1895-1946
male
seto pottery
A founder of ‘Shunto-kai’ which is a research group as the leader of potters in seto ware. The group advanced research related to the history of old pottery and developed modern pottery art. In 1936, he founded the seto ceramic art association with famous potter Itaya Hazan, Kato Kensei and Hino Atsushi. It is now the association which is pulling the Japanese pottery art along.
1895
Born in Seto
1913
Graduated from Aichi Prefectural School of Ceramics
1931
Founded Shunto-kai
Selected for the 3rd Nagoya City Art Exhibition
1932
Selected for the 4th Nagoya City Art Exhibition
1933
Selected for the 5th Nagoya City Art Exhibition
1934
Awarded the third prize at the 21st Chamber of Commerce and Industry Exhibition
Selected for the 6th Nagoya City Art Exhibition
1935
Selected for the 22nd Chamber of Commerce and Industry Exhibition
Selected for the 7th Nagoya City Art Exhibition
Awarded Honorable Mention at the 12th Aichi Sha Art Exhibition
1936
Selected for the 1st Teiten (Imperial Exhibition)
Selected for the 23rd Chamber of Commerce and Industry Exhibition
1937
Selected for the 1st Newspaper Exhibition
Selected for the 24th Chamber of Commerce and Industry Exhibition
1938
Selected for the 2nd Newspaper Exhibition
Exhibited at the New York and San Francisco World Expositions
Awarded the Idemitsu Prize at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition sponsored by the Toto-kai.
Awarded the Chairman’s Prize at the Tokai Art Exhibition.
1939
Selected for the 3rd Newspaper Exhibition.
1940
Commissioned exhibit at the Pan-Pacific Exhibition
Selected for Honorary Mention in the Exhibition for Celebrating the 2600th Anniversary of the Birthday of Japan
1941
Selected for the 4th Newspaper Exhibition
1942
Selected for the 5th Newspaper Exhibition
Appointed as a member of the Aichi Prefecture Art Conservation Council
1946
Awarded a special prize at the 1st Nitten
