Tsuchiya Yoshinori

Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1954. After graduating from the predecessor to today’s Kyoto Seika University, he studied under Shimura Fukumi. Received the Japan Kōgei Association’s President’s Award in 1996, and studied under Kitamura Takeshi. Received the Japan Kōgei Association’s Minister of Education Award in 2006, and a number of subsequent prizes. Awarded the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon in 2009. Designated a living national treasure for monsha in 2010.