Shimaoka Tatsuzō（島岡達三） 1919 - 2007 Shimaoka Tatsuzo was a Japanese potter who studied under Shōji Hamada. Later he became the Living National Treasure of Japan. He was best known for his unique Jōmo
FUNAKI Kenji 1927 - 2015 1950 Studied under Shoji Hamada. Awarded the Japan Folk Crafts Museum Prize. 1951 Awarded the Salon du Printemps Scholarship Prize. 1952 Awarded the Contemporary Japanese
Zengoro Eiraku(Sokuzen Eiraku) He was born in 1917 and died in 1998. He is 16th generation of EIRAKE, nephew of 14th Tokuzen and a son of 15th Shouzen. The Mitsui Family was his patron and he made
Otomaru Kodo (音丸耕堂) 1898 - 1997 He was born in Takamatsu and began studying choshitsu or carved-lacquer in 1915. In 1932, he first exhibited at the Imperial Art Exhibitions with the 13th Teit
Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan Ⅱ (1859～1940) He was born as Chouhei Miyagawa who was an older brother of Kozan. But Chouhei died early. So Kozan adopted him as his son. He expanded the precise style that
Togaku Mori 1937 Born in Okayama, his father was one of six traditional potters in Bizen. 1959 Graduated from Okayama University, majoring in Special Art Depertment. 1962 Started to m
Morikazu Kumagai graduated from the Western course of painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. It was his first time to be chosen by Japan Arts Exhibition on 1908, and the next year he was comm
1902 - 1989 He was a Japanese-style painter. He was born in Oishida-cho, Kitamurayama-gun, Yamagata Prefecture. He graduated from Kawabata Art School. He studied under the guidance of Bakusen TSUCHI
Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan , The founder 1842-1916 He was born in Makuzugahara (today Higashiyama-ku) in Kyoto as Miyagawa Toranosuke. His father, Chozo, was also a potter and opened a kiln in Makuzuga