Akiko Takahashi

Akiko Takahashi

Bunraku puppet hair dressing artist
Chief Technician of the Technical Office of the Bunraku Technical Department of the National Bunraku Theater. Born in Tokyo, Takahashi graduated from Joshibi University of Art and Design and subsequently studied in Los Angeles, USA. Form 1987 she trained under Shoji Nagoshi, tokoyama artisan of the National Bunraku Theater. In 1996, she was recipient of Osaka city’s Sakuya Konohana Award for here efforts in completing a Ledger of Wig Application.

The Puppet Theatre of Japan “BUNRAKU”
https://www.ntj.jac.go.jp/bunraku/