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Youson IKEDA (池田 遥邨)

1895 (Meiji 28) – 1988 (Showa 63) Originally trained in Western painting under Matsubara Saburosuke, he was selected for the Bunten exhibition. In the early Taisho era, he shifted to Japanese-s

Chōnyu RAKU (Kichizaemon RAKU, The 7th) / 楽 長入(7代 樂 吉左衛門)

1714 (Shōtoku 4) - 1770 (Meiwa 7)   Born as the eldest son of Sainu, he took the name of the seventh-generation Yoshizaemon in the 13th year of Kyōhō (1728). In the 12th year of Hōreki (176

Fujio KOYAMA (KOZANSHI) / 小山 冨士夫(古山子)

1900 (Meiji 33) – 1975 (Shōwa 50) A renowned expert in Chinese ceramics and a distinguished potter. His pen name was Koyamako. He was born in Tamashima Town (now Tamashima, Kurashiki City), Asa

11th Kyūsetsu MIWA (11代 三輪休雪)

1910 (Meiji 43) – 2012 (Heisei 24) The 11th Miwa Kyūsetsu was born in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, as the third son of the renowned Miwa family of Hagi ware. His real name was Setsuo, and o

Kyuwa MIWA (10th Generation Kyusetsu MIWA) /三輪 休和(10代 三輪 休雪

1896 Born in Hagi, Yamaguchi prefecture. The second son of Setsudo Miwa Ⅸ. 1910 Began ceramics as family business. 1927 Succeeded to the name of Kyusetsu Ⅸ. 1942 Associated with Handeishi Kawakita. 1

Chikusen Miura, the 4th(4代 三浦 竹泉)

1911 (Meiji 44) – 1976 (Showa 51) The eldest son of the second-generation Takeisen. His art name was Shigetsuan. He studied at the Kyoto College of Fine Arts, where he trained in painting, cera

Chikusen Miura, the 5th(5代 三浦 竹泉)

1934 - Born in 1934 (Shōwa 9) as the eldest son of the fourth-generation Takeizumi in Kyoto, he studied under his father, the fourth-generation Takeizumi. During this time, he also trained in the art

Takuo Kato(加藤卓男)

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 

Kokuta Suda(須田剋太)

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