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Takita Chinkei 滝田椿渓

1853−1932maletokoname potteryStudied under the second generation Inaba Takamichi, and engaged in pottery-making under Matsumoto Hoji in Tōtōmi (now Shizuoka Prefecture). Later, in the western part of Hekikai District in Mikawa (Aichi Prefecture), he started Nishibata ware (a type of Tokoname ware) together with Tejima Shuiji. He was commonly known as Tomijiro. (more…)

Nindosai 任土斎

?-1763maletamamizu pottery The third generation of Tamamizu ware, Nindosai, was known by the name Yahei and also by the art name Katoku. His father was the first generation Yahei, Ichigen (died in 1723), and his brother was the second generation Yahei, Ikku (died in 1720). He took over after his brother passed away at an early age. Like his father and brother, he produced tea bowls in the styles of Chojiro and Koetsu.As the eighth generation of Raku ware potters, Nindosai was proud of his lineage, but he remained unmarried and childless throughout his life, causing the Tamamizu ware bloodline (more…)

Hatano Hideo 波多野英生

1971-malehagi potteryBorn in Hagi1996 Graduated from Tama Art University as a sculptor2001 First prize in Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition2003 Awarded Saga Television Prize, Kyushu-Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition2004 Selected for the Tabe Museum of Art “Formative Exhibition of Tea Ceremony” (05,06,07,08,09)Recognized as a regular member of the Japan Crafts Association.2005 Selected, Kyushu-Yamaguchi Ceramic Exhibition2006 Awarded “Japan Crafts Association Yamaguchi Branch Director Prize” at the Japan Crafts Association Yamaguchi Branch New Works ExhibitionAwarded “Nihon Keizai Shimbun Award” at the Kyushu Yamaguchi Craft Exhibition.2009 Silver Prize, Otaki Hokkaido Ceramic Art Exhibition2012 Awarded the Shimonoseki Daimaru Prize at the Japan Crafts Association Yamaguchi Branch New (more…)

Yura Kaoruko 由良薫子

1993-femalekutani porcelain 1993 Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan2015 Graduated from Musashino Art University, Department of Sculpture2018 Graduated from Tajimi City Institute of Ceramic Design2019 Joined Utatsuyama Craft Studio, Kanazawa Solo Exhibitions2020 “Kaoruko Yura Ceramic Netsuke Exhibition: Catching the Wild” Gallery Hanakagesho/Nezu Netsuke Shop, Nezu, Tokyo2021 “Kaoruko Yura Pottery Exhibition: Something is there,” Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Art Crafts Salon, Tokyo　　　 Kaoruko Yura Exhibition, Gallery “Space” in Ichinokura Sakazuki Art Museum (Tajimi, Gifu)2022 “Kaoruko Yura Ceramic Netsuke Exhibition: Looking at Life,” Gallery Hanakagesho, Netsu Netsuke Shop (Netsu, Tokyo) (more…)

Kaneshige Iwao 金重巌

1965-malebizen pottery Born in Okayama, Studied under his father, Michiaki Kaneshige1995 Became independentExhibited at Shibuya Kuroda Toen “Exhibition of Kaneshige Michiaki and His FamiliesHad a solo exhibition at Okayama Gallery Midori-en2003 Solo exhibition at Shibuya Kuroda Pottery2004 Kanashige Yuho and Gan two-person exhibition at Gallery Bunkindo2007 Had a solo exhibition at Okayama Tenmaya Department Store.2008 Solo exhibition at Shibiya Kuroda Pottery2010 Solo Exhibition at Shibiya Kuroda Pottery (more…)

Takeuchi Seijiro 武内晴二郎

1921-1979maleBorn in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. His father was the first director of the Ohara Museum of Art in Kurashiki, and Seijiro grew up with art and art from an early age. He went on to study at the Faculty of Economics at Chuo University, but was mobilised as a student and enlisted in the army. He lost his left arm in China, but after being demobilised he began making pottery in his home town of Kurashiki and built his own kiln in 1960. Influenced by the leading figures of the craft movement, such as Yanagi Soetsu, Hamada Shoji and Kawai (more…)

Okabe Takaneri 岡部享憲

1951-malebizen pottery1973 Joined kiln “Toshoen” as a potter1977 Joined the kiln “Kibido” as a potter1994 Opened his own kiln in Yoshinaga-cho, Bizen City2009 Solo exhibition at Gallery Hikari every year. (more…)

Mizuno Shuso 水野秋艸

1955-malemino potterykyo potteryReal name is Mizuno Kenichiro. Graduated from Ritsumeikan University in 1977. Begins to make ceramics under his father, Mizuno Shuso. After his father’s death, he began making ceramics mainly in the Kenzan style. (more…)

Asamoto Kakuzan 浅本鶴山

1885-1957male Born in Tsuyama, he became a foster child of Fusakichi Asamoto (née Sugisaki), who had opened a kiln in Hayashida, at the age of two. When he was just 13 years old, around the time he graduated from school, his father Fusakichi, who had moved to a kiln in Ninomiya, Tsuyama City at the time, taught him how to use the potter’s wheel. Thereafter, he went to Awaji to train at Minpei Pottery, and then to Izushi in Hyogo Prefecture.Prefecture, followed by Ibe, Asagiri Pottery in Akashi, and Inami, one after another, all with a potter’s wheel on his (more…)

Seto Takemi 瀬戸毅己

1958-maleBorn in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture1981 Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University, Department of Sculpture1982 Trained at Aichi Ceramic Training School1992-2005 Lecturer at Toita Women’s Junior College2018- Solo exhibition at Shibiya Kuroda Toen　　Currently a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society (more…)

Kuze Seitei 久世青亭

1968-maleBorn in Kyoto, Japan, he began his career as a ceramic artist, and after producing Raku tea bowls, he continued his research on Tenmoku tea bowls from the Southern Song period in China, which are compared to the “mysteries of the universe,” and developed his own unique Tenmoku tea bowl reconstructions. (more…)

Hashimoto Daisuke 橋本大輔

1972-maleBorn in Kyoto, the second son of Hashimoto Jogaku II2002 Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural College of Advanced Ceramic Technology2002 Worked at a kiln of Miyamoto Suiko2004 Completed the ceramics course at Kyoto Municipal Industrial Research Institute2004- Engaged in the family business of making tea ceremony utensils, and also worked on his own ceramics, mainly Tenmoku.2007 Built a kiln in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture2012 Japan Traditional Crafts Kinki Exhibition (more…)

Nanba Koyo 難波好陽

1902-malebizen potteryold-bizen style, excellent in both wheel and workmanship.Namba Shosaku ( b. 1937 ) is the eldest son,Namba Shusaku (b. 1942), his fourth son. Both are Bizen artists. (more…)

Kurasaki Gonbee 倉崎権兵衛

?-1694malerakuzan potteryFounder of Izumo (Shimane Prefecture) Rakuzan ware. Also known simply as Gonbee. There were two brothers, Kurasaki Gorozaemon and Kanbei, among the Hagi potters, and it is assumed that Gonbee was the son of one of them. According to the “Kurasaki Family Work Record,” when Izumo domain lord Matsudaira Tsunachika opened an official kiln at Rakuzan in the eastern suburbs of Matsue in 1677, he made an appeal to the Hagi domain to invite a potter, and Gonbee was hired with 10 pieces of silver and four men’s allowance. Gombee worked at the Rakuzan kiln for 18 years, and (more…)

Fujii Takayuki 藤井隆之

1973-maleBorn in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture1999 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Crafts, majoring in ceramicsAwarded the Salon du Printemps prize for graduation workSelected for the 39th Exhibition of New Works of Traditional Crafts (since then, selected 19 times)2000 Selected for the 47th Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition (and 11 times since)2001 Completed the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, majoring in ceramics2001 Completion work: purchased by Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and MusicAfter working as a research student at Tokyo University of the Arts, established his own kiln in (more…)

Tanaka Sokei 田中宗慶

1535-?maleraku potteryGrandfather of Raku Chojiro’s wife. He is said to have taken the family name Tanaka and was a constant follower of Sen Rikyu. He also had close contact with Haruya Soen of Daitokuji Temple, the painter Hasegawa Tohaku, and others. In 1576, there is a record of his residence in Minamiinokuma-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Rakuchu, Kyoto (document from a Buddhist temple in Kyoto), where he was known as the best potter in Japan and ran a Raku pottery workshop with Chojiro.　Like Chojiro, he produced Raku tea bowls in the shape of Rikyu, and other Raku ceramics, such as a three-color lion (more…)

Tanaka Somi 田中宗味

early edo periodmaleraku potteryHis name is Shozaemon.He was the son of Tanaka Sokei and the elder brother of Kichizaemon Jokei.In the Raku kiln genealogy up to around Genroku (1688-1704), he was the second generation after Chojiro, and Jokei was the third generation, but for some reason, in the subsequent genealogy, Shozaemon was omitted from the Raku generation and Tsunekei was the second generation.Therefore, after that, Somi is treated as a side kiln. (more…)

Furukawa Takuro 古川拓郎

1979-maleBorn in Kyoto2002 Graduated from Kyoto Seika University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Ceramics Course2005 Completed Ceramics Course, Kyoto Municipal Industrial Engineer Training Institute Selected solo and group exhibitions2010 Gallery Momosei, Osaka2011 “The beauty is for use” Takashimaya Department Store, Kyoto, Japan2012 “Kyoto Art and Craft Biennale, Invitation Section,” The Museum of Kyoto2013 “CRIA Exhibition” Kyoto Art Center2017 ART BEIJING Sokyo booth, Beijing, China Awards and Collections2007 Selected, Japan Traditional Crafts Kinki Exhibition2008 Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Prize, Japan Traditional Crafts Kinki ExhibitionSelected, Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition (more…)

Tokuda Yasokichi 4th 四代 徳田八十吉

1961-femalekutani porcelainHer real name is Tokuda Junko. Born in Daimonji-cho, Komatsu City, the eldest daughter of a living national treasure, Tokuda Yajukichi III.1980 Graduated from Komatsu High School and studied at Jamestown High School in New York, U.S.A.1983 Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin Women’s Junior College1984 Newscaster at NHK Kanazawa Broadcasting Station (-1986)1986 Visited the world as a secretary and kimono missionary for her father, Tokuda Hachiyukichi III (-1989)1990 Graduated from Ishikawa Kutaniyaki Technical Training InstituteSelected for the 46th Contemporary Art Exhibition. Selected for the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition ’90.Touring exhibition in Australia1991 Produced the ceramic wall “Kinrin” (JR Kanazawa Station)Completed (more…)

Nagae Sokichi 9th 九代 長江惣吉

1963-maleBorn in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, to a family that was a potter in the Edo period and a potter of Japanese tableware since the Meiji period, he began to reproduce yohen (pottery that changes color when fired) in 1995, following the research of his father, Nagae Sokichi VIII. In 1995, he took over the research of his father, Nagae Sokichi VIII, and started to reproduce Yohhen ware. He also published a paper on “Research on the reproduction of Yohhen’s glaze” at the International Conference of Science and Technology of Ceramics and Porcelain, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and others. In addition (more…)