1977-
male
shigaraki pottery
Born in Shiga Prefecture. Grandfather is Tani Seiemon.
2000
After graduating from Seian University of Art and Design, he accompanied sculptor Nakahashi Katsushige to exhibitions in Japan and abroad as his assistant.
2001
Received instruction in rokuro from Kitamura Kikiyama’s second son, Kitamura Juzo, and instruction in anagama from his eldest son, Kikiyama II. After that, he worked at the family business, Seiemon Pottery.
2007
Built a twin-chambered anagama kiln, which is often seen in Shigaraki in the Middle Ages, but it went astray, and after improving it every year, built the current single-chambered anagama kiln in 2012.
2014
His work “Shigaraki Large Jar” is now in the collection of Portland Museum of Art in the United States.
Main solo exhibitions
2005 “Absent An” Gallery Tohmu (Shiga)
2006 “Kojien”, Kojien, Tokyo “LAND e SCAPE”, Seian University of Art and Design, Gallery Art Site, Shiga
2007 Curator’s Eye “LAND Re SCAPE” Gallery Maronie (Kyoto)
2008 “Gundaroo” Old Saint Lukes Studio Gallery (Australia)
2013 “Tanikyu Pottery Exhibition” Gallery Toen (Shiga)
He is currently studying about Shigaraki vases of the Muromachi period.
