was born in Osaka, Japan. He was a Japanese artist and considered a pioneer of modern jewelry in Japan. He served as a member of the Japan Craft Design Association, the Japan Jewellery Designers Association, and the Mitglied von der Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst.
Awards and prizes 1952–1957 Twice awarded prizes from the Living Industrial Arts Institute, Tokyo, Japan 1969 Gold Prize at 3rd Craft Center Japan 1970 Prize at the Japan New Craft Exhibition, Tokyo 1990 Created a present for Empress Kōjun to bestow on the Empress Michiko on her enthronement 1991 41st Craft Award in Excellence awarded by the Japanese Government Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 1994 First non-European to be awarded 'the Ring of Goldsmiths' from Gellschaft fur Goldschmiedekunst 1995 Awarded ìContribution to Design Promotion' by the Japanese Government Ministry of International Trade and Industry 1996 Awarded 'Bayerischer Staatspreis' by the Bayern Government Ministry, Germany 1997 Awarded 'Kunii Kitaro Prize' by Japan Industrial Art Foundation.
Solo exhibition 1978 Galerie am Graben, Wien, Austria 1990 Electrum Gallery, London 1993 Professor Yasuki Hiramatsu Retirement Exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts 1994 STUDIO TON BERENDS, Den Haag, Netherlands 1995 LUISE SMIT, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1996 Galerij Sofie Lachaert, Gent, Belgium 1997 Magari, Barcelona, Spain; Galerij Sofie Lachaert, Antwerpen, Belgium 2006 Gallery HANAIRO, Anraku-ji (temple), Kyoto 2008 Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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