Kenichi Iwashita exhibition 8/1-11
- 7月14日
- 読了時間: 3分
岩下賢一 個展 「漆へ」
Kenichi Iwashita Exhibition
2026.8.1 sat – 8.11 tue
13:00–18:00 会期中無休
kankakariでは初となる、漆作家・岩下賢一氏による作品展を開催いたします。
建築空間の設計、盆栽、古家具の修復、そして、漆と蒔絵の修行。
岩下氏にとって「漆」との出会いは、それまで取り組んできた異分野での経験を、
一つの軸へと結び直す契機であったといいます。
漆は、日本や東アジアの風土が育んできた天然樹脂であり、古くは縄文時代から、
木や土器、竹籠、布などを保護・接着すると同時に、櫛や腕輪などの装身具や祭器にも施され、
人々の暮らしや信仰を支えてきました。
深い黒、潤いを帯びた朱、光を吸い込む独特の艶。
実用・装飾・祈りの要素を併せ持つ素材から立ち上がる情感。
それは風土から生まれた漆の感性ともいえるのではないでしょうか。
椀から家具、紙縒、蒔絵、螺鈿まで、すべてを自身で手掛ける岩下氏。
彼と漆の関係性もまた、その豊かさを現代へとつなぐ立体的な実践であるように思えます。
「漆は仕事ではなく、自分が生きてゆくことの軸になっている」
近年、植栽にも取り組む彼は、その源に向き合うことで、あらためて漆の文化を暮らしの中へ
手繰り寄せる試みを真摯に続けています。
本展が、岩下氏の作品を通して、現代から遠ざかりつつあるようにもみえる
「漆的な感性」の豊かさを、あらためて見つめ直す契機となりましたら幸いです。
Profile
桑沢デザイン研究所卒業後、建築設計事務所にて設計に携わる。その後、盆栽園での職人仕事、日本の
古家具修復を経て、輪島にて漆と蒔絵を学ぶ。漆芸家・室瀬和美氏（人間国宝）に師事したのち独立。
現在は長野県を拠点に活動中。
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kankakari
京都市北区紫野下築山町15
070-1871-1010
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Kenichi Iwashita Exhibition — Towards Urushi
1–11 August 2026
13:00–18:00Open daily throughout the exhibition
kankakari is pleased to present its first exhibition dedicated to the lacquer artist Kenichi Iwashita.
Before devoting himself to urushi, Iwashita worked across several fields: architectural design, bonsai cultivation, the restoration of antique Japanese furniture, and later the study of lacquer and maki-e. He describes his encounter with urushi as the moment that brought these seemingly different experiences together around a single axis.
A natural resin nurtured by the climates of Japan and East Asia, urushi has, since the Jōmon period, protected and bonded wood, pottery, bamboo and cloth. It has also been used to adorn combs, bracelets and ritual objects, quietly supporting both everyday life and spiritual practice.
Its profound black, luminous vermilion and light-absorbing lustre evoke a sensibility that transcends function alone. Emerging from a material that embodies utility, ornament and ritual, this may be understood as the unique sensibility of urushi, shaped by the land and its climate.
From bowls and furniture to paper cord, maki-e and raden, Iwashita undertakes every stage of the process himself. His relationship with urushi is not simply the pursuit of beauty or technical mastery, but a multidimensional practice that reconnects the richness of urushi culture with contemporary life.
“Urushi is not my profession; it has become the axis around which I live.”
In recent years, Iwashita has also begun cultivating lacquer trees. By returning to the source of the material itself, he quietly seeks to restore the culture of urushi to everyday life.
Through this exhibition, we hope visitors will rediscover the richness of what might be called the urushi sensibility—a way of seeing and living that seems to be gradually receding from contemporary life.
Profile
After graduating from Kuwasawa Design School, Kenichi Iwashita worked in architectural design before becoming a bonsai craftsman and restoring antique Japanese furniture. He later studied urushi and maki-e in Wajima and apprenticed under Living National Treasure Kazumi Murose. He now lives and works in Nagano Prefecture.
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kankakari15 Shimo-Tsukiyama-cho,
Murasakino, Kita-kuKyoto 603-8235,
Japan+81 (0)70-1871-1010
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