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MAE, Fumio
Lacquerware Inlaid with Gold,
Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Asset Designated in 1999
Biography
Born on August 15, 1940.
Born in Wajima, graduated from Fine Art Department of Kanazawa College of Art (Majored in Japanese painting). In 1964 adopted by his relative, the Living National Treasure Taiho Mae, and learned the techniques of gold inlay.
Became a regular member of the Japanese Craft Association in 1971, awarded the Minister of Education Prize at the 1973 Japanese Traditional Craft Exhibition, the Japan Craft Association President's Prize at the 1992 Japanese Traditional Craft Exhibition, and the Hokkoku Culture Prize in 1997.
Vice-president of the Ishikawa Prefectural Wajima Lacquer Art Technical Training School, member of the Association for the Preservation of Wajima Lacquerware Techniques. Resident of Wajima
Gold inlay with pictorial poetic sentiment. Father and son: two generations of living national treasures
Fumio Mae improved the advanced techniques that he acquired from his father Taiho, known for being a master gold inlay craftsman, developing the style of pictorial poetic sentiment. His designs are not merely sketches, but depictions of deep thoughts and imagined scenery which are a perfect match for the shape of the vessel and have an indescribable grace.
Half of the gold inlay tools used by Mae were passed down to him by his father, and the other half are ones that he altered the blade of to make his work easier. This conforms with Mae's belief that "Traditional techniques are to be preserved, but at the same time they must be adapted to suit oneself and to fit the times."
As Vice-president of the Ishikawa Prefectural Wajima Lacquer Art Technical Training School, and in other capacities, Mae is working to transmit lacquer art techniques to the next generation.
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*Culture (traditional)/
*Culture (modern)/
*History and Environment(the Edo period)/
*History and Environment(the Modern Ages)/
*Master Craftsmen(deceased)/
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