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Nobuyuki Kunimine Meister (seal sculptor)
Last Updated January 11, 2023
Nobuyuki Kunimine unimine)
Seal sculptor
Selected in fiscal 2015 (20th term)
Lives in Minami Ward
- Born in Yokohama in 1968.
- 1987 Joined Kunimine Inbo Co., Ltd.
- Sculpture technician (Kiguchi sculpture work, rubber stamp sculpture work), vocational training instructor, Monozukuri Meister (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
- He has served as a director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Federation of Engineers, Vice Chairman of the Kanagawa Prefectural Seal Industry Association, Vice Chairman of the Federation of Seal Industry Associations, and Vice Chairman of the National Seal Engineers Association.
Challenge rather than regretting without doing it
"private seal is only one for those who use it, and I try to create a private seal that expresses the individuality of our customers in the balance of letters," says Kunimine.
"The carving skills will improve as the number of times, but in order to polish the thickness, design, and balance of the lines, you need a bird's-eye view of the whole and the imagination to expand the small world."
Mr. Kunimine, who says, `` I try to challenge rather than regret without doing it '', knocked the gate of a union in Tokyo, studying under the best teacher at the time, participating in skill competitions, etc. Has been challenged.
He serves as an instructor at a vocational training school, and has been working on technical guidance for young people for many years with the guidance policy of "expanding the personality of the person", and has been conducting activities to convey skills to elementary and junior high school students.
Meister's skill
For rubber stamps, it is necessary to cut a soft rubber with a blade, and Mr. Kunimine is skilled in sharpening the blade and puts the blade into the rubber according to the shape of the character.
In addition, Kiguchi sculpture, which engraving materials such as fangs, horns, and wood, generally has the excellent design ability to create a complete shape at the stage of writing, and further refinedprivate seal that meets the atmosphere and needs of customers.
Profile
He grew up looking at his father's back, who was a seal sculptor, and after graduating from high school, went on to the path of seal sculpture.
While working at a seal sculpture shop run by his parents' house, he refined his skills at Kanagawa Prefectural Seal Higher Vocational Training School.
At the age of 44, he took over his father and became the representative director.
Major awards
- No.1 in the 16th Skills Grand Prix (Sculpture) in 1997
- 1st prize in the 24th Skills Grand Prix in 2007 (Kiguchi Kiguchi Sculpture)
- 2009 Yokohama City Excellent Engineer Award (The Mayor of Yokohama)
- 2018 Kanagawa Prefecture Excellent Skilled Engineer Award (Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture)
- Winner of Kanagawa Prefecture Excellent Skilled Workers Award in 2021 (Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture)
You can meet Meister's skills here!
Kunimine Inbo Co., Ltd.
2-13-36, Ooka, Minami-ku, Yokohama-shi
Phone: 045-731-5137
For inquiries to this page
Economic Affairs Bureau, Civil Economy and Labor Department
Phone: 045-671-4098
Phone: 045-671-4098
Fax: 045-664-9188
Email address: ke-ginou@city.yokohama.jp
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