鮭レリーフ・メノコ（女）レリーフなどの木彫り職人として活躍し、オリジナル作品づくりに取り組む一方、地元・二風谷をはじめ日本各地で、チセ造りの第一人者として熱心に取り組んでいる。二風谷でもチセ造りの技術は長く途絶えたままだった。アイヌ振興に命をかけて尽くした故・萱野茂氏と、各地のチセ造りに参加し、技術や知識を体で覚えた。
夢は、二風谷の博物館の敷地にチセを連ね、かつてのにぎわいを取り戻すこと。ふるさとへの誇りと技術伝承・後輩育成への情熱が、活動の源泉になっている。
He is well-known as an engraver of salmon and menoko (woman) bas reliefs and, while working on his own original creations, he works enthusiastically both in his home town of Nibutani and throughout Japan as the leading expert on cise construction. Even in Nibutani the techniques of cise construction had long been lost. Along with the late Shigeru Kayano, who devoted his life to promoting Ainu culture, he took part in cise construction in various different areas and learned the techniques and lore by experience. His dream is to build rows of cise in the grounds of the Nibutani museums and bring back the bustling vitality of the past. His activities are fueled by his pride in his home town and zeal to pass on traditions and train successors.
