shimizu hisakazu: hairstyle mirrors

hasegawa heizo, 2009
famous inspector for arson and thefts in the mid edo period

japanese industrial designer hisakazu shimizu together with design director eizo okada
will present new works of their hairstyle series held @btf gallery in chuo ku, tokyo.
the exhibition features 11 works, including 3 pieces commissioned by gallerie downtown
in paris.

each piece is based around the hairstyles of famous figures in japanese history.


murasaki shikibu, 2009
(973 - 1014) female writer and poet of the mid heian period.


uesugi youzan, 2009
(1751 - 1882) feudal lord over the domain of yonezawa in mid to late edo period


uesugi youzan, 2009


l: hasegawa heizo, 2009
famous inspector for arson and thefts in the mid edo period
r:uesugi youzan, 2009
(1751 - 1882) feudal lord over the domain of yonezawa in mid to late edo period


l: li naosuke, 2008
(1815 - 1860) high ranking official of the tokugawa shogunate and feudal lord of hikone
r: prince shotoku, 2010
(574 - 622) regent and politician of the nara (asuka) period credited with promulgating a seventeen article constitution




the making process


the making process



hairstyle mirror shimizu hisakazu,
from: january 22 - february 28, 2010
at: @btf, chuo -ku, tokyo