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1950年 大阪府堺市生まれ。本名は藤井雄史だが、同族経営の社内で混乱が起きやすいため、住まいの地名を取って通称として使用している。
1972年 桃山学院大学経済学部卒業。「マイホームDIYセンター（岐阜県）」「リクルート中途採用事業部（東京都）」「東京商工リサーチ出版本部（東京都）」勤務を経て、３代目となる家業の製桶所を継承。83年に(株)ウッドワークを設立。84年にいったん終業した藤井製桶所も復活させる。
　91年から96年まで（財）日本住宅木材センター木槽分科会委員として『木槽受水槽設計、施工の手引き』の編集に携わる。2001年、東京農業大学教授、東和男氏の著書『発酵と醸造・』に製桶の専門家として寄稿。02年「桶仕込み保存会」の創立メンバーとなり、木桶の復活と現代的な活用法に力を注ぐ。現在、職人の高齢化で急速に減少中の木桶製作の現状を最もよく把握し、伝統の継承に務める期待の若手経営者。

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Born Takeshi Fujii in Sakai-shi, Osaka in 1950. He goes by the last name Ueshiba, taken from the area in which he lives, to prevent confusion among family members working at the same company.
Ueshiba graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Momoyama Gakuin University in 1972. After working for My Home DIY Center (Gifu), Recruit's Mid-Career Employment Division (Tokyo) and Tokyo Shoko Research's Publishing Division (Tokyo), he took over as the third generation head of his family's barrel-making business. In 1983 he established Wood Work Co. Ltd. and in 1984 revived Fujii Barrel Manufacturing, which had earlier closed its doors.
Between 1991 and 1996, Ueshiba served as contributing editor of the Handbook of Wooden Water Tank Design and Construction in his capacity as a member of the Japan Housing and Wood Technology Center's Wooden Tank Subcommittee. In 2001 he contributed to Kazuo Azuma's Fermentation and Brewing, Vol. I (Tokyo University of Agriculture) as an expert on barrel making. In 2002 he joined the Society for the Preservation of Wooden Barrel Brewing and Fermentation as a Founding Member, dedicating himself to the revival of wooden barrels and their practical application in contemporary life. As a young executive acutely aware of the drastic decline in the number of active coopers and the increasing age of those who remain, Ueshiba is currently working hard to ensure the tradition is passed on.