TAIWA MATSUOKA

Taiwa Matsuoka dedicated his life as an Urushi-e artist to achieving “Urushi-e” as an established genre of fine arts. He continued his challenging course as a pioneer artist in the field during the Taisho and Showa eras (pre-WWI through post-WWII era) through a strong commitment to “establish Urushi-e as an art form suitable for the Japanese climate.”