Japanese potters

Shinkai Nenzan 新開年山

1920-?raku potteryIn 1952, he began to enjoy tea ceremony and was attracted to Raku tea bowls. In 1965, he joined the Rakutoukai (Raku Pottery Society) and designed and built a Raku kiln, which he exhibited at the Rakutoukai Exhibition at Matsuzakaya in Ueno from 1970 until 1981. As a result of his long years of research, he completed his long-desired black and red Raku ware in 1977. Then he completed the scorched surface coloring Aka-raku tea bowl which is close to the old method of Raku ware. (more…)

Shinkai Takuya 新開琢也

1922-?malekyo potteryCreates porcelain in general by interweaving new designs with the traditions of Kyoto ware. He has been awarded prizes at the Nitten exhibition, the Kyoto exhibition, the Kyoto Prefectural Arts and Crafts Exhibition, the Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition, the Kofukai exhibition, the Ceramic Artists Club exhibition, and others. He is a member of the Potters’ Club and Contemporary Craft Kyoto. He is a member of the Ceramic Artists Club and the Contemporary Craft Kyoto. (more…)

Shinkai Kanzan 新開寛山

1912-2011maleBorn in Kyoto. Studied under his uncle Seifu Yohei IV, and later under Kiyomizu Rokubey VI. Graduated from Kyoto Art School. He was awarded the Nitten Special Prize and the Minister of Education Prize. Member and director of the Nihon Shinkoren, and received the Japan Art Academy Award in 1980. Brilliantly decorated with carved patterns, decorative clay, blue and white, and iron glaze painting. (more…)

Shirose Eietsu 白勢栄悦

1912-?maleotaru potteryStudied at the kiln built by his grandfather in 1899, and opened the Otaru Kiln in Otaru City in 1935. Won a prize at the Japan Trade and Industry Exhibition. Awarded the Director-General’s Prize of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. Otaru City Education and Culture Merit Award. Served as chairman of the Hokkaido Ceramic Art Association. (more…)

Shirakawa Takuho 白川卓甫

1921-?maleagano potteryReal name is Nobuhiko. The 12th generation of the Shirakawa family to work at Totoki-gama Kiln, a traditional pottery kiln in Kyushu. Takuho was adopted by the 11th generation of the family, Hoken, in 1946 and studied under him. In 1979, he assumed the name of the 12th generation of the family and took the name Shirakawa Takuho. He awarded prizes at the Western Craft Exhibition, the Mainichi Ceramic Art Exhibition, the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition, the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, and others. Certified as a traditional craftsman. His father, Hoken, was a master at making well ido-tea-bowls, and (more…)

Shirakawa Tsunehiko 白川常彦

1952-maleTakuho (Nobuhiko), the 12th generation of the Shirakawa family’s Totoki-gama Kiln, is his father. Studied under his father and grandfather, Tunesaburo (11th). Focuses on tableware using traditional agano glaze. 福岡県田川郡大任町今任原3500 (more…)

Shiraishi Takashi 白石嶈

1934-?malemashiko potteryBorn in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture. Studied under Suzuki Osai in Bizen and Katsuo Seiryudo the first in Kyoto. In 1955, Entered Mashiko through the introduction of painter Yamaguchi Nagao. In 1975, Established his own kiln in Mashiko. Studied under Yamaguchi Nagao. Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Chunichi International Exhibition, and others. Awarded the Newcomer Prize in the Design Division of the New Production Space. Creates abstract works with hand-kneaded ash cover and tableware with zaffre glaze. (more…)

Shiraishi Kazuhiro 白石和弘

1957-1996maleBorn in Tochigi Prefecture. Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and completed the graduate course in ceramics at the same university. Two-person exhibition in Aoyama, Utsuwa exhibition at Gallery Jizaido. Group exhibitions in Shinjuku and other places. Pursued making tableware at Kaiseki restaurant Raitei in Kamakura. Mainly Ash glaze. 鎌倉市常盤482 神奈川県工芸のミライ　オンライン展覧会　白石和宏 (more…)

Shiraishi Atsushi 白石篤

1922-?malemashiko potteryGraduated from Tokyo University of Science, and started teaching in 1954, using Raku ware in high school science classes, retiring in 1984. In the meantime, he moved to Mashiko in 1958 and opened a climbing kiln in 1970. He has had solo exhibitions at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Nagoya Oriental Nakamura, Gifu Gallery Ayu and others. He combines the traditional Mashiko technique with colored glazes in his pottery. (more…)

Shirai Yasuko 白井伊寿子

1951-femaleBorn in Osaka, Japan, in 1971, she studied at the Osaka Ceramic Art School under Mizuno Sugaki, and in 1974, she exhibited at the Women’s Ceramic Art Exhibition for the first time and won the Grand Prize. She is a member of the same group. Group exhibitions at Osaka Imahashi Gallery and others. Mainly coiling forming. 松原市松ヶ丘2-1289 (more…)

Joya Kumiko 城谷久美子

1934-femaleBorn in Nagasaki. Graduated from Rikkyo University, trained at the Yokoishi Kasuke Kiln in Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture in 1973, and established his own kiln in 1977. Solo exhibitions at Aoyama Towa, Akasaka Tsukushi Gallery, Green Gallery and others. Works in white porcelain, blue and white, and celadon. (more…)

Shomura Ken 庄村健

1949-malearita porcelainInherited the title of Banko V. Awarded the Governor’s Prize at the Saga Prefectural Exhibition. Awarded the Minister of Education Prize at the West Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition. Received the Issuikai Prize at the Issuikai Exhibition. Minister of Education Award at the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition. Saga Newspaper Culture Honorable Mention. Selected and won prizes at the Kyushu-Yamaguchi Ceramic Exhibition, the Western Craft Exhibition, Chunichi International Exhibition, Faenza International Exhibition, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, and the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition. Focuses on white porcelain. (more…)

Shofu Eiichi 松風栄一

1915-1991malekyo potteryHis Master is Kusube Yaichi. He was a member of the Nitten Board of Trustees and a member of the Kofu-kai Board of Directors. Specializing in blue and white, he often produced tea ceremony utensils, incense burners, water jars, and tea bowls.He also produced ceramics for export, and presided over the Export Ceramics Design Institute. (more…)

Shoji Harumi 東海林晴美

1947-femaleBorn in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and opened her own pottery studio, Asansai in Meguro, Tokyo in 1972. Mainly works with blue and white porcelain. Moved to Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture in 1983. (more…)

Shogen Toyokazu 正元豊一

1951-maletamba potteryHe is the eldest son of Naosaku XV, a Tamba-yaki potter who specializes in tea ceremony pottery. He won a prize at the Hyogo Prefectural Exhibition of Sculpture and a prize at the Kinki Exhibition of Contemporary KOGEI Art. He was selected for the Genkoubi Exhibition and is a member of the Genkoubi Association. He is a member of the Tamba Tachikui Pottery Club. Has had many solo and group exhibitions, including at Kobe Sogo department store. (more…)

Shogen Naosaku 15th 十五代 正元直作

1924-?tamba potteryInherited the Tamba ware kiln from his father in 1938, studied under him and began to make pottery. In 1970, researched and published the red Tamba glaze, and later devoted himself to the white Tamba glaze. In 1984, began researching Chinese ceramics. Mainly solo exhibitions. (more…)

Shakunaga Yukio 釈永由紀夫

1954-maleetchu-seto potteryHe inherited Shoraku Kiln, a pottery factory in Etchu Seto pottery. In 1976, he received training from Hayashiya Seizo and studied under Kaneshige Taizan, and since 1977, he has held annual solo exhibitions at the Toyama Art Club. After visiting Europe, he went to Korea for two years from 1985, where he produced powder glazed pottery and Buncheong ware in Icheon and Mungyeong, Korea. His works are mainly Tenmoku, Kizeto and celadon. He has exhibited his works in New York, Milan, Taipei, and Hungary.On April 11, 1994, while on a trip to Kyoto, Steve Jobs and his wife (then (more…)

Shimoyamada Shouu 下山田昌右

1941-maleBorn in Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Studied under Wada Kiyoshi in Kyoto, and built a kiln in Takahagi in 1973. Later studied under Nakazato Tarouemon of Karatsu ware. Her works have been selected for the Japan New Craft Exhibition and the Nitten exhibition. Awarded the Craft Prize at the Kofukai Exhibition. Member of Ibaraki Kogei. Works mainly with mishima, and powder glaze. (more…)

Shimodake Takeshi 下嶽毅

1937-?malekokuji potteryBorn in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture. Studied at the Yamagata Prefectural Industrial Research Institute and the Nagoya Institute of Technology, Seto Branch, before back to his hometown in 1957 to revive Kokuji ware. Also active in overseas exhibitions. His son, Shimodake Satomi, is the eighth generation of the pottery owner and is keeping the tradition alive. (more…)