (Kiri-bori)195518831968TextilesIse Paper Stencil (Dōgu-bori)195519021985TextilesIse Paper Stencil (Dōgu-bori)195519091992TextilesIse Paper Stencil (Shima-bori)195519172003TextilesIse Paper Stencil (Ito-ire)195519212022TextilesBashōfu19741937TextilesShuri-Ori20231965TextilesNagaita-Chugata2023

Lacquerware Name Born Died Category Subcategory Year Designated18891976LacquerwareMaki-e195518961986LacquerwareMaki-e195519121998LacquerwareMaki-e198519231998LacquerwareMaki-e198919162012LacquerwareMaki-e198218981997LacquerwareChōshitsu195518901977LacquerwareChinkin195518831964LacquerwareKinma195619061984LacquerwareKyūshitsu197419101996LacquerwareKyūshitsu197819262006LacquerwareKyūshitsu1995

Metalworking Name Born Died Category Subcategory Year Designated18841956MetalworkingDora195518841956MetalworkingChōkin195519071988MetalworkingChōkin197818981996MetalworkingChōkin197919082001MetalworkingChōkin198919152001MetalworkingChōkin199919092009MetalworkingChōkin199118821961MetalworkingRōgata Chūzō196019001977MetalworkingCha no Yugama196319041999MetalworkingCha no Yugama198419202009MetalworkingCha no Yugama199618901972MetalworkingChūkin196418881980MetalworkingBigo Zōgan196518991988MetalworkingBonshō197719071994MetalworkingHammering197719021968MetalworkingSwordmaking (Nihonto)195519131977MetalworkingSwordmaking (Nihonto)196319071995MetalworkingSwordmaking (Nihonto)197119211998MetalworkingSwordmaking (Nihonto)198119081996MetalworkingSwordmaking (Finishing)197519272013MetalworkingSwordmaking (Nihonto)199719131994MetalworkingSwordmaking (Finishing)197519142004MetalworkingSwordmaking (Finishing)199619202010MetalworkingSwordmaking (Finishing)199819322009MetalworkingSwordmaking (Nihonto)1997

Dollmaking Name Born Died Category Subcategory Year Designated18971984DollmakingIshō Ningyō195519031981DollmakingIshō Ningyō195519071996DollmakingIshō Ningyō198618981982DollmakingShiso196119072000DollmakingTōsa1989

Woodworking Name Born Died Category Subcategory Year Designated19041974WoodworkingBamboo196719192004WoodworkingBamboo198319172003WoodworkingBamboo199519322011WoodworkingBamboo200319041982WoodworkingWood197019061975WoodworkingWood197019121996WoodworkingWood198419122002WoodworkingWood198419011988WoodworkingInlaying1987

Other Name Born Died Category Subcategory Year Designated19001981OtherKirikane198119131995OtherKirikane198519452007OtherKirikane200219152004OtherBachiru1985

Papermaking Name Born Died Category Subcategory Year Designated19011976PapermakingEchizen Hōsho196819021984PapermakingGanpi-shi1968

List of Designated Groups (Crafts) Group Name Category Subcategory Year DesignatedPotteryKakiemon1976PotteryOnta-yaki1995TextilesIse Paper Stencils1993TextilesKijoka no Bashōfu1976TextilesKumejima-kasuri2004TextilesKurume-kasuri1976TextilesMiyako Jōfu1978TextilesYūki-tsumugi1976TextilesOjiya-chijimi/Echigo-Jōfu1976LacquerwareWajima-nuri1977PapermakingHosokawa-shi1978PapermakingSekishūban-shi1976PapermakingHonmino-shi1976

See also Living National Treasures of Japan List of Living National Treasures of Japan (performing arts) List of National Treasures of Japan

References

Kodansha, Ministry of Cultural Affairs National Cultural Properties Database '重要無形文化財の指定・認定について,' Ministry of Cultural Affairs, 16 July 2010