# List of Living National Treasures of Japan (crafts)

This list of Living National Treasures of Japan (crafts) contains all the individuals and groups certified as Living National Treasures by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the government of Japan in the category of the Japanese crafts (工芸技術, Kōgei Gijutsu).
Crafts are divided into eight categories: pottery, textiles, lacquerware, metalworking, dollmaking, woodworking, papermaking, and other. The categories are subdivided into a number of more specific subcategories.
Those working in crafts are eligible for recognition either individually (Individual Certification) or as part of a group (Preservation Group Certification).

## List of current designated individuals (crafts)
### Ceramics

| Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Kiyoshi Hara (原清) | 1936 | Pottery | Tetsugusuri | 2005 |
| Osamu Suzuki (鈴木藏) | 1934 | Pottery | Shino-yaki | 1994 |
| Jun Isezaki (伊勢崎淳) | 1936 | Pottery | Bizen-yaki | 2004 |
| Manji Inoue (井上萬二) | 1929 | Pottery | Hakuji | 1995 |
| Akihiro Maeta (前田昭博) | 1954 | Pottery | Hakuji | 2013 |
| Hiroshi Nakashima (中島宏) | 1941 | Pottery | Seiji | 2007 |
| Minori Yoshita (吉田美統) | 1932 | Pottery | Yūri-kinsai | 2001 |
| Sekisui Itō V (五代伊藤赤水) | 1941 | Pottery | Mumyōi-yaki | 2003 |
| Kōzō Katō (加藤幸造) | 1935 | Pottery | Setoguro | 2010 |

### Textiles

| Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Yasutaka Komiya (小宮康孝) | 1925 | Textiles | Edo Komon | 1978 |
| Hiroshi Tajima (田島比呂子) | 1922 | Textiles | Yuzen | 2000 |
| Kunihiko Moriguchi (森口邦彦) | 1941 | Textiles | Yuzen | 2007 |
| Osao Futatsuka (二塚長生) | 1946 | Textiles | Yuzen | 2010 |
| Takeshi Kitamura (北村武資) | 1935 | Textiles | Ra | 2000 |
| Yoshio Kouda (甲田綏郎) | 1929 | Textiles | Seigō Sendaihira | 2002 |
| Hyōji Kitagawa (喜多川俵二) | 1936 | Textiles | Yūsoku Orimono | 1999 |
| Kisaburō Ogawa (小川規三郎) | 1936 | Textiles | Kenjō Hakata-ori | 2003 |
| Fukumi Shimura (志村ふくみ) | 1924 | Textiles | Tsumugi-ori | 1990 |
| Sonoko Sasaki (佐々木苑子) | 1939 | Textiles | Tsumugi-ori | 2005 |
| Fumi Koga (古賀フミ) | 1927 | Textiles | Saga Nishiki | 1994 |
| Yūkō Tamanaha (玉那覇有公) | 1936 | Textiles | Bingata | 1996 |
| Kijū Fukuda (福田喜重) | 1932 | Textiles | Shishū | 1997 |
| Hatsuko Miyahira (宮平初子) | 1922 | Textiles | Shuri no Orimono | 1998 |
| Takeshi Kitamura (北村武資) | 1935 | Textiles | Tate Nishiki | 2000 |
| Shigeto Suzuta (鈴田滋人) | 1954 | Textiles | Mokuhan Zurisarasa | 2008 |
| Yoshinori Tsuchiya (土屋順紀) | 1954 | Textiles | Monsha | 2010 |
| Sachiko Arakaki (新垣幸子) | 1946 | Textiles | Yaeyama Joufu | 2024 |

### Lacquerware

| Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Kazumi Murose (室瀬和美) | 1950 | Lacquerware | Maki-e | 2008 |
| Kōichi Nakano (中野孝一) | 1947 | Lacquerware | Maki-e | 2010 |
| Fumio Mae (前史雄) | 1940 | Lacquerware | Chinkin | 1999 |
| Masami Isoi (磯井正美) | 1926 | Lacquerware | Kinma | 1985 |
| Hitoshi Ōta (太田儔) | 1931 | Lacquerware | Kinma | 1994 |
| Yoshito Yamashita (山下義人) | 1951 | Lacquerware | Kinma | 2013 |
| Isao Ōnishi (大西勲) | 1944 | Lacquerware | Kyūshitsu | 2002 |
| Kunie Komori (小森邦衞) | 1945 | Lacquerware | Kyūshitsu | 2006 |
| Kiichirō Masumura (増村紀一郎) | 1941 | Lacquerware | Kyūshitsu | 2008 |
| Shōsai Kitamura (北村昭斎) | 1938 | Lacquerware | Raden | 1999 |

### Metalworking

| Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Yukie Ōsumi (大角幸枝) | 1945 | Metalworking | Tankin | 2015 |
| Iraku Uozumi III (三代魚住為楽) | 1937 | Metalworking | Dora | 2002 |
| Mamoru Nakagawa (中川衛) | 1947 | Metalworking | Chōkin | 2004 |
| Morihito Katsura (桂盛仁) | 1944 | Metalworking | Chōkin | 2008 |
| Akira Saitō (斎藤明) | 1920 | Metalworking | Chūkin | 1993 |
| Kōmin Ōzawa (大澤光民) | 1941 | Metalworking | Chūkin | 2005 |
| Hōseki Okuyama (奥山峰石) | 1937 | Metalworking | Hammering | 1995 |
| Toshichika Taguchi (田口寿恒) | 1940 | Metalworking | Hammering | 2006 |
| Norio Tamagawa (玉川宣夫) | 1942 | Metalworking | Hammering | 2010 |

### Dollmaking

| Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Nobuko Akiyama (秋山信子) | 1928 | Dollmaking | Ishō Ningyō | 1996 |
| Komao Hayashi (林駒夫) | 1936 | Dollmaking | Tōsa | 2002 |

### Woodworking

| Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Sōhō Katsushiro (勝城蒼鳳) | 1934 | Woodworking | Bamboo | 2005 |
| Noboru Fujinuma (藤沼昇) | 1945 | Woodworking | Bamboo | 2012 |
| Ryōzō Kawagita (川北良造) | 1934 | Woodworking | Wood | 1994 |
| Hiromichi Ōsaka (大坂弘道) | 1937 | Woodworking | Wood | 1997 |
| Kiyotsugu Nakagawa (中川清司) | 1942 | Woodworking | Wood | 2001 |
| Akira Murayama (村山明) | 1944 | Woodworking | Wood | 2003 |
| Tatsuo Haisoto (灰外達夫) | 1941 | Woodworking | Wood | 2012 |

### Papermaking

| Name | Born | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Ichibee Iwano IX (九代岩野市兵衛) | 1933 | Papermaking | Echizen Hōsho | 2000 |
| Sajio Hamada (浜田幸雄) | 1931 | Papermaking | Tosa Tengujō-shi | 2001 |
| Takenobu Tanino (谷野剛惟) | 1935 | Papermaking | Najioganbi-shi | 2002 |

## List of past designated individuals (crafts)
### Ceramics

| Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Kenkichi Tomimoto (富本憲吉) | 1886 | 1963 | Pottery | Iroe | 1955 |
| Hajime Katō (加藤土師萌) | 1900 | 1968 | Pottery | Iroe | 1961 |
| Yoshimichi Fujimoto (藤本能道) | 1919 | 1992 | Pottery | Iroe | 1986 |
| Imaemon Imaizumi XIII (今泉今右衛門（13代）) | 1926 | 2001 | Pottery | Iroe | 1989 |
| Kakiemon Sakaida XIV (酒井田柿右衛門（14代）) | 1934 | 2013 | Pottery | Iroe | 2001 |
| Munemaro Ishiguro (石黒宗麿) | 1893 | 1968 | Pottery | Tetsugusuri | 1955 |
| Uichi Shimizu (清水卯一) | 1926 | 2004 | Pottery | Tetsugusuri | 1985 |
| Shōji Hamada (浜田庄司) | 1894 | 1978 | Pottery | Mashiko-yaki | 1955 |
| Toyozō Arakawa (荒川豊蔵) | 1894 | 1985 | Pottery | Shino-yaki | 1955 |
| Kyūwa Miwa (三輪休和) | 1896 | 1981 | Pottery | Hagi-yaki | 1970 |
| Jusetsu Miwa (三輪壽雪) | 1910 | 2012 | Pottery | Hagi-yaki | 1983 |
| Tōyō Kaneshige (金重陶陽) | 1896 | 1967 | Pottery | Bizen-yaki | 1956 |
| Kei Fujiwara (藤原啓) | 1899 | 1983 | Pottery | Bizen-yaki | 1970 |
| Tōshū Yamamoto (山本陶秀) | 1906 | 1994 | Pottery | Bizen-yaki | 1987 |
| Yū Fujiwara (藤原雄) | 1932 | 2001 | Pottery | Bizen-yaki | 1996 |
| Muan Nakazato (中里無庵) | 1895 | 1985 | Pottery | Karatsu-yaki | 1976 |
| Yūzō Kondo (近藤悠三) | 1902 | 1985 | Pottery | Sometsuke | 1985 |
| Kaiji Tsukamoto (塚本快示) | 1912 | 1990 | Pottery | Seihakuji | 1983 |
| Jirō Kinjō (金城次郎) | 1912 | 2004 | Pottery | Ryukyuan Pottery | 1985 |
| Kōichi Tamura (田村耕一) | 1918 | 1987 | Pottery | Tetsue | 1986 |
| Kōsei Matsui (松井康成) | 1927 | 2003 | Pottery | Neriage | 1993 |
| Takuo Katō (加藤卓男) | 1917 | 2005 | Pottery | Sansai | 1995 |
| Tatsuzō Shimaoka (島岡達三) | 1919 | 2007 | Pottery | Folk Pottery (Jōmon) | 1996 |
| Koheiji Miura (三浦小平二) | 1933 | 2006 | Pottery | Seiji | 1997 |
| Jōzan Yamada III (三代山田常山) | 1924 | 2005 | Pottery | Tokoname-yaki | 1998 |
| Tokuda Yasokichi III (三代徳田八十) | 1933 | 2009 | Pottery | Saiyū | 1997 |
| Fukushima Zenzo (福島善三) | 1959 | | Pottery | Koishiwara-yaki | 2017 |

### Textiles

| Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Kōsuke Komiya (小宮康助) | 1882 | 1961 | Textiles | Edo Komon | 1955 |
| Sadakichi Matsubara (松原定吉) | 1893 | 1955 | Textiles | Nagaita Chūgata | 1955 |
| Kōtarō Shimizu (清水幸太郎) | 1897 | 1988 | Textiles | Nagaita Chūgata | 1955 |
| Kihachi Tabata III (田畑喜八) | 1877 | 1956 | Textiles | Yuzen | 1955 |
| Uzan Kimura (木村雨山) | 1891 | 1977 | Textiles | Yuzen | 1955 |
| Katsuma Nakamura (中村勝馬) | 1894 | 1982 | Textiles | Yuzen | 1955 |
| Tameji Ueno (上野為二) | 1901 | 1960 | Textiles | Yuzen | 1955 |
| Kakō Moriguchi (森口華弘) | 1909 | 2008 | Textiles | Yuzen | 1967 |
| Mitsugi Yamada (山田貢) | 1912 | 2002 | Textiles | Yuzen | 1984 |
| Tokio Hata (羽田登喜男) | 1911 | 2008 | Textiles | Yuzen | 1988 |
| Eiichi Yamada (山田栄一) | 1900 | 1956 | Textiles | Yuzen Yōjinori | 1955 |
| Ayano Chiba (千葉あやの) | 1889 | 1980 | Textiles | Shōaizome | 1955 |
| Keisuke Serizawa (芹沢銈介) | 1895 | 1984 | Textiles | Kataezome | 1956 |
| Toshijirō Inagaki (稲垣稔次郎) | 1902 | 1963 | Textiles | Kataezome | 1962 |
| Yoshitarō Kamakura (鎌倉芳太郎) | 1898 | 1983 | Textiles | Kataezome | 1973 |
| Heirō Kitagawa (喜多川平朗) | 1898 | 1988 | Textiles | Ra | 1960 |
| Eisuke Kōda (甲田栄佑) | 1902 | 1970 | Textiles | Seigō Sendaihira | 1956 |
| Jūsuke Fukami (深見重助) | 1885 | 1974 | Textiles | Karakumi | 1956 |
| Heirō Kitagawa (喜多川平朗) | 1898 | 1988 | Textiles | Yūsoku Orimono | 1960 |
| Zensaburō Ogawa (小川善三郎) | 1900 | 1983 | Textiles | Kenjō Hakata-ori | |
| Rikizō Munehiro (宗広力三) | 1914 | 1989 | Textiles | Tsumugishima-ori (Kasuri-ori) | 1983 |
| Kagaku Hosomi (細見華岳) | 1922 | 2012 | Textiles | Tsuzure-ori | 1997 |
| Sada Yonamine (与那嶺貞) | 1909 | 2003 | Textiles | Yomitanzan Hana-ori | 1989 |
| Yoshimatu Nanbu (南部芳松) | 1894 | 1976 | Textiles | Ise Paper Stencil (Tsuki-bori) | 1955 |
| Baiken Rokutani (六谷梅軒) | 1907 | 1973 | Textiles | Ise Paper Stencil (Kiri-bori) | 1955 |
| Hidekichi Nakajima (中島秀吉) | 1883 | 1968 | Textiles | Ise Paper Stencil (Dōgu-bori) | 1955 |
| Yūjirō Nakamura (中村勇二郎) | 1902 | 1985 | Textiles | Ise Paper Stencil (Dōgu-bori) | 1955 |
| Hiroshi Kodama (児玉博) | 1909 | 1992 | Textiles | Ise Paper Stencil (Shima-bori) | 1955 |
| Mie Jōnoguchi (城ノ口みゑ) | 1917 | 2003 | Textiles | Ise Paper Stencil (Ito-ire) | 1955 |
| Toshiko Taira (平良敏子) | 1921 | 2022 | Textiles | Bashōfu | 1974 |
| Shukumine Kyoko (祝嶺恭子) | 1937 | | Textiles | Shuri-Ori | 2023 |
| Matsubara Nobuo (松原伸生) | 1965 | | Textiles | Nagaita-Chugata | 2023 |

### Lacquerware

| Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Shōzan Takano (高野松山) | 1889 | 1976 | Lacquerware | Maki-e | 1955 |
| Gonroku Matsuda (松田権六) | 1896 | 1986 | Lacquerware | Maki-e | 1955 |
| Naoji Terai (寺井直次) | 1912 | 1998 | Lacquerware | Maki-e | 1985 |
| Yoshikuni Taguchi (田口善国) | 1923 | 1998 | Lacquerware | Maki-e | 1989 |
| Shōgyo Ōba (大場松魚) | 1916 | 2012 | Lacquerware | Maki-e | 1982 |
| Kōdō Otomaru (音丸耕堂) | 1898 | 1997 | Lacquerware | Chōshitsu | 1955 |
| Taihō Mae (前大峰) | 1890 | 1977 | Lacquerware | Chinkin | 1955 |
| Joshin Isoi (磯井如真) | 1883 | 1964 | Lacquerware | Kinma | 1956 |
| Yūsai Akaji (赤地友哉) | 1906 | 1984 | Lacquerware | Kyūshitsu | 1974 |
| Mashiki Masumura (増村益城) | 1910 | 1996 | Lacquerware | Kyūshitsu | 1978 |
| Keishirō Shioda (塩多慶四郎) | 1926 | 2006 | Lacquerware | Kyūshitsu | 1995 |

### Metalworking

| Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Iraku Uozumi III (魚住為楽) | 1884 | 1956 | Metalworking | Dora | 1955 |
| Kiyoshi Unno (海野清) | 1884 | 1956 | Metalworking | Chōkin | 1955 |
| Shirō Naitō (内藤四郎) | 1907 | 1988 | Metalworking | Chōkin | 1978 |
| Ikkoku Kashima (鹿島一谷) | 1898 | 1996 | Metalworking | Chōkin | 1979 |
| Eiichi Kanamori (金森映井智) | 1908 | 2001 | Metalworking | Chōkin | 1989 |
| Shunmei Kamoshita (鴨下春明) | 1915 | 2001 | Metalworking | Chōkin | 1999 |
| Mitsuo Masuda (増田三男) | 1909 | 2009 | Metalworking | Chōkin | 1991 |
| Shōdō Sasaki (佐々木象堂) | 1882 | 1961 | Metalworking | Rōgata Chūzō | 1960 |
| Tetsushi Nagano (長野垤志) | 1900 | 1977 | Metalworking | Cha no Yugama | 1963 |
| Ikkei Kakutani (角谷一圭) | 1904 | 1999 | Metalworking | Cha no Yugama | 1984 |
| Keiten Takahashi (高橋敬典) | 1920 | 2009 | Metalworking | Cha no Yugama | 1996 |
| Toyochika Takamura (高村豊周) | 1890 | 1972 | Metalworking | Chūkin | 1964 |
| Mitsumasa Yonemitsu (米光光正) | 1888 | 1980 | Metalworking | Bigo Zōgan | 1965 |
| Masahito Katori (香取正彦) | 1899 | 1988 | Metalworking | Bonshō | 1977 |
| Shirō Sekiya (関谷四郎) | 1907 | 1994 | Metalworking | Hammering | 1977 |
| Sadatsugu Takahashi (高橋貞次) | 1902 | 1968 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Nihonto) | 1955 |
| Yukihira Miyairi (宮入行平) | 1913 | 1977 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Nihonto) | 1963 |
| Sadaichi Gassan (月山貞一) | 1907 | 1995 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Nihonto) | 1971 |
| Masamine Sumitani (隅谷正峯) | 1921 | 1998 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Nihonto) | 1981 |
| Nisshū Honami (本阿彌日洲) | 1908 | 1996 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Finishing) | 1975 |
| Akitsugu Amata (天田昭次) | 1927 | 2013 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Nihonto) | 1997 |
| Kōkei Ono (小野光敬) | 1913 | 1994 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Finishing) | 1975 |
| Matsuo Fujishiro (藤代松雄) | 1914 | 2004 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Finishing) | 1996 |
| Kōkan Nagayama (永山光幹) | 1920 | 2010 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Finishing) | 1998 |
| Toshihira Ōsumi (大隅俊平) | 1932 | 2009 | Metalworking | Swordmaking (Nihonto) | 1997 |

### Dollmaking

| Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Ryūjo Hori (堀柳女) | 1897 | 1984 | Dollmaking | Ishō Ningyō | 1955 |
| Gōyō Hirata (平田郷陽) | 1903 | 1981 | Dollmaking | Ishō Ningyō | 1955 |
| Sonoo Noguchi (野口園生) | 1907 | 1996 | Dollmaking | Ishō Ningyō | 1986 |
| Juzō Kagoshima (鹿児島寿蔵) | 1898 | 1982 | Dollmaking | Shiso | 1961 |
| Toshiko Ichihashi (市橋とし子) | 1907 | 2000 | Dollmaking | Tōsa | 1989 |

### Woodworking

| Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Shōunsai Shōno (生野祥雲斎) | 1904 | 1974 | Woodworking | Bamboo | 1967 |
| Shōkansai Iizuka (飯塚小玕斎) | 1919 | 2004 | Woodworking | Bamboo | 1983 |
| Chikubōsai Maeda II (二代前田竹房斎) | 1917 | 2003 | Woodworking | Bamboo | 1995 |
| Shōkosai Hayakawa V (五世早川尚古斎) | 1932 | 2011 | Woodworking | Bamboo | 2003 |
| Tatsuaki Kuroda (黒田辰秋) | 1904 | 1982 | Woodworking | Wood | 1970 |
| Kōdō Himi (氷見晃堂) | 1906 | 1975 | Woodworking | Wood | 1970 |
| Shōwasai Ōno (大野昭和斎) | 1912 | 1996 | Woodworking | Wood | 1984 |
| Zuishin Nakadai (中台瑞真) | 1912 | 2002 | Woodworking | Wood | 1984 |
| Issei Akiyama (秋山逸生) | 1901 | 1988 | Woodworking | Inlaying | 1987 |

### Other

| Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Baitei Saita (斎田梅亭) | 1900 | 1981 | Other | Kirikane | 1981 |
| Daizō Nishide (西出大三) | 1913 | 1995 | Other | Kirikane | 1985 |
| Sayoko Eri (江里佐代子) | 1945 | 2007 | Other | Kirikane | 2002 |
| Fumiyuki Yoshida (吉田文之) | 1915 | 2004 | Other | Bachiru | 1985 |

### Papermaking

| Name | Born | Died | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Ichibee Iwano VIII (八代岩野市兵衛) | 1901 | 1976 | Papermaking | Echizen Hōsho | 1968 |
| Eishirō Abe (安部栄四郎) | 1902 | 1984 | Papermaking | Ganpi-shi | 1968 |

## List of Designated Groups (Crafts)

| Group Name | Category | Subcategory | Year Designated |
| Kakiemon Pottery Technique Preservation Society (柿右衛門製陶技術保存会, Kakiemonsei Tōgijutsu Hozonkai) | Pottery | Kakiemon | 1976 |
| Onta-yaki Technique Preservation Society (小鹿田焼技術保存会, Ontayaki Gijutsu Hozonkai) | Pottery | Onta-yaki | 1995 |
| Ise Paper Stencils Technique Preservation Society (伊勢型紙技術保存会, Ise Katagami Gijutsu Hozonkai) | Textiles | Ise Paper Stencils | 1993 |
| Kijoka no Bashōfu Preservation Society (喜如嘉の芭蕉布保存会, Kijoka no Bashōfu Hozonkai) | Textiles | Kijoka no Bashōfu | 1976 |
| Kumejima-kasuri Preservation Group (久米島紬保持団体, Kumejimakasuri Hoji Dantai) | Textiles | Kumejima-kasuri | 2004 |
| Kurume-kasuri Technique Preservation Society (重要無形文化財久留米絣技術保持者会, Jūyō Mukei Bunkazai Kurumekasuri Gijutsu Hozonsha Kai) | Textiles | Kurume-kasuri | 1976 |
| Miyako Jōfu Preservation Group (宮古上布保持団体, Miyako Jōfu Hozon Dantai) | Textiles | Miyako Jōfu | 1978 |
| Honba Yūkitsu-mugi Technique Preservation Society (本場結城紬技術保持会, Honba Yūkitsumugi Gijutsu Hozonkai) | Textiles | Yūki-tsumugi | 1976 |
| Ojiya-chijimi/Echigo Jōfu Technique Preservation Society (越後上布・小千谷縮布技術保存協会, Ojiyachijimi・Echigojōfu Gijutsu Hozonkai) | Textiles | Ojiya-chijimi/Echigo-Jōfu | 1976 |
| Wajima-nuri Technique Preservation Society (輪島塗技術保存会, Wajimanuri Gijutsu Hozonkai) | Lacquerware | Wajima-nuri | 1977 |
| Hosokawa-shi Preservation Society (細川紙技術者協会, Hosokawashi Hozonkai) | Papermaking | Hosokawa-shi | 1978 |
| Sekishūban-shi Preservation Society (石州半紙技術者会, Sekishūbanshi Hozonkai) | Papermaking | Sekishūban-shi | 1976 |
| Honmino-shi Preservation Society (本美濃紙保存会, Honminoshi Hozonkai) | Papermaking | Honmino-shi | 1976 |