Japanese potters

Dohara Masamichi 堂原正道

1932-maleWon the Newcomer Award at the Creative Art Exhibition in 1973. Has won the Mayor’s Prize and Chairman’s Prize at the Suzuka City Art Exhibition, and others. Selected for the Mie Prefecture Exhibition and others. Has published an essay collection entitled “The Potter’s Wheel”. Focuses on kohiki (white powdered-looking ceramics). (more…)

To Takenori 籐武範

1932-?maleFrom Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture. Graduated from Fukuoka High. Pursues ceramics alongside company management. Learned from Goya Fuyuo. Set up a kiln in Suemachi, Kasuya District, in 1974, and built a climbing kiln there in 1980. Selected for the West Japan Pottery Exhibition and others. Focuses on iron glaze and oil-spot tenmoku ceramics that go through color variation during firing. (more…)

To Kyokusa 黨旭沙

1927-?femalekaratsu potteryReal name is Fusako. Learned from Kimura Ichiyo from Bizen and Yasuda Masahiro from Kyoto. Built the Kenkogama pottery in Fukuoka afterwards in 1972 and set up independently, as well as opening the ceramics studio Fusako. Focuses on Karatsu and Bizen ware. (more…)

Toida Koji 筧田孝嗣

1943-maleSwitched from landscape gardening to ceramics in 1973. Learned from historian of modern ceramics Yoshida Kozo, and Ogawa Tetsuo from Kumamoto. Selected for and received prizes at the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition, the Japan Ceramics Exhibition, etc. Focuses on kohiki (white powdered-looking ceramics), ash glaze, and kakiyu glaze. Regular member of the Japan Kogei Association. (more…)

Doi Shoji 土居庄次

1937-maleodo potterynosayama porcelainSuccessor of the Odo ware production in the official kiln of Yamauchi Tadayoshi, feudal lord of Tosa Domain, which flourished in the early Edo period. Sixth-generation owner of the Nosayama pottery. Studied under Hisatake Shigekame. Focuses on blue and white ceramics. (more…)

Tenguji Tohakujin 天狗寺陶白人

1951-2020maleGraduated from Kyoto’s Fujikawa Design School in 1973. Started the Tengujigama pottery in Okayama in 1974. Apart from large kilns with unique design and construction and self-made bricks, as well as half-underground and half-overground kilns, he also investigates furnace openings, the presence or absence of stairs, angles, partition walls, and chimneys in order to build cellar kilns. He uses clay, ash, and stone from the Umasaku area and makes tea bowls, objects of art, and tableware using the Nanban, Oribe, ash-glaze and namakake (glazing before bisque firing) techniques. (more…)

Terui Ichigen 照井一玄

1943-malearita porcelainFrom Waga District, Iwate Prefecture. Graduated from Waseda University. Went to Arita, Saga Prefecture, afterwards and learned pottery at Tatebayashi Gen’emon Kiln and Okugawa Tadaemon Kiln. Studied under Inoue Manji from 1971. Set up independently in 1981 and established Gakuyo Kiln. Selected for the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition and others. Has had solo exhibitions in Saga C Art Salon, Minamiaoyama Green G, and Hakata and Tottori Daimaru. Regular member of the Japan Kogei Association. Focuses on white and blue-and-white porcelain. (more…)

Teramoto Mamoru 寺本守

1949-malekasama potteryFrom Kanagawa Prefecture. Graduated from the Tokyo Craft Design Research Institute. Worked for Kobayashi Porcelain Design in Kasama afterwards. Studied under Miura Isamu and Matsumoto Saichi. Set up independently in 1976. Has won prizes at and been selected for the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition, the New Works Exhibition, the Japan Ceramics Exhibition, etc. Does carbonized yakishime (high-fired unglazed ceramics), inlay work, and printed figures. (more…)

Teramae Seimi 寺前青美

1903-1991kutani porcelainGraduated from the Tokyo Academy of the Arts. Has received the Prime Minister’s Prize, the Education Minister’s Prize, the Minister of International Trade and Industry’s Prize, the Japan Art Association President’s Prize, the Distinguished Cultural Service Prize, etc. Successively Asian Arts Director and judge. Judge in the Ichiyanagi Sei International Art Association. President of the Kaga Art Association. Focuses on overglaze enamels with unique glaze and engraving. (more…)

Terada Yasuo 寺田康雄

1948-maleFrom Seto City. Graduated from Tama Art University with a major in sculpture. Has toured countries around the world. His works have been exhibited in sculpture exhibitions in the Aichi Prefecture Art Museum, as well as in the New Representational Sculpture Exhibition in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. Won the Asahi Ceramics Exhibition Grand Prix. Selected for the Modern Craft Exhibition and others. Has held solo exhibitions in Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Nagoya Matsuzakaya and elsewhere. Has taken part in the Seven Colors Exhibition in Seibu Ikebukuro and the Five Colors Exhibition in Japan Okaro. Has been a lecturer in the Aichi (more…)

Terada Minoru 寺田みのる

1936-maleseto potteryFrom Seto. From a pottery for Akazu ware. Trained in the Nagoya National Industrial Research Institute. Founded the Minoru Toen pottery in 1970. Successively director and consultant of the Seto Craft Association. Has had solo exhibitions in Sweden, Peru, Argentina, etc. His works are preserved permanently in art museums in various countries. Has had solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, etc. (more…)

Terada Bizan 寺田美山

1928-2007maleoribe potteryFrom Seto City. Graduated from Seto Ceramics School. He is the third-generation successor to inherit his family’s pottery. Studied under Kagami Kozo and Suzuki Seisei. Opened an old-style climbing kiln in Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture, in 1976, separate from the one in Seto. Won the Cashew Award at the Kansai Integrated Exhibition. Selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramics Exhibition and others. His works are permanently preserved in the Metropolitan Museum and the Carter Museum. Has held solo exhibitions at Osaka Mitsukoshi and elsewhere. (more…)

Terashima Yuji 寺島裕二

1949-maleGraduated from the Ozawa Designer Academy. Later studied under Matsubara Seiho of Satsukigama. Independently set up Yushikama kiln in Seto in 1979. Has been selected for the Japan Ceramics Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramics Exhibition, the Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Chunichi International Exhibition, the Ceramics Design Competition, etc. Focuses on ash glaze. (more…)

Teraike Shizuto 寺池静人

1933-malekyo potteryFrom Kyoto. Graduated from Hiyoshigaoka High School. Studied under his father Toshu as well as Kusube Yaichi of Seitokai, and set up independently in 1966. Specially selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, and entrusted with the position of judge in addition to being a member. Judge and councillor for the Japan New Crafts Exhibition. Won first prize at the Vallauris International Exhibition, etc. Solo exhibitions in Ginza Wako and elsewhere. (more…)

TeraI kyo 寺井恭

1945-maleFrom Kyoto. Graduated from Rakuhoku High School. Trained at the Kyoto Industrial Research Institute and Pottery Training Center. Studied under Yamada Hikaru. Set up independently in 1974. Participated in the New Potters’ Association from 1970 until its dissolution in 1981. His works have been exhibited in the Kyoto Craft Exhibition. Affiliated with Cladetum Kyoto. (more…)

Tera Toshiro 寺利郎

1926-1989malekutani porcelainTrained at the Ceramics Laboratory of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Selected consecutively for the Bunten Exhibition and the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition. Accepted into the Kokugakai exempt from review. His works were permanently preserved in the Soviet national art museum. Received the Northern Prize in the Genten Exhibition, etc. Holds a qualification in craft preservation. (more…)

Tezuka Noboru 手塚昇

1922-?maleFrom Tokyo. Switched from tea ceremonies to ceramics. Took part in the Toto-kai chaired by Itaya Hazan in 1957. Has received the Asahi Newspaper Prize at the Modern Doll Art Exhibition, etc. Welds pure metal onto clay to color it. (more…)

Tezuka Zenri 手塚善理

1939-kyo potteryFrom Kyoto. Studied under his father, the first Gyokudo. Has been selected for and won awards in the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, the Modern Crafts Exhibition, the Japan Ceramics Exhibition, the Kofu-kai Exhibition, the Kyoto Exhibition, etc. since 1960. Has held solo exhibitions in Osaka, Matsuyama, Tokyo Mitsukoshi, the Kobe Newspaper Hall, etc., and had works exhibited overseas. Member of the Kyoto Craft Association. Focuses on colored and celadon porcelain. (more…)

Tezuka Kiyoshi 手塚清

1938-malemashiko potteryFrom Tokyo. Graduated from Honjo Technical High School and studied mechanical engineering. Decided to pursue ceramics in 1972 and entered Mashiko. Studied under Koji Karashima. Set up independently in 1977. Has held solo exhibitions at G in Jonaizaka, Mashiko, and elsewhere. Focuses on hand-formed pottery and engraved text. (more…)

Tezuka Gyokudo 2nd 二代 手塚玉堂

1933-?malekyo potteryReal name is Satoshi From Kyoto. Learned from his father, the first Gyokudo. Temporarily moved his kiln to Tobe, Ehime Prefecture, during the war. Founded the Gyokudo Toen pottery in Kyoto in 1953. Took part in the planning of the creation of the Sumiyama Ceramics Cooperative in Sumiyama, Uji, in 1975, and took office as director. Succeeded to the Gyokudo name in 1977. Director of the Association for the Protection of Ceramics Design. Focuses on glazed ceramics. (more…)