Japanese potters

Daiguji Takahito 大宮司崇人

1927-?malemashiko potteryBorn in Miyagi Prefecture. Trained at Mashiko Endoji Kiln. Studied under Tamura Koichi. Formed Zodo-kai. Selected for the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition. Focused on inlay and carbonized firing. Solo exhibition at Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store. (more…)

Tai Tomoko 田井知子

1958-femaleStudied under his mother Taeko. Graduated from Saga Art Junior College. Later became a potter at Echizen Myo Pottery. Works mainly with pottery dolls and pottery walls. (more…)

Tai Shigehiko 田井重彦

1955-maleStudied under his mother Taeko. Graduated from Saga Art Junior College. Later became a potter at Echizen Myo Pottery Studio. Worked on the pottery wall of Takefu Higashi Elementary School. (more…)

Tai Taeko 田井妙子

1931-femaleBorn in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, she graduated from the Fukui Prefectural Ceramics Research Institute in 1968, and in the following year, she founded the pottery group “Myou no Kai”. In 1980, she opened the Myo Pottery Studio in Echizen Miyazaki Village. Held a three-person exhibition with Shigehiko and Tomoko in Ginza Matsuya Department Store and Fukuchiyama. Her works are mainly hand-twisted pots, vases, and tea sets. (more…)

Sonoda Noriko 園田教子

1941-femaleBorn in Kagoshima Prefecture. Completed the Kagoshima City Institute of Arts and Crafts, and built a kiln in Chiyoda, Yotsukaido City, Chiba Prefecture in 1980. She was awarded the Grand Prize at the Women’s Ceramic Art Exhibition and is a member. She was awarded the Minister of Education Prize and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prize at Chunichi International Exhibition. She was selected for the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition and others. Solo exhibitions at Chiba Tsubaki Gallery, Ginza Ai Gallery and others. Works mainly with black pottery and high-fired unglazed ceramics. 四街道市千代田4-41-11 (more…)

Sono Ari 園阿莉

1937-femaleBorn in Tokyo. Studied oil painting at Musashino Art University, and graduated from Seto Ceramics School in 1975. Later established Afriko kiln in Shibuya. Has been awarded prizes and grand prizes at the Women’s Ceramic Art Exhibition. Her works have been selected for the Traditional Craft Musashino Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Chunichi International Exhibition, the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, and others. Solo exhibitions at Shinjuku Odakyu Department Store, Isetan, Kyoto Gallery-To Senbo, Toyohashi Maruei Department Store, Yokohama Matsuzakaya Department Store, Sapporo Mitsukoshi Department Store, etc. Mainly works with blue and white and high-fired unglazed ceramics. (more…)

Sone Yoshiyuki 曽根芳之

1951-maleoribe potteryBorn in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture. Graduated from the Ceramics Department of Tajimi Technical High School. While working in the pottery industry, he visited old Mino kilns and worked on Oribe. Became an independent potter in 1974. No affiliation, mainly solo exhibitions. Solo exhibitions at Daikokuya in Fukushima, Yamada Department Store, Aoyama Gallery America in Tokyo, Kani City, etc. (more…)

Soga Hakuan 曽我伯庵

1922-?malemino potteryBorn in Yamashita, Ena, Mino. Works mainly with Shino, Kizeto, high-fired unglazed ceramics and ash glaze at Hachikubo Kiln. Selected for the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition and the Tokai Traditional Crafts Exhibition. Solo exhibitions at Shinjuku Odakyu Department Store, Keio Department Store, Ginza Matsuya Department Store, Ikebukuro Tobu Department Store, Niigata Mitsukoshi Department Store, Nagaoka Echigo Gallery and solo exhibitions. (more…)

Soeda Razan 副田螺山

1931-arita porcelainBorn in Imari. Born in Imari, in the traditional Nabeshima domain kilns of Okawa-Nakayama, he is the 13th generation since Kizaemon I. He learned pottery techniques from his father, Kamoyama, and inherited the Gongen-dani Kiln.He mines potter’s clay from the Matsuura area to make clay, and uses the traditional Karatsu technique and washi-zome tequniqu to make mainly blue ceradon case. Selected for the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition. (more…)

Soeda Washin 添田和信

1949-maleIn 1969, he trained at the Ureshino Kiln in Hizen, and later established the Soeda Kiln in Miyashi, Tsuyazaki-cho. He has been awarded prizes at the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition and others. He uses wax resist, iron painting, and high-fired unglazed ceramics to create his works. Full member of Japan Kogei Association. (more…)

Soma Tomoko 相馬トモ子

1952-femaleBorn in Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. After graduating from high school, he completed a course in ceramic dolls for traditional industrial technicians at the Kyoto Industrial Research Institute. After working at Kyoto Pottery Works, he graduated from Musashino Art University in Tokyo. After returning home, taught art and ceramics at the Aomori Third School for the Disabled, and later worked as a part-time lecturer at a prefectural high school. Built a kiln in 1983. 弘前市大沢上村元55-3 (more…)

Soma Akira 相馬晃

1951-maleBorn in Sunagawa, Hokkaido. Graduated from Kisarazu High School in Chiba Prefecture, and studied under Nakano Koji in Kasama in 1971. Became independent in 1976 in Kasama and moved to Ibaraki in 1978. His work has been selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition and others. Focuses on blue ceradon and white porcelain. (more…)

Senda Gyokutan 千田玉旦

1932-?Born in Kurashiki City. Runs a pottery clay factory and pottery classes in Tamano, Okayama Prefecture. Studied Raku ware under Maki Keishu (1935- ) at the Oushouji Kiln in Kanonji City. Selected for the All Kansai Exhibition, Okayama Prefectural Exhibition, and Traditional Craft East Chugoku Branch Exhibition. Solo exhibition at Asuka, Okayama. (more…)

Senoo Katashi 妹尾堅

1952-malebizen potteryBorn in Okayama City. Graduated from the Bizen Pottery Center. Entered Uragami Zenji in 1973, and built a climbing kiln in Masuhara, Wake Town in 1979. Received an Honorable Mention Award at the Prefectural Exhibition. Mainly circular flat vase and craftwork. (more…)

Seto Hiroshi 瀬戸浩

1941-1994maleBorn in Tokushima City. Graduated from Kyoto Art University. Studied under Tomimoto Kenkichi, Kondo Yuzo, and Fujimoto Yoshimichi, and became independent in Mashiko in 1965. He has taught in the U.S., East Asia and Australia. Awarded the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prize at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition. Awarded the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prize at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, and the Excellence Prize at the North Kanto Art Exhibition. Selected for the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition and others. He has had solo exhibitions at Minami Aoyama Green Gallery, Mitsukoshi Department Store in Nihonbashi, and others. Recently, he has (more…)

Seto Atsumi 瀬戸篤美

1962-femaleBorn in Osaka. Studied painting under Matsumoto Takao from an early age. Graduated from Tezukayama Junior College, majoring in Japanese cultural history, and completed the graduate course at the same college. Later studied ceramics under Tsuboi Asuka. Received the Silver Prize at Sotsuten exhibition and the Newcomer’s Prize at the Women’s Ceramic Art Competition. Her work focuses on three-dimensional modeling and line carving inlay. (more…)

Setsu Yoshio 瀬津義雄

1937-maleBorn in Kyoto. Admired Ishiguro Munemaro and started to make pottery. Built a kiln in Yamashina in 1970. Studied ink painting at the school of Komatsu Hitoshi, a member of the Japan Art Academy. Selected for the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition. Solo exhibitions at Kyoto Shibunkaku, Osaka Yamamoto Gallery, Ikebukuro Seibu and Kobe Sogo. Focuses on Oribe ware, Kizeto ware, Iga ware, and silver paintings. (more…)

Sekine Eiji 関根栄次

1924-?maleBorn in Suginami, Tokyo. Works at the Norinchukin Bank as an executive. Studied ceramic art under Karasugi Toko, Chairman of Toko-kai. Awarded the Gunen Prize at the Gunen Art Exhibition and other prizes. Member of Gunen Art Association. He works mainly with iron glaze, scorched surface coloring, ash glaze, and Irabo for vases and tea ceremony utensils. (more…)

Skiguchi Sohei 関口宗平

1940-maleAfter graduating from Aichi Pottery Training School, he trained at a pottery in Akazu, Seto, and returned to his hometown in 1969 to build a down-draft kiln at home. In 1972, he built a kiln in Sawa-gun, Gunma Prefecture. Selected for the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition, the New Works Exhibition, and the Musashino Exhibition. Works mainly with white glaze, blue and white porcelain, cinnabar, and Shino. Regular member of the Japan Crafts Council. (more…)

Sekigawa Masashi 関川正志

1944-maleStudied under Itaka Yosei, and has had solo exhibitions since 1980. He has had solo exhibitions since 1980, including at Aoyama Torindo and Shinjuku Odakyu Department Store. 東京都杉並区桃井2-20-5 (more…)