Azuma Suimei 東翠明
1919-?kutani porcelainCommittee member and judge of Shinkaijusha. Steering committee of the Creative Art Exhibition. Selected for the Nitten. Prime Minister’s Award, etc. (more…)
Azuma Ken 東憲
1933-maleGraduated from Kyoto Art University. He studied under Miyamoto Ryokichi and Kondo Yuzo. After 1956, he participated in the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition and the Shinshoukai Exhibition.He was awarded the Shinshokai Dragon Prize, the Asahi Newspaper Award for the morning pottery exhibition, and the Japan Industrial Arts Association Branch Exhibition Award. He is a member of the Nippon Kogei Seikai. Solo exhibitions, including the Osaka Takashima notification and others. Ash glaze and inlaying. (more…)
Ashizawa Yoshinori 芦沢良憲
1939-maleinkyuuzan potteryInheriting the tradition of Hakushu’s old-fashioned inkyuuzan ware. He is the 9th head of the kiln. He has been involved in blue-and-white ceramics, brush marks and inlaying. (more…)
Asami Mutsuyuki 浅見睦之
1951-maleHe was the eldest son of Gorosuke V of Shonzuigama kiln. He first studied sculpture at Tokyo, and in 1974 he completed the design course at the Kyoto Prefectural Pottery Training School and returned to Kyoto the following year.He studied glazes and other subjects at the Department of Ceramics, Tokyo Municipal Industrial Research Institute, and later went to the United States. In 1976, he studied under his father, Gorosuke. Group and solo exhibitions were held at the Kakihaku Gallery in Tokyo and the Keio Department Store in Shinjuku. Selected for the Kinki Branch Traditional Craft Exhibition, Kyo-ten and other exhibitions. (more…)
Asami Katsuya 浅見勝也
1955-malekyo potteryHis father was Gorosuke, the fifth generation of Kiyomizu-shonzuigama kiln. Graduated from Osaka Gakuin University in 1977, and later went to the United States to study ceramics. In 1978, he entered the Kyoto Municipal Industrial Research Institute, where he studied glaze and other techniques. From 1980, he studied ceramic painting at the Kyoto Prefectural Pottery Training School. Since then, he has participated in various public exhibitions, including the Kinki Branch Exhibition of the Japan Art Crafts Association, the Kyo-ten, the All Kansai Art Exhibition, and the Shinshou Kogei Exhibition. Solo exhibitions at Shinjuku Keio and other venues. (more…)
Asakura Tomoshige 浅蔵与成
1941-malekutani porcelainGraduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Kogei High School. Later, he worked in the ceramics department of the National Institute of Industrial Research in Nagoya. Studied under his father Asakura Isokichi and Kitade Tojiro. (more…)
Asakura Isokichi 2th 二代 浅蔵五十吉
1913-?malekutani porcelainAfter studying under Tokuda Yasokichi in 1928 at the age of 15, he began studying under Kitade Tojiro in 1946.After receiving the Hokuto Prize in 1952 and 1955, the Special Prize and the Hokuto Prize in 1957, and the Prime Minister’s Prize in 1977, he was awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1981 for his work “Impressions on Sado Island,” which was entered in the Nitten exhibition the previous year.He is the leading figure in modern kutani painting. (more…)
Asano Haruyuki 浅野治志
1954-maleBorn in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1979. Later, after working as a graduate and research student, he became an assistant at the Miyagi University of Education. Since 1981, he has participated in the annual group exhibition “Gosemfu no utsuwa”. His first solo exhibition was held at the Fujisaki Department Store in Sendai. His work has been selected for the New Traditional Crafts Exhibition and other exhibitions. (more…)
Asaoka Hiromi 朝岡弘美
1942-femaleGraduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1964. Her porcelain pieces are mainly dyed with xylosma ash using Amakusa clay.She has also been selected for the Japan Industrial Arts Exhibition, and has held solo exhibitions at the Ginza Kuroda Art Museum and other venues. (more…)
Asai Junsuke 浅井純介
1945-maleAfter graduating from university, he returned to his hometown to study at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Training Institute and held his first solo exhibition at the Tokyo Aoyama Gallery in 1983.In addition to the traditional Oribe, Kizeto, ash glaze, iron painting, and powder coating, he creates black glaze and silver painting to suit the modern sensibility. (more…)
Asai Shigeyuki 浅井茂幸
1939-maleHe is a regular member of the Japan Kogei association. He mainly makes tea ceremony pottery and flower vases. Awarded the Grand Prix at the Parolis International Ceramics Competition in France. Selected for the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition, the Shinshoukai, and the Chunichi International Ceramic Art Exhibition. (more…)
Akutsu Tadao 阿久津忠男
1950-malemashiko potteryAfter graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, he studied under Hirosaki Yuya at the Tochigi Ceramic Art Training Institute.He opened the kiln independently in 1975, and held a series of exhibitions at Tokyo Central Picture Gallery, as well as solo shows at Shibuya Kuroda Toen and other venues.His work focuses on Chinese ceramics such as lapis lazuli glaze, cinnabar, ash glaze, and jun ware. (more…)
Akiyama Kazuo 秋山一夫
1932-maleHe first studied under Kawashima Riichiro and exhibited his paintings at the Japan Watercolor Society, Free Art Association and Kokuga Association exhibitions, but later he switched to ceramics and built a kiln in 1960 and produced his arts.He also traveled around the world to cultivate a wide range of knowledge and to teach at the University of British Columbia and other universities. (more…)
Akanishi Masami 赤西正己
1953-maleBorn in Kobe. In 1977, his work was accepted for the first time at the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition. In 1979, he was selected for the Traditional Craft Exhibition, the Branch Exhibition, and the Hyogo Prefectural Exhibition Culture Association Award. Later, he also received the Governor’s Award at the Hyogo Prefectural Exhibition. Specializes in white brush marks and gray glaze. (more…)
Agata Tamotsu 県有
1906-?maleBorn in Shizuoka Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo High School of Arts and Crafts.Studied in Seto and other places and opened his own kiln in Saga Prefecture. Awarded many times at the Nitten (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition). A member of the Japan New Craft Exhibition. Member of the Japan Federation of Craft Artists. Advisor to the Saga Ceramic Society. Dedicated to making porcelain by hand without using potter’s wheel. (more…)
Akashi Shosaku 明石庄作
1946-malemashiko potteryIn 1962, he joined the Hamada Kiln and trained there for twenty years, during which time he exhibited his works at the Hamada Shoji Kiln Exhibition and other exhibitions.In 1981, he established his own kiln in Doso, Mashiko-cho, and became an independent kiln builder in 1981, and his work was accepted for the first time in the craft division of the Kokugakai exhibition in 1982. In 1987, he was awarded the Newcomer’s Prize at the same exhibition. He has been producing folk art style pieces with persimmon and black glazes, which he inherited from his master, Hamada Shoji, and (more…)
Aoyama Reizo 青山礼三
1919-?malemino potteryHe and his son, Naomi, are engaged in the art of blue-and-white. While there is a lineage of Shino and Oribe in Mino pottery, there is a lineage of blue-and-white products that flourished at the end of the Edo period, and he inherited the tradition and reproduced the old Mino blue-and-white dyeing technique with Kibushi clay and Yama-zaffre glaze. (more…)
Aoyama Yoko 青山洋子
1944-femalemino potteryBorn in Tokyo. Studied under Asano Yo. Won a prize at the Traditional Craft New Work Exhibition and the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition in 1967. Her solo exhibition at the Ai Gallery in Ginza town was a regular feature of his work. Oribe, Tenmoku, Irabo, clay ash glaze, and neriage. (more…)
Aoyama Tetsuro 青山鉄郎
1946-malemino potteryHe was born in Hirukawa Village. He studied under Kato Hitoshi in 1961. In 1973 he became an independent potter in Toki, and in 1976 he moved to this area and opened Yahabu Pottery in this area. Awarded prizes at the Nitten, the Japan New Craft Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, the Chunichi International Ceramic Art Exhibition and others. Member of the Mino Ceramic Society. Made tea ceremony ceramics, vases and tableware with iron and ash glaze, and has produced some of the greatest masterpieces of all time. (more…)
Aoyagi Kazuo 青柳一夫
1948-maleagano potteryHe is the third generation of the Furoen Aoyagi Kiln. Inherited the tradition of Agano ware and fired in the ascending kiln. (more…)