Living National Treasure (Japan)
- Living National Treasure (Japan)
Living National Treasure (, "Ningen Kokuhō") is a title awarded in Japan to certain masters of crafts such as woodblock printing (ukiyo-e), papermaking, swordsmithing and pottery, and to masters of performance traditions such as bunraku, kabuki, and various matsuri (festival) performance traditions, with the aim of preserving skills and techniques in danger of being lost.
In 1950, the Government of Japan began to designate certain individuals or groups who were "bearers of important intangible cultural assets" (重要無形文化財保持者, "jūyō mukei bunkazai hojisha") as living human treasures, just as places or things of great cultural value are designated as national treasures, thus becoming eligible for special protection and support.
Individual honors
People designated as "living national treasures" include:
* Toyozo Arakawa (1894-1985), potter
* Matsumoto Gennosuke (b. 1924), master of taiko, kagura, and other matsuri performance traditions
* Shoji Hamada (1894-1978), potter
* Kawase Hasui (1883–1957), woodblock printer
* Imaizumi Imaemon XIII, potter
* Manji Inoue, potter
* Shinsui Itō (1888-1972), woodblock printer
* Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, potter
* Serizawa Keisuke (1895-1984), textile designer
* Bandō Mitsugorō VIII (1906-1975), actor
* Tatsuzo Shimaoka (1919-2007),[cite web|url=http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/shimaoka-tatsuzo-er.html|title=Japanese Pottery Information Centre] potter]
* Goro Yamaguchi (1933–1999), shakuhachi master
* Nakamura Jakuemon IV (b. 1920), kabuki "onnagata" actor
* Sakata Tōjūrō IV (b. 1931), kabuki actor External links
* [http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/living-natl-treasures.htm Partial list of Living National Treasures in pottery]
ee also
*National Treasures of Japan
References
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