[Press Release]Announcement of the results of the Wabunka Grand Prix 2023

We are pleased to announce that the results of the 2023 competition have been determined. Below are the artists who have won this year.

■Grand prix
　Bamboo crafts “KAKI” / Kei Nakamura

■Semi-grand prix
　Urushi art “Cirrus Cloud” / TAIDZUMI Natzumi

■Excellent Award
　・Hyogu “Kie(Devotion)” / Kshino Den
　・Itoshito Lamp “SUMINAGI” / Takahashi Kanji & 暁〜Akatsuki〜
　・Hikimono “KASHIKI” / Momose Toshifumi
　・Pottery “Matoi(Robe)” / Yasukawa Mariko

■Incentive Award
　・Hikimono, Makie “A piece of the season” /Ogihara Suina
　・Abstract, Hakata obi “Irohanihoero”/Chima

■Student Award
　・Inlay “Inside world noon” / Fang Xiaohan
　・Makie box “Mermaid's sigh” / Li Yiyan

■Selected: The following 28 individuals ※Order may vary

1. "NATURA Plate Sets" / Hiroko Shoami
2. "Painted Art Scroll 'Moonlight'" / Sachiko Usui
3. "Kyoyuzen Art Panel 'Ink Peony'" / Hiroyuki Nakajo
4. "YAKOUGOU" / Kiyono Tohma
5. "Leather Textile Sneakers" and "Leather Textile Backpack" / Yasuhiko Kusunoki (Kusuka Corporation)
6. "Ieyasu Tokugawa" / Yoshikuni Inoue
7. "Treasure Bead" / Shunji Maeda
8. "Space in Architecture – Distance Between Landscape and People: 'Hirocho-machi House'" / Hiroaki Yamada (HUS DESIGN Corporation)
9. "A-un Dragons (Hand-Drawn and Digital Print)" / Shoryu Hatoba (Kyogen Inc.)
10. "Mokugyo" / Nakamitsu Fukada (Fukadamokkoujo Mokugyo)
11. "Fufumeri" / Sachiko Okuda
12. "Illuminating Together" / Toshio Mizutani (Nihon sinkouge Artists Federation)
13. "Kimono Remake Jacket" / Naruyuki Ishii (M2 Co., Ltd.)
14. "Tsutsu: To the Beautiful Hands" / Keiko Kobayashi
15. "Irohauta" / Takako Hiroe
16. "Error Series" / Yuji Nagashima
17. "JOYEN Vest" / Yoshimi Bernstein (JOYEN)
18. "Junmai Daiginjo Sake 'Ascending' and 'Illuminating'" / Akane Shibata (Torches Corporation)
19. "HITOHUKU-an (SO-AN BOX, NIJIRIGUCHI BOX True, NIJIRIGUCHI BOX Travel)" / Sayaka Ota (Chako Chako Joint Venture)
20. "Jewelry Series: Cherry Blossom, Dragon, Elegance, Mount Fuji (Mino Cut Glass in Gold, Silver, Bronze)" / Masaharu Takagi (Marumo Takagi Ceramic Co., Ltd.)
21. "① 'Aogiri and Grasshopper', ② 'Amihodou and Bell Cricket'" / Hiroshi Kataoka
22. "Maki-e Glass Pen 'Furaile'" / Yoshio Okada
23. "① 'AN-E-TO KAZARI Fish ・ Small Fish', ② 'AN-E-TO KAZARI Matsuei ・ Matsuno-e'" / Tomomi Ito (Matsumomogusa Tatami Store)
24. "Jeans Free Cup Nanairo" / Koyo Endo (Kyoto University of Art and Design, Japan Craft Association Kinki Branch Lacquerware Department Kyoto Lacquerware Traditional Craftsman Association)
25. "Reborn" / Shintaro Kazunaga
26. "① 'Shiwamaki Roiro', ② 'Shiwamaki Urumi'" / Reima Noda
27. "SAKIORI Coat (Torn Weave)" / Yasuko Miura (Douan)
28. "Morning Star" / Atsumi Hoshi

[Juries of Japan Wabunka Grand Prix 2023]
Chairman of the jury
Arisumi Mitamura
　・Emeritus professor of Tokyo University of the Arts
　・ Honorable president of Minjyang Jidao International Lacquer Art Institute in China
　・The tenth head of the Edo Makie Akatsuka School

Fumie Erikawa
　Assistant Chief, Development, Yokohama Museum of Art
Genjiro Okura
　・The holders of Important Intangible Cultural Property (Living National Treasure)
　・16th head kotsuzumi drum player of Okura Style Nohgaku(head otsuzumi drum player of the Okura Style)
　・Director, Nohgaku Performers’ Association
　・Director, Fondation SAKURA du Château de Fère
Hidetsugu Horikoshi
　・ARCHITECT FJIA / HIDETSUGU HORIKOSHI ARCHITECT 5 CEO PARTNER
　・EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Hotaka Katahira
　Chairman, Marunouchi Brand Forum
Kozue Akimoto
　Model
Richard Collasse
　Chairman of Chanel in Japan
Risa Tanaka
　Resident/Professor THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PROJECT DESIGN
Takahisa Uesugi
　9th lord of YonezawaShinden Domain
Yuji Akimoto
　Director of Nerima Art Museum
Yuko Hasegawa
　・Director of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
　・Professor of Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
(In alphabet order)

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