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Toshio Tanaka Meister (production of fittings)
Last update date February 2, 2021
Mr Toshio Tanaka
Manufacture of fittings
Selected in fiscal 2015 (20th term)
Lives in Kohoku Ward
- Born in 1939, Born in Yokohama
- Joined Tanaka fittings store in 1954
- First-class fittings technician, vocational training instructor, chief of wood processing equipment work, all Technicalren Meister
- He has served as Representative Director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Fittings Cooperative Association, Technical Committee Chairman of the Federation of National Fittings Associations, Chairman of the Kanagawa Prefectural fittings Technicians Association, Chairman of the Skills Certification Committee, Skills Grand Prix Competition Committee, etc.
Making good fittings is the first thing.
"I'm only trying to make good works," says Tanaka.
"Because fittings are operated every day, no matter how good it looks and good, they cannot be used as fittings unless they have dimensions. Measure dimensions and be able to make it according to the dimensions you want. Whether it's done correctly is a good measure of fittings," he says.
Tanaka, who says, "I think Kumiko is the ultimate goal as long as it is a fitting shop," has produced numerous works, including an opposition incorporating Kumiko.
The flower-shaped planes (kanna) that determines kumiko needs to be processed according to the pattern to be produced, and many flower-shaped planes have been adjusted and improved by themselves.
While the number of Japanese-style rooms is decreasing in houses, I want to convey the skills of Kumiko to young people, he is a lecturer at a workshop of the Federation of National Fitting Equipment Associations and a manufacturing succession school in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Meister's skill
Fittings such as shojis and sliding doors are moved every time they are opened and closed, so it is important to make them well.
Mr. Tanaka has provided high-quality works by combining techniques according to the situation at the site, such as housing, in addition to the basic techniques of fittings making that has been inherited.
In addition, he specializes in making kumiko combining various patterns accurately processing the materials used for kumiko and combining various patterns, incorporating kumiko into a three-sided mirror dressing table and creating sphere lights. I have been working on making designs.
Profile
After graduating from high school, he joined a fittings store run by his parents' house, and succeeded the family business as the third generation.
In addition to serving as a skill test committee member and a judge of the skill competition, he has participated in the National Traditional fittings technology preservation society since its inception, focusing on handing down and inheriting traditional techniques and preserving precious historical buildings.
Major awards
- Winner of the National Skills Grand Prix in 1983
- Received the Kanagawa Prefectural Commendation in 1993 (Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture)
- In 2011, he was awarded the "Current Master Craftsman (Excellent Skilled Workers)" Award
- 26, Heisei
You can meet Meister's skills here!
Tanaka fittings Co., Ltd.
1148-126, Morookacho, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama-shi
Phone: 045-531-1030
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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