Chikusen Miura, the 4th（4代 三浦 竹泉） 1911 - 1976 Eldest son of Chikuen II. Studied painting and ceramics at Kyoto Art College. In 1931, he succeeded Chikuzen IV and engaged in pottery making. Mainly pr
Chikusen Miura, the 5th（5代 三浦 竹泉） 1934 - He was born the eldest son of Chikusen, the 4th in Kyoto. He studied under Chikusen, the 4th. He also studied about tea ceremony, sencha tea ceremony, Kadoh
Kokuta Suda（須田剋太） 1906 - 1990 Japanese Western-style painter. Born in Saitama. Urawa painter. He was initially a figurative painter and won many special prizes at the National Exhibition of Japan, b
TAMURA KŌICHI（田村耕一） 1918-1987 Tamura Kōichi, throughout his long career, demonstrated a mastery of wheel throwing, glazing and firing techniques. Since childhood, he showed a talent for drawin
Takuo Kato（加藤卓男） 1917 - 2005 Takuo was a leading figure in the restoration of Persian lusterware ceramics that had disappeared around the 16th to 17th centuries and also in the restoration
Kenkichi Tomimoto（富本憲吉） 1886 - 1963 Ceramic artist. Born to a landowner in Asu-mura, Nara Prefecture. Graduated from the architectural department of the Tokyo Fine Arts School. While still a s
Keisuke Serizawa （芹澤銈介） 1895 – 1984 He was a Japanese textile designer. In 1956, he was designated as a Living National Treasure by the Japanese government for his katazome stencil dyeing tech
Shiko Munakata（棟方志功） 1903 - 1975 Born in 1903 in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, the son of a blacksmith. After leaving elementary school, he became a waiter at the Aomori District Court and taught
Tsuneji Ueda（上田恒次） 1914 – 1987 Tsuneji Ueda was born in Kyoto in 1914 as a second son of a draper. He read a book of Kenkichi Tomimoto and then he aimed to a potter. He opened the Kinosaraya