apprentice of hamada shoji – Page 2 – Dictionary of Japanese Potters

Oyama Takashi 大山隆

1955 –maleFrom Tokyo. Graduated from Hibiya High School. Studied under Hamada Shoji. Started a kiln in 1977. Selected for the Kokugakai Exhibition. Held exhibitions overseas in West Germany and other locations. Held private exhibitions at Tsukamoto in Roppongi and Takumi in Ginza. Works focus on color difference techniques using Shio-yu glaze and Deisai. (more…)

Abe Yuko 阿部祐工

1924-maleBorn in Ehime, Japan. Graduated from the Nihon University College of Art. Studied under Hamada Shoji. Later, and later trained in Saijo, Tobe, and Bizen. He has participated in the research for the folk art of Tobe ware along with Yanagi Soetsu, Bernard Leach, and Hazama Shoji. Established a kiln in Kawachi-gama in Kitakyushu in 1969 and in Yawata in 1966. A leading figure in folk pottery and a member of the National Painting Society. (more…)

Akashi Shosaku 明石庄作

1946-malemashiko potteryIn 1962, he joined the Hamada Kiln and trained there for twenty years, during which time he exhibited his works at the Hamada Shoji Kiln Exhibition and other exhibitions.In 1981, he established his own kiln in Doso, Mashiko-cho, and became an independent kiln builder in 1981, and his work was accepted for the first time in the craft division of the Kokugakai exhibition in 1982. In 1987, he was awarded the Newcomer’s Prize at the same exhibition. He has been producing folk art style pieces with persimmon and black glazes, which he inherited from his master, Hamada Shoji, and (more…)