1930-2015
male
karatsu pottery
Third son of the 12th Tarouemon (Muan). Set up a kiln in Karatsu in 1973. Selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition for the first time in 1952. His selected works have been procured by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs afterwards. Specially selected for the Hokuto Prize; accepted without review; entrusted judge and member. Received the Matsuzakaya Prize at the Modern Japan Ceramics Exhibition. Accepted without review for the Modern Art and Craft exhibition; is a judge and councilor, and received the Member Prize and the Education Minister’s Prize. Received the Kusunobe Prize and Member’s Prize at the Japan New Crafts Exhibition. Judge for Chunichi International Exhibition and the Kyushu Yamaguchi Exhibition. Has held solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka Takashimaya, Nagoya Matsuzakaya, and elsewhere.
