Born in Tokyo in 1985 as the second son of the urushi artist Kazumi Murose, Tasuku Murose graduated from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University and later earned a Ph.D. in Studies of Cultural Properties from the Graduate School of Literature at Tsurumi University. Alongside the creation of urushi artworks, he engages in research and educational activities concerning the materials and techniques of cultural properties, both in Japan and abroad.
In June 2023, he relocated to the Okukuji region of Ibaraki Prefecture, one of Japan’s leading urushi-producing areas, where he established “Atelier Yamanoha.” Around the same time, he opened “NAKANOKUMO,” a cultural exchange space in a residential neighborhood of Nakano, Tokyo. Since then, he has worked between these two bases, pursuing three interconnected activities: cultivating urushi trees, creating urushi works, and sharing the culture of urushi through education and public outreach.
経歴 / Profile
室瀬 祐
1985年、漆芸家・室瀬和美の次男として生まれる。慶應義塾大学環境情報学部卒業、鶴見大学大学院文学研究科文化財学専攻にて文化財学博士号取得。漆芸作品の制作と並行し、国内外における文化財の材料・技法研究および教育活動を行う。
2023年6月、国内有数の漆産地である茨城県奥久慈地方に移住し「工房 山のは」を構える。同時期に東京・中野の住宅地に文化交流拠点「なかの雲」を開設、以降二拠点を行き来しながら漆を「育てる（植栽）」「作る（作品制作）」「伝える（情報発信）」活動を展開。
Tasuku Murose
Born in Tokyo in 1985 as the second son of the urushi artist Kazumi Murose, Tasuku Murose graduated from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University and later earned a Ph.D. in Studies of Cultural Properties from the Graduate School of Literature at Tsurumi University. Alongside the creation of urushi artworks, he engages in research and educational activities concerning the materials and techniques of cultural properties, both in Japan and abroad.
In June 2023, he relocated to the Okukuji region of Ibaraki Prefecture, one of Japan’s leading urushi-producing areas, where he established “Atelier Yamanoha.” Around the same time, he opened “NAKANOKUMO,” a cultural exchange space in a residential neighborhood of Nakano, Tokyo. Since then, he has worked between these two bases, pursuing three interconnected activities: cultivating urushi trees, creating urushi works, and sharing the culture of urushi through education and public outreach.
（Photography by 倉本あかり）