Yoshida Fumiyuki

Yoshida Fumiyuki ( Japanese 吉田 文 之 ; born April 23, 1915 in Nara , Nara prefecture ; † December 19, 2004 in Tawaramoto , Nara prefecture) was a Japanese engraver and artisan. It was declared in 1985 as a living national treasure for the important intangible cultural asset " Bachiru ".

Fumiyuki Yoshida learned the craft of dyeing and engraving ivory, as well as lacquer and inlay work from his father Rissai Yoshida. In 1934 he was awarded the Arts and Crafts Prize of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Yoshida's merits include: a. the restoration of numerous works of art made of ivory on behalf of the Imperial Court Office . Among them, for example, a red-colored ivory measure of length ( 紅 牙 撥 鏤 尺 ) from the 8th century, which is classified as an important cultural asset and which is kept in the Shōsōin , the treasure house of Tōdai-ji .

Fumiyuki Yoshida was the only person so far who was named a Living National Treasure for the handicraft technique of Bachiru on April 13, 1985. Yoshida died of pneumonia in a hospital in Tawaramoto at the age of 89.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 吉田 文 之 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 18, 2015 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ 紅 牙 撥 鏤 尺 . In: e 国宝 . Retrieved March 19, 2015 (Japanese, scalable image in the Japanese Cultural Assets Database). 
3. ↑ 吉田 文 之 氏 死去 人間 国宝 、 ば ち る 工 芸 家 . In: 47 News. December 20, 2004, accessed March 19, 2015 (Japanese). 

Web links

• 吉田 文 之 . In:日本 美術 年鑑 . National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Tokyo, October 27, 2014,pp. 360-61,accessed March 18, 2015(Japanese). 
• 吉田 文 之 （よ し だ ふ み ゆ き） . Japan Kōgei Association,accessed March 19, 2015(Japanese, with numerous illustrations of Yoshida's works). 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yoshida is the family name, Fumiyuki the first name.