Doing Things Others Do Not Want toToshichika Taguchi was designated Important Intangible Cultural Asset holder in the field of silversmith in 2006. The profession has run in the family from his grandfather’s generation and he is the 3rd generation. He is the first to create works for display in exhibitions. Until his father’s generation, they had mainly created items such as kettles and teapots used for tea ceremony, and utensils related to ”sake” such as ”sake” cups and bottles for ”sake”. |
The Beauty of MetalworkThe beauty that can be expressed with metalwork is the ”hammer prints”. Taguchi also commented, ”Works that are created by a silversmith has different expressions, depending on how light is reflected. Therefore they are beautiful even without any designs.” |
Interesting to see Works ”Develop”Once the metal begins to take shape, from here, it can be shaped into the desired form. Sometimes some parts are left thick, ”to show power”. |
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- Silversmith, Toshichika Taguchi
- Bunkyo-ku Tokyo