Schools in Japan

Operula guide · Japan

Kanazawa College of Art

金沢美術工芸大学 (Kanazawa College of Art)

The website of Kanazawa College of Art Visit the website · kanazawa-bidai.ac.jp ↗

In short

Kanazawa College of Art is a public university of fine art, design and crafts in Kanazawa, founded in 1946 as the Kanazawa School of Fine Arts and Crafts with departments that already included ceramics, lacquer and metalwork. Its Department of Crafts spends the first half of the four-year course on traditional techniques and materials, then lets students specialise in ceramics, lacquer and woodwork, metalwork, or dyeing and weaving, with the stated aim of training craft artists, designers, researchers and teachers. The college also has fine art and design departments, including industrial design.

Where
Kanazawa, Japan
Founded
1946
Crafts
Ceramics and porcelain · Fine craftsmanship · Weaving and textiles
Website
kanazawa-bidai.ac.jp
Source
School website · checked on 25/10/2026

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