1947–
male
raku pottery
Ogawa Yukio. Born as the eldest son of Choraku, he trained under his father, learned glaze combinations and clay firing techniques at the Kyoto Municipal Pottery Research Studio and took over as Choraku the 3rd in 1992.
During that time, he was invited to present his wares at the Vallauris Pottery Exhibition in France in 1974, and he also held his first individual exhibition on the same year at Nihonbashi’s Mitsukoshi. After that, he held countless individual exhibitions at Ikebukuro’s Seibu, Yokohama’s Takashimaya etc., and a parent and child exhibition at Numazu’s Seibu in 1980, and was awarded with the Award of Encouragement from the Minister of International Trade and Industry during the 1st Traditional Crafts Monthly National Assembly in 1984.
In 1992, with the 3rd’s succession, he was given the pen name “Shofuken” by Master Aso Bunno, the head of Daigo-ji Temple.
Mainly making Raku ware like Red Raku and Black Raku, he also uses other methods like pouring Oribe glaze over the wares.
