Chuken Miura (1900–1990) was a Japanese ceramic artist born in Kyoto. He was the third son of Chikusen Miura I and, in 1921, succeeded his elder brother as the third-generation Chikusen followin
Sueharu Fukami (1947–) is a Japanese ceramic artist born in Kyoto. He studied ceramics at the Kyoto Municipal Craft Research Institute and was first accepted into the Nitten exhibition in 1967.
Bernard Leach (1887–1979) was a British ceramic artist and painter born in Hong Kong. He spent his early childhood in Japan and later studied etching in London. He returned to Japan in 1909, whe
Shigetoshi Nakazato (1930–2015) was a Japanese ceramic artist born in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture. He was the third son of Tarōemon Nakazato XII (Mun’ an), a designated Living National Treasu
Insho Domoto (1891–1975) was a Japanese-style painter born in Kyoto. He was born into a family engaged in sake brewing and entered the Kyoto Municipal Special School of Painting in 1918. While s
Goro Suzuki (1941–) is a Japanese ceramic artist born in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. Drawing on the traditions of Momoyama-period ceramics, particularly Oribe, Shino, and Ki-Seto ware, he has purs
Kenichi Sugimoto (1905–2004) was a Japanese Western-style painter, commercial artist, and illustrator born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. In 1925, he visited the painter Ryusei Kishida, who was st
Shinobu Kawase (1950–) is a Japanese ceramic artist born in Ōiso, Kanagawa Prefecture. The eldest son of Takeharu Kawase II, he was raised in a family with three generations of ceramic tradition
Isaburo Kado (1940–2005) was a Japanese lacquer artist born in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture. At the age of 15, he became an apprentice to the master chinkin artist Tetsushiro Hashimoto. After com