1961-
male
tamba pottery
Born in Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture
1981 Studied under Imai Masayuki and his father, Shinsui
1988 Became independent and established Taiga Kiln
1995 The 13th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Best Work Award, Prince Chichibu’s Cup
1999 The Japan Foundation’s Exhibition of Japanese Ceramics, Traveled to South America
The 100th Exhibition of Japanese Crafts Today, sponsored by NHK, toured Paris and Japan
2000 Chanoyu – Contemporary Art Exhibition (Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland)
International Ceramic Art Exchange Exhibition (China Art Museum, Beijing, China)
2002 Asian International Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2003 Korea-Japan Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Geumho Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2004 COLLECT (’04 ’08 Victoria and Albert Museum, UK, ’09 ’10 Seatchi Gallery, UK)
Contemporary Ceramics from Sanyo and San’in Region V, Higashi-hiroshima City Museum of Art, Japan
2006 The Ceramic Society of Japan Award
2007 Invitation to Contemporary Ceramics, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, Japan
2008 Contemporary Ceramic Art – Life & Art – Colored by Pottery, Higashi-hiroshima City Museum of Art, Japan
2001 Grand Prize, Tabe Art Museum Grand Prize Exhibition of Tea Ceremony
2010 Contemporary Tea: Freedom of Form (Tomo Art Museum)
Perspectives on Contemporary KOGEI (The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo)
2011 Hyogo Prefecture Culture Award
