A to Z  Past Exhibitions Top Menu Chinese Antiques Genji Emaki Hakose Junichi Hashimoto Kenichi Indonesian Crafts Kato Toyohisa Kato Yasukage Kawagishi Fujio Koizumi Junsaku Kurumaki Collection Ono Hakuko Suzuki Mutsumi Tachihara Masaaki Tsukamoto Haruhiko To learn more, or to make inquiries for purchasing art by these artists, please email us Please include the name of the artist you are interested in. Visit the Yufuku Gallery for many more archived exhibits November 6 to 15, 2003 Exhibition of Suzuki Mutsumi's URUSHI Work Suzuki Mutsumi  Born 1942 in Kyoto Suzuki Mutsumi is a renowned lacquer artist. He was born in Kyoto to a family that has for six generations passed down the tradition of making lacquer works. He has moved himself to create innovative forms while using the traditional material of lacquer. He once said that the beauty of a Ding-ware bowl made in the Northern Song Dynasty impressed upon him greatly, and inspired him to frequent the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. He was permitted to hold the bowl in his hands by a curator of the museum after many enthusiastic visits. Mr. Suzuki marveled at the lightness of the bowl. He promised himself that he would one day create light lacquer ware like the Ding Ware bowl. It is no exaggeration to say that since that day he has been creating lacquer ware that could even be presentable to the Northern Song Dynasty's emperor, Song HuiZong. As you all might be aware, today his work is appreciated in all corners of the globe, and has been collected by such major museums as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.  SEE MORE PHOTOS OF WORK BY SUZUKI MUTSUMI at the Yufuku Gallery of Contemporary Ceramics and Applied Art