| 1931 |
Born in Shimane |
| 1956 |
Sculpture Course, Faculty of
Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music |
| 1968 |
Submits a work to the 1st Kobe
Suma Park Contemporary Art Exhibition
Ube City Open-Air Sculpture Museum Prize |
| 1969 |
Concours Award at the 1st Contemporary
International Sculpture Exhibition |
| 1976 |
Visits Europe on the Ministry
of Education Comes Fellowship Program |
| 1979 |
The 8th Contemporary Japanese
Sculpture Ube City Open-Air Sculpture Museum Award
The 8th Hiragushi Denchu Award
The 7th Nagano Outdoor Sculpture Award |
| 1980 |
The 11th Nakahara Teijiro Award,
Excellent Award
The 7th Kobe Suma-Rikyu Park Contemporary Sculpture Park Sculpture Award |
| 1983 |
Excellent Award at the 1st Tokyo
Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition |
| 1984 |
Grand Prize at the Tochigi
Koyama Sculpture Exhibition |
| 1988 |
The 13th Yoshida Isoya
Award
The 1st Kurayoshi City Green Sculpture Award |
| 1993 |
Holds a solo exhibition in New
York |
| 1995 to 2001 |
President of the Tokyo National
University of Fine Arts and Music |
| 1998 |
The Medal with Purple Ribbon |
| 1999 |
The Medal with Dark Blue
Ribbon |
| 2001 |
The 10th Shin Hongoh Award |
| 2003 |
The Japan Art Academy Award
The Japan Academy Imperial Prize |
| 2004 |
Members of the Japan Art Academy |
| 2006 |
Design supervisor of Tokyo Sky
Tree |
| 2007 |
Holds solo exhibitions at Nihonbashi
Takashimaya Department Store and other places
Publishes a book on definitive collection of works (Publisher: Kodansha Ltd.) |
| 2008 |
Person of Cultural Merit |
| 2009 |
NHK Broadcasting Cultural Award |
| Present |
Professor emeritus at the Tokyo
National University of Fine Arts and Music
Member of the Shinseisaku Art Society
Board Member of the Japan Artists Association, Inc.
Board Chairman of the Yokohama Arts Foundation
Director of the Shimane Arts Center
Director of the Iwami Art Museum |
