Zero–Hayashi Kaku
Hayashi Kaku(b.1953) is a major ceramic artist here in Japan whose work is little known in the west, although her work was part of a traveling exhibition ‘Soaring Voices–Contemporary Japanese Women Ceramic Artists’–that toured Japan and the US. We’ve shown some of her… More
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Seihakuji Bluish-White Porcelain Oriental Zodiac Figures by Suzuki Osamu
Sodeisha founder Suzuki Osamu(1926-2001) was one of the most influential and important Japanese ceramic artists of the 20th century; a slide show from a national museum retrospective can be viewed at e-yakimono.net. Here are two of his delightfully whimsical Seihakuji figures of a Year of the Mouse… More
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Shigaraki Henko by Furutani Michio
Furutani Michio (1946-2000) was a Shigaraki-Iga ceramic artist of the highest level, he’s sadly missed. RYYG is always looking for his better works and especially in his original henko-rounded shoulder form seen here; a major portion of a ceramic magazine here in Japan was devoted to him and… More
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New Iro-Suminagashi Works by Setsu Junji
Setsu Junji is a Kyoto born (’75) and raised ceramic artist we first noticed a few years ago. His works are *very* distinctive for his original technique of ‘drawing’ on clay slabs to create enigmatic designs than conjure up all sorts of images in the viewer’s mind. For these works he’s… More
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Kara-Shell Vessel by Tanoue Shinya
Congratulations to Tanoue Shinya for his Special Exhibition Award selecting by painter Nara Yoshitomo for the 11th International Ceramics Festival Mino ’17! http://www.icfmino.com/news/detail.php?id=70
Tanoue Shinya (b.1976) is a Kyoto born-and-raised ceramic artist, it shows in his rich and… More
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Ki-Seto (Yellow Seto) Incised Disc-Sculpture Vase by Kato Shigetaka
Kato Shigetaka (1927-2013) was the third son of the late great Kato Tokuro (1897-1985), younger brother of Okabe Mineo (1919-1990), and father of Takahiro. Shigetaka had his own very successful career winning the Japan Ceramic Society Prize and having a Shino work featured on the cover of the… More
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Iro-sumi-nagashi vessel by Setsu Junji
Setsu Junji is a Kyoto born (’75) and raised ceramic artist we first noticed a few years ago. His works are *very* distinctive for his original technique of ‘drawing’ on clay slabs to create enigmatic designs than conjure up all sorts of images in the viewer’s mind. For these works he’s… More
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Elegance and Grace—Vessel by Tanoue Shinya
Tanoue Shinya is a Kyoto born-and-raised ceramic artist, it shows in his rich and fresh approach to his art following in the footsteps of the Sodeisha founders. He was born in 1976 and is now a teacher at his alma mater, Kyoto Saga University of Arts in Kyoto; his work is already placed in the… More
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Silver Glazed-Check Pattern Jar by Kimura Toshikatsu
Thanks to all who have taken the time to view Furutani Michio’s works, the exhibition of sorts will be online for a few more weeks.
And now for something shiny: I first came across Kimura Toshikatsu’s (b.1972) work a few years ago when he did silver glazed boxes and plates, yet recently… More
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