【1/2】Tokuyuki Hasegawa – Painting roses on a plaque (270mmx210mm)

Mr. Tokuyuki Hasegawa is one of the greatest china painters in Japan. Mitamura has been providing colors, oil, brushes and so on with him from the beginning of his approximately 70 years carrier. He started his carrier as a professional expert when he was 18 years old in Nagoya, Japan. At that time, Nagoya was a major production center of porcelain for export. According to recorded history on Nagoya port, 1.02 million tons of porcelain products were exported in 1966. The amount of exports of porcelain tableware was more than 100 billion yen in 1984. In this environment, very elegant and gorgeous decorations were developed.

China painting experts were required many points. They had to finish a multitude of pieces in a short time with stable and high quality. To be full-fledged experts, they were also required to calculate costs and to arrange samples which fulfill requests from their customers (e.g. porcelain makers, buyers) .

Therefore, Mr. Hasegawa has been pursued both “quickness” and “high quality”. He became a leading craftsman and an authority on it. Even today, he is making an effort to improve his painting skill. You can see his latest painting technique in the movie on the top of this page. He completed it in only 1 hour without any samples nor rough drawings.

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