Japanese potters

Takada Akira 髙田章

1923-?maleIn 1970, he built a kiln at his home. Retired in 1979 to devote himself to pottery, and opened Honjo Utsuhani Kiln in 1980. He is a member of the Pottery Association of Japan and has received the Pottery Flame Exhibition Memorial Prize. Awarded, commissioned, and judged at the Saitama Prefecture Exhibition. Selected for the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition, Musashino Exhibition, New Works Exhibition, and Kofu-kai Exhibition. Solo exhibitions at Shinjuku Gallery Asuka and others. Focuses on high-fired unglazed ceramics. (more…)

Takakura Kunimitsu 高倉国光

1941-malekoishiwara potteryBorn in Koishiwara, Fukuoka Prefecture. Graduated from Asaha Agricultural High School and started his career as a potter in 1970. 1975 built a climbing kiln in Yunotani and became independent. Since 1981, he has been active in solo exhibitions, mainly in Tokyo and Osaka. (more…)

Takakura Takeshi 高倉健

1930-2017maleBorn in Sendai City. Awarded prizes at Nitten, Japan New Craft Exhibition, and others. Awarded the Honorable Mention at the Kofu-kai Exhibition. Miyagi Prefecture Art Honorable Mention. Member of the Japan New Crafts Tohoku Exhibition, Grand Prize. He is a director of the Arts and Crafts Department of the Miyagi Prefecture Art Association. (more…)

Takagi Yoshiaki 高城良明

1941-malekasama potteryBorn in Kanagawa Prefecture. Studied under Yamamoto Masatoshi. Completed the Ibaraki Ceramics Training Institute. Later built a kiln in Kasama City. Selected for the New Traditional Craft Exhibition. Works mainly with high-fired unglazed ceramics. (more…)

Takagi Michihiro 高木通宏

1947-maleechizen potteryBorn in Nakano, Tokyo. He graduated from Meiji Gakuin University, and trained at Echizen Pottery Village in 1973. In 1978, he opened the Echizen Kozan Kiln, and in 1979, he built a Semi-ground type hole kiln to produce tableware for tea ceremonies. In addition to pottery classes, the studio also offers soba noodle making, stone oven pizza, and bread making to allow visitors to experience food, pottery, and the nature of Shizuoka. (more…)

Takagi Matsuo 高木松生

1919-2014malekutani porcelainStudied under Kitade Tojiro and Asakura Isokichi. Member of Nitten. Awarded an Honorable Mention of Arts and Crafts at the Nitten Exhibition. Awarded the Minister of Education’s Honorable Mention at the Asia Exhibition, and served as a committee member and judge. Awarded the highest prize at the Ishikawa Prefectural Exhibition and served as a commissioned judge. Won a prize at the Traditional Kutani Ware Craft Exhibition. Mainly focuses on color painting and overglaze enamel and gold decoration. (more…)

Takagi Masahiro 高木正博

1949-maleBorn in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture. After working at Tsukamoto Pottery in Mashiko, built a kiln in 1973. Selected for the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition, the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, and others. Awarded the Minister of International Trade and Industry Prize at the Saitama Ceramic Art Exhibition, and was a judge at the same exhibition. Full member of Japan Kogei Association. Works mainly with ash glaze, and inlay. (more…)

Takagi Noritoshi 高木典利

1949-malemino potteryBorn in Ichinokura, Gifu Prefecture. Graduated from Tajimi High School, Department of Ceramics. Inherited the family business and studied pottery under his father. Selected for the Japan Contemporary Craft Exhibition, the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Chunichi International Exhibition, and the Tokai Traditional Craft Exhibition. Focuses on tableware and tea ceremony ware in Oribe, Shino, and Ofukai glaze. (more…)

Takagi Sanpei 高木参平

1949-maleGraduated from Tokyo Craft Design Institute, majoring in ceramics. Awarded prizes at the Japan Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Nitten exhibition and others. Member of the Higashi Ceramic Art Association and the Contemporary Kogei Bikyo. Exhibited at the Contemporary Kogei Shinsei-kai. Held solo exhibitions at Tokyo Daimaru Department Store and others. Admired Itaya Hazan. Pursued color painted porcelain and crystal glaze. In 2000, he established Azuma Kiln in Nasu Highland. He is currently active mainly in pottery making classes. (more…)

Takagi Kyoko 高木京子

1956-femaleBorn in Setagaya, Tokyo. She completed the graduate course in ceramics at Tama Art University in 1979. Studied under Nakamura Kinpei. Selected for Kanagawa Prefectural Exhibition and Kanazawa International Design Fair. Solo and group exhibitions at Akasaka Gallery America, Roppongi Ceramic Salon, and others. Focuses on crafts with overglaze painting porcelain. (more…)

Takagi Ganka 3th 三代 高木岩華

1926-?femalekyo potteryBorn in Kyoto, Japan. The eldest daughter of Ganka II, she assumed the name Ganka III in 1947. Studied under Ganka II, who was designated as the first artist to preserve the art of ceramics. Fifteenth-anniversary exhibition of the Kyoto Traditional Potters Association. Focused on tea ceremony utensils and tableware, especially chinoiserie in blue, overglaze red enamel decoration, and overglaze enamel and gold decoration. (more…)

Takagi Kazuyasu 高木和安

1944-maleBuilt a kiln in 1970. Awarded prizes at the Japan Contemporary Art Exhibition, the Contemporary Craft Exhibition, and others, and televised by NHK and others. Solo exhibitions at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Ginza Matsuzakaya, Fukuoka Tamaya, Osaka Hanshin, Nagasaki NBC, etc. Focuses on tea ceremony utensils. (more…)

Takauchi Shugo 高内秀剛

1937-maleBorn in Tokyo, built a kiln in 1969. Selected for the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition and the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition. Awarded the Prize of the Japan Art and Culture Association at the Vallauris International Exhibition. Focuses on white anchovy glaze, ash glaze, and candy glaze. Full member of Japan Kogei Association. (more…)

Takai Susumu 高井進

1938-maleBorn in Myoko-Ikenodaira, Niigata Prefecture. He opened Myoko-yaki Takai Pottery studio in 1977. He has won prizes at the Niigata Contemporary Craft Exhibition, the Musashino Traditional Craft Exhibition, the New Work Exhibition, the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, and the Prefectural Exhibition. His works have been exhibited at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Department Store, Kichijoji Kintetsu Department Store, and Shinjuku Isetan Department Store. Solo exhibitions at Takadayama in Joetsu City, Niigata Italia-ken, Yamato, and Kuroda Toen in Ginza. Focused on cinnabar and celadon. (more…)

Taka Togaku 高陶岳

1910-1990kutani porcelainBorn in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture. Third-generation potter of Togaku kiln. Completed the Kyoto National Research Institute. Studied under Itaya Hazan and Tomimoto Kenkichi. Won prizes at the Kutani Ware New Work Exhibition, the Issui-kai Exhibition, and the Contemporary Art Exhibition. Komatsu City Culture Award. Technical Achievement Award, Governor’s Award. National Ceramic Art Exhibition World Culture Association Prize. Member of Japan Kogei Association and National Ceramic Exhibition Committee. Focused on Tenmoku. (more…)

Taka Gonsei 高権成

1935-maleGraduated from Kanazawa Art University. Studied under his father, Togaku, and Uchida Kunio in Kyoto. Won a prize at the Issui-kai Exhibition. Won prizes at the Ishikawa Traditional Craft Exhibition and the Contemporary Art Exhibition. Awarded prizes at the Kofu-kai Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Chunichi International Exhibition, the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, and the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition. Regular member of Japan Kogei Association. Focused on iron glaze. (more…)

Taka Akira 高明

1936-malekutani porcelainStudied under Tokuda Masahiko. Awarded prizes at the Ishikawa Contemporary Art Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, the Issui-kai Exhibition, Chunichi International Exhibition, the Kutani Ware Traditional Craft Exhibition, Japan Kogei Association Branch Exhibition, the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition, and others. Solo exhibitions at Matsuzakaya, Ueno, etc. Gold- and silver painting, color painting, and blue and white. (more…)

Takase Masao 高瀬昌郎

1943-maleBorn in Osaka. Graduated from Osaka Kogei High School and the Department of Fine Arts at Osaka Kyoiku University. Trained at Kiyomizu Pottery’s Tomita Rakuzan Pottery in 1970. Opened a kiln in Shimokaiinji, Kyoto in 1974. Mainly solo exhibitions. Lecturer at Kobe University. Works mainly in ceramic carving, mad decoration, and sgraffito. (more…)

Taoka Kakuan 田岡閑庵

1920-?raku potteryIn 1962, he learned pottery techniques in Matsuyama and later studied Raku ware on his own. He visited various potteries and learned the essence of tea ceremony pottery through the friendship of masters in Kyoto. In 1981, he founded the Rakuyo Ceramic Study Group in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture. (more…)

Daiguji Michiko 大宮司道子

1933-femalemashiko potteryGraduated from Women’s College of Art. After working as a junior high school teacher, entered Mashiko. Studied under Kamoda Shoji and Daimyoji Takahito. She has won prizes at the Women’s Ceramic Art Exhibition, the New Traditional Craft Exhibition, and the Kita-Kanto Art Exhibition. Participated in various overseas exhibitions. Solo exhibitions at Takasaki Takashimaya Department Store and others. Mainly works with high-fired unglazed ceramics with scorched surface coloring. (more…)