D.35.4cm H.130cm
The word "壷中（in the pot）" refers to the world inside the pot, a very limited, small world. It is also another world, a fairyland. "日月長" means a very calm, leisurely time that goes on forever, and this phrase means that even in a world as small as a jar, one can live one's days in peace.
Osamu SUZUKI
Born in Dachi Town, Toki City
1959 Submitted to the 8th Contemporary Japanese Ceramic Arts Exhibition (hosted by Asahi Shimbun) for the first time (Honorable Mention)
Selected for the 6th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
1964 Invited to submit to the International Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramic Art at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1967 First solo exhibition titled “1st Suzuki Osamu Ceramics Exhibition” at Nihonbashi Takashimaya
1968 Invited to submit to the “New Generation of Ceramic Art in Japan” Exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1983 Submitted to the “Japanese Ceramics Today―Masterworks from the Kikuchi！” Exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution in the USA and the Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK
1985 Exhibited one set of banquet tableware at the solo exhibition titled “Ryuryo Tensho” (Kikuchi Guest House, Toranomon)
1994 Important Intangible Cultural Property Holder of Shino Ware
1995 Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon
1998 Held the “Osamu Suzuki Exhibition”, hosted by Asahi Shimbun, at Mitsukoshi Etoile Art Gallery, Paris
1999 Held a return exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi and Nagoya Mitsukoshi
2001 “Shino – Living National Treasure Suzuki Osamu Exhibition” hosted by Nikkei, Chunichi Shimbun and Television Aichi Broadcasting at Nihonbashi Takashimaya, Osaka Nanba Takashimaya, Kyoto Shijo Takashimaya, Yokohama Takashimaya, and Nagoya Matsuzakaya Museum
2006 Received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
2010 “Ryuryo Tensho – Shino Wares of Suzuki Osamu Exhibition” at Musee Tomo
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