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Ohi Chozaemon 2nd 二代 大樋長左衛門

1686-1747maleohi potteryHe was born as the eldest son of the first Chozaemon when he was practicing in Kyoto, and his birth name was Choji. He inherited his father’s name, Chozaemon, and business, and as the 2nd practiced the trade only for a short time, there are very few of his works that still exist, but his skills stood out the most among all the Chozaemon. (more…)

Ogata Shuhei 1st 初代 尾形周平

1788–1839malekyo potteryBorn on 28 May as the 3rd son of the founder, Takahashi Dohachi, his brother (Nin’ami) became Takahashi Dohachi the 2nd.He trained under his father, Dohachi, and his brother, and moved to Kiyomizu Akoya, Kyoto in the year 1817, achieving independence but did not establish his own kiln and continued making pottery exclusively at the kiln shared with his father and brother at Gojo. In the next year, 1818, he was invited by Okada Kyuta to join the Sakuraisato ware school in Osaka’s Settsu. The next year, he was influenced by Ogata Kenzan’s pottery manual and took on the (more…)

Okuda Mokuhaku 奥田木白

1800–1871maleakahada potteryIn the beginning, he ran a shop (called Kashiwaya) selling household goods, but the family business was later closed down and he went independent with the name “Mokuhaku” and started making Akahada ware.His wares imitated Kyo ware in the beginning, replicating elaborate wares such as Ninsei and Satotomo’s wares, but he gradually started incorporating Nara paintings, Takatori and Hagi-style ware techniques, and even Raku ware and clay molds, showing talent in a variety of pottery schools. From artistic creations to decorating utilitarian vessels, he was and is still considered the master of Akahada ware, and his clay Noh ornaments (more…)

Harada Shuroku 原田拾六

1941-malebizen potteryBorn in Inbe. In 1975, he studied under Katsura Matasaburo and visited the old Bizen Kiln Site. Has held solo exhibitions at the Sanyo Newspaper Gallery, Kokura Gallery in Aomori, Mitsukoshi Matsuyama, Hanshin Art Gallery, Shinjuku Odakyu, Takamatsu, Sapporo, Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi, Portopia Hotel in Kobe, Iwataya, National Folk Art Exhibition of Austria, etc. Created a monument to Uemura Naomi. (more…)

Haraguchi Takushi 原口卓士

1947-maleBorn in Kyoto. Graduated from Dokkyo University. Graduated from the Kyoto Ceramic Art School. Won prizes at the Japan Traditional Craft Exhibition, the Kinki Branch Exhibition, the Kyoto Prefecture Exhibition, and others. Regular solo exhibitions at Takashimaya Department Store in Nihonbashi and Mitsukoshi Department Store in Nagoya. Solo exhibitions at Takashimaya Department Store in Nihonbashi, Nagoya Mitsukoshi and other places. His works focus on underglaze enamels, dyeing, Mishima, Irabo, Oribe, Turkish blue glaze, and Southern Song Guan style celadon. (more…)

Hayashi Ryoji 林亮次

1940-maleshino potteryTogether with his younger brother, Ryuichiro, he created pottery in the Shozan kiln. Made mainly Shino ceramics of the Mino tradition. Awarded the Honorable Mention at the Gifu Prefectural Exhibition and the Governor’s Prize. Awarded at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, New Craft Exhibition, and Japan Fine Arts Exhibition. Awarded at the Gifu Marumono Exhibition and the Brothers Exhibition. New Six Emerging Artists Exhibition at Ikebukuro Seibu and others. Variety of works such as Nezumi-shino and Oni-shino. (more…)

Hayashi Hideyuki 林秀行

1937 –maleBorn in Kyoto. Graduated from the sculpture department of Kyoto Art University. Studied under Tsuji Shindo, Horiuchi Masakazu and Yagi Kazuo. Since becoming a member of Sodeisha in 1964 (and remaining a member until its dissolution in 1998), he has been one of the leading figures in contemporary ceramic art. Awarded the Mayor’s Prize at the Kyoten Exhibition and the Minister of Education’s Prize at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition. The Minister of Education’s Prize at the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, etc. Exhibition at Akiyama Gallery in Tokyo, Isetan in Shinjuku, and Yodo Gallery in Osaka, France. Assistant professor (more…)

Hayashi Shotaro 林正太郎

1947 –maleshino potteryBorn in Shimoishi-cho, Gifu Prefecture. Studied under his brother Kotaro in 1967 and became independent in 1974. Winner of the highest award at the Gifu Prefectural Exhibition. Awarded the Governor’s Prize at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, the 73’ Award for Excellence, the Honorable Mention, and others. Awarded the Aichi Prefecture Governor’s Prize at the Tokai Traditional Craft Exhibition. Newcomer’s Prize of the Chunichi Newspaper. Honorable Mention at the Mino Ceramic Art Exhibition, etc. Awarded at the Japan Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition, the Chunichi International Exhibition, and others. Solo exhibition every other year at Mitsukoshi Department Store (more…)

Hamada Junri 浜田純理

1948 – 2022malemino pottery Born in Bizen City1981 Opened Shuchuma Kiln in Toki City1999 Solo exhibition at Garelly Kurimoto2000 Exhibited in Garelly Kurimoto, Mino Six-person exhibition2003 Exhibited at GALLERY KURIMOTO 6+1, a festival of vesselsHis business name was Rojin. He continued his study of Momoyama pottery in Mino, which produced many famous ceramics from Momoyama to the early Edo period.He used ana-gama (Underground cellar kiln) to produce ‘aburage te’ (a ceramic technique, one of the glaze tones of Kizeto. It refers to a glaze tone with a dark yellowish colour and little shine, like fried bean curd. It is also (more…)

Hanabusa Shuan 花房秀安

1908-1990malebizen potteryHis real name is Ichiro. He was born in Mitsu-gun, Okayama Prefecture, and set his mind to ceramic art in 1932. After the war, he built his own kiln in 1959. He built the Kokitsu-an to celebrate his 70th birthday. He is known as “Hideyasu of ornaments” for his fine ceramic　 carving. (more…)

Nakashima Hiroshi 中島宏

1941-2018maleliving national treasureFrom Takeo City, Saga Prefecture. Trained at his father Shigeto’s Nakajima Pottery. Studied under Nishidai Yu of the Tokyo University of Arts. Set up a half-overground cave kiln in the site of the ancient Yumino Kiln in 1969. Won the Education Minister’s Prize at the Kyushu Yamaguchi Exhibition. Won the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition Honorable Mention and had his works procured by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Won the Saga Newspaper Culture Honorable Mention. Won the Japan Ceramics Association Prize. Has held solo exhibitions at Aoyama Green G, Osaka Sentral G, Nihonbashi Takashimaya and elsewhere. Makes powdered celadon (more…)

Nakazato Tarouemon 13th 十三代 中里太郎右衛門

1923-2009malekaratsu potteryEldest son of the 12th Tarouemon. Graduated from the design department of the Tokyo Advanced Technical School. Studied under Kato Hajime. Became the 13th Tarouemon in 1969 when his father (sobriquet Muan) became a monk. First selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition in 1951. Won the Hokuto Prize; was specially selected; is a judge and member; entrusted. Has received the Prime Minister’s Prize and is a director. Won the Japan Ceramics Association Prize and the Japan Arts Academy Prize. Judge in the Japan New Crafts Exhibition. His works have been procured by the Kyoto National Art Museum and (more…)

Nakazato Takashi 中里隆

1937-malekaratsu potteryFifth son of the 12th Tarouemon. Studied under his father. Traveled to the US in 1961 to work as a lecturer, and later traveled around the world. Started a kiln for Tanegashima ware in Nishinoomote in 1971 on the advice of Koyama Fujio. Returned home in 1974 and started Ryutagama Kiln in Karatsu in 1976 (the name was given by Koyama Fujio). Unaffiliated. Has held consecutive solo exhibitions at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi and Minamiaoyama Green G. Makes a broad range of pottery, including Karatsu ware, Nanban-style ceramics, Tanegashima ware, white porcelain, and others. (more…)

Nakazato Shigetoshi 中里重利

1930-2015malekaratsu potteryThird 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 (more…)

Nakagawa Jinenbo 中川自然坊

1953-2011malekaratsu potteryFrom Genkai, Hizen. Became a student of Inoue Toya, who makes Karatsu ware, in 1977. Set up independently in 1982 and set up a waritake-style multi-chambered climbing kiln in Genkai. Later became a student of Tanaka Sajiro of Sajirogama Kiln for Karatsu ware. Focuses on solo exhibitions and has held them in Shibuya Kuroda Pottery and Shinjuku Odakyu. Mainly makes tea bowls in speckled, Korean, blue, and hakeme (with a brush-mark pattern) Karatsu ware through the knocking method, together with the potter’s wheel. (more…)

Kawase Chikushun 2nd 二代 川瀬竹春

1923-2007maleOf Koyorogi-gama kiln. Real name: Junichi. He was born the first son of Kawase Chikushun I, and trained under his father to learn techniques such as blue and white dyeing.In 1949, he moved with his father from their kiln in Gifu to Mitsui Jozan Kiln located in Taiso, Kanagawa. In 1960, they established the new Koyorogi-gama kiln.He inherited the title of Chikushun II after his father’s passing in 1979, and continued his father’s traditions of blue and white dyeing and red ceramic painting together with a wide range of styles, including those utilizing kinrande (‘gold brocades’), Chinese ware named ki-nankin, (more…)

Kanai Shunzan 金井春山

1902 – 1982bizen potteryKanai Shunzan is a well-known name in Bizen ware, and was famous for his skill in hand-sculpted ware. He left behind many wonderful works, including ornaments of lions and people, as well as pots and vases.In 1919, he apprenticed himself to Nishimura Shunko and practiced for more than ten years. He is a master craftsman of the Showa period, who has continued the style of his master Nishimura Shunko and devoted his life to craftsmanship. In 1959, he presented a crane ornament to the Crown Prince on his wedding day.He also worked for many years at the (more…)

Kato Gosuke 加藤五輔

1837 – 1915malemino porcelainKato Gosuke was born the first son of Kato Kaemon, who served at Kyoto’s Murakumo-gosho temple making blue and white ceramics.From the end of the Tokugawa shogunate to the early-Meiji era, he worked as a high-level artisan at Nishimura Enji III’s studio in Tajimi. Afterward, he went independent and worked under the name Seto Engosuke, using the skills he had learned to create products aimed overseas.He is well known as a quintessential Mino ware potter of the Meiji era, and was selected for a prize at the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris. (more…)

Kato Seizo 加藤清三

1931-1979maleshino potteryKato Seizo was born the son of Kato Kageaki, who was the twelfth in line from Toso, a legendary figure in the history of Mino. Kato Seizo felt close to ceramic arts from a young age, and received training from his father to learn pottery techniques. He began genuinely producing pieces in 1972, one year before his father passed away, when he received his status as the 13th-generation head of the family business.Afterward, he went on to become staggeringly prolific: he received numerous awards at exhibitions, including the Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition and Chubu Branch Exhibition, the Japan Ceramic (more…)