1945-2015
male
kutani porcelain
Born as the child of the first generation Nakata Kingyoku, after graduating from high school, he became a pupil of Asami Gorosuke, a master of Kyo-ware in Gojozaka, Kyoto, and learned the basics of pottery. After returning to his hometown, he studied Kutani-ware Uwa-e painting under his father, and moreover, learned each of the techniques of aka-e fine writing from Kitamura Unpei at Daisho-ji Temple, and gold glazing and rich coloring from Yoshizaki Tozan in Kanazawa. He finally created an area of work with his own original blue grain style technique under guidance at the kilns of Hasegawa Sojin and Tokuda Yasokichi.
He has received numerous awards including the Kutani-ware Skills Exhibition Highest Award, the Traditional Kutani-ware Exhibition Skills Award, and the Ishikawa Design Exhibition Prefectural Governor’s Award, and is highly praised for his kiln which has a Royal warrant of appointment from the Imperial Household Agency.
