◆Nao Inoue , Director of Marumizu-gumi
Representative of Marumizu
She is engaged in trial and error to find a way to spread hand bookbinding and to communicate the fun and richness of hand bookbinding from a variety of angles. She has participated in the bookbinding competition held in Macerata, Italy. She was honored to be selected as one of the 125 masters.
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1973 | Born in Gyoda City, Saitama prefecture |
| 1997~2002 | Studio LIVRE | |
| 1998 | 125 MAESTRI Rilegatori per L'infinitoPrize winner(Italy) | |
| 2000 | Private Exhibition at Gallery ART SPACE Opened craft center at home(Marumizu-Gumi) |
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| 2001 | Marumizu-Gumi ProductsProduction Start | |
| 2002 | Opening Marumizu-Gumi Web site | |
| 2003 | Marumizu-Gumi Store retail and wholesale business started | |
| Jan. 2006 | Marumizu-Gumi’s shop and the craft center launch operations at Maeno cho, Itabashi-ku | |
| Apr. 2007 | Established course outside the office | |
| Dec. 2007 | Marumizu-Gumi moved to the new office (Minami Tokiwadai, Itabashi-ku | |
◆Instructors at Marumizu-gumi
Nao Inoue — She teaches bookbinding to all overseas customers.
Aine Uemura— Aine's nickname is "Yon-ne" She teaches bookbinding in various organization.
Yukari Yasuda — Yukari is a miniature book binding artist in Japan. Artist name is "kina_ze"
Hataoridori — Desktop publishing teacher and webmaster of the Marumizu-gumi site.