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
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
1919 (Taishō 8) – 2007 (Heisei 19) Born in Tokyo as the son of a traditional braided cord (kumihimo) maker. He studied under Hamada Shōji and, in 1953, established his own kiln in Mashiko. He d
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