HIRAGA, Teruyuki 平賀輝幸 | Sakunami style 作並系

He is a Sakunami style kokeshi craftsman in the northern part of Tohoku, Japan.

He was born in1972. His grandfather was Kenjiro HIRAGA 平賀謙次郎 (1919-2012) and his father Kenichi HIRAGA 平賀謙一 (1943-2007).

He started learning to make kokeshi from 1987 under the guidance of his family. Teruyuki is the fourth member of the Hiraga family whose work belongs to the Hiraga-kokeshi-Ten (Hiraga kokeshi shop).