{"id":6610,"date":"2026-05-14T11:54:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=6610"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:18:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:18:04","slug":"019-mizuguchi-hakaru-hakodate","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/artist\/019-mizuguchi-hakaru-hakodate","title":{"rendered":"Mizuguchi Hakaru, Hakodate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Artist-018_0000s_0029_JPN-mizuguchi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Artist-018_0000s_0029_JPN-mizuguchi.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Artist-018_0000s_0029_JPN-mizuguchi-630x354.jpg 630w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Artist-018_0000s_0029_JPN-mizuguchi-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Artist-018_0000s_0029_JPN-mizuguchi-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Artist-018_0000s_0029_JPN-mizuguchi-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wmdf.org\/wpms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Artist-018_0000s_0029_JPN-mizuguchi-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The fragility and beauty of the world, expressed in glass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1970s Japan, skyscrapers started emerging in Shinjuku and working in glass caught the interest of a modernising nation. Hakaru Mizuguchi was one of the artists selected in 1981 for one of Japan\u2019s first glasswork exhibitions, called \u201cContemporary Glass \u2013 Australia, Canada, U.S.A. &amp; Japan\u201d. In 1983, he went on to found \u201cThe Glass Studio in Hakodate\u201d, which has become an integral part of the tourist experience among the red-brick warehouses by the bay in Motomachi. He specialises in free-blown glassworks that express a personal warmth not achievable with machines. His decorations of the WMDF Tree have become a regular WMDF feature since 005. More worlds that meet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-6610","artist","type-artist","status-publish","hentry","artistscat-artists019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/6610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wmdf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}