I have been involved with Kinkara leather paper at the Kinkarakami Institute for 30 years, and have worked to repair and restore Kinkara leather paper from both Japan and overseas. We are grateful for the many encounters we have had through Kinkarakawa and Kinkarakawa paper, and we will continue to improve our products to make them even better, so that everyone can enjoy the unprecedented world of Kinkarakawa and Kinkarakawa paper.

 

Ikeda Kazuhiro, Representative of Kinkarakawashi Production Studio

 

Profile of Kazuhiro Ikeda, representative of Kinkarakawashi Production Studio

 

Born in 1972 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

 

Graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Aichi Prefectural Asahigaoka High School in 1991

 

Graduated from the Japanese Painting Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1996

 

Since 1994, he has worked under the Kinkarakami Research Institute (representative: Hisashi Ueda)

 

in the restoration and restoration of Kinkarakami paper remaining in various locations.

 

He has been making woodblocks since 2008

 

Established the Kinkarakawashi production workshop in 2025

 

Buildings he has been involved in restoring and restoring to date

 

Former Kure Naval District Commander's Residence (Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture)

 

Former Iwasaki Residence Western-style Garden and Billiards Room (Taito Ward, Tokyo)

 

Sun Yat-sen Memorial  Hall (Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture)

 

Former Ikeda Family Garden Western-style Garden (Daisen City, Akita Prefecture)

 

Former Kurauchi Residence (Chikujo Town, Fukuoka Prefecture)

 

Kami Tokikuni Residence (Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

 

Former Maeda Family Western-style Main Residence (Meguro Ward, Tokyo)

 

National Diet Building (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)

 

Ripon Lee (Melbourne, Australia)

 

Kaga Iryokuen (Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

 

Former Kume Family Western-style Residence (Numata City, Gunma Prefecture)

 

Former Nippon Yusen Otaru Branch (Otaru City, Hokkaido)

 

Sakamoto Inn Wakihonjin Nagai Family Memorial Museum (Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture) etc.