Female Feature Exhibition

Specialty: Inherited production from  her father Living National Treasure, Tokuda Yasokichi III (1933-2009). She also utilizes methods of the Tokuda family style of Kutani porcelain production, especially saiyu glazing where arrangements and gradations of color play a central role in ornamentation, rather than the pictorial designs of birds, flowers and figures seen in conventional Kutani-ware. 
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Tokuda's personal sensibility as a female artist gives her a novel perspective on tradition, reflected in her diverse choices of colors and unique interpretations of form.

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Specialty: Tankin, or hammered vessels and applies the traditional technique of nunomezōgan to the decorative and functional pieces that Osumi creates. She creates a formless and flowing affinity with nature.
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She not only became the first female Living National Treasure in Metal Work in history but is the only female established in this category.

Specialty: Metal-forging and heat-welding technique known as  hagiawase, a method she learned from Living National Treasure Sekiya Shirō (1907-1994). Hagino takes almost six months to complete each project. 
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Hagino uses the natural hues of the metals as colors to create fluid patterns on her work, silver becoming white, copper becoming red, and an alloy of a mix of gold and copper becoming gold.