{"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":"2026-05-31T00:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:21:16","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<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>The fragility and beauty of the world, expressed in glass<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\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 glass art exhibitions, Contemporary Glass \u2013 Australia, Canada, U.S.A. &amp; Japan. In 1983, he went on to found The Glass Studio in Hakodate, which has become an integral part of the tourist experience among the red-brick warehouses by the bay in Motomachi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mizuguchi specialises in free-blown glassworks that express a personal warmth not achievable with machines. His studio offers visitors a close encounter with hand-blown glass, while his own works continue to explore the fragility, colour, and human touch that make the material so expressive. His decorations of the WMDF Tree have been a regular festival feature since Edition 005, bringing light and delicate reflection into the park. Through his work, local craft becomes part of the festival\u2019s wider meeting of worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/embed\/appl2St1lq996szjO\/shro26P91gH8F7b1L?search=Mizuguchi\" width=\"100%\" height=\"333\"><\/iframe>\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}]}}