Instructors

◆Nao Inoue , Director of Marumizu-gumi

• Marumizu Journal

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.

	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)
	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.

Maki Miyagawa — She teaches the basic bookbinding at the Vogue gakuen and Silk screen print at Marumizu-gumi.

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.