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History of pottery
1949 Born at Arita chou in Saga Prefecture.
1964 Got into the road of pottery.
1968 Studied under my father-in-law, Chuemon, identified as intangible cultural heritage.
1971 Selected for the Japan Traditional Art Exhibition for the first time.
1979 Independent and established his kiln named as a pottery of Okugawa Shun’emon.
1981 Designated as a Japan Art Crafts Association Regular Member
1986 Received the 1st Class National Trade Skill Test(hand wheel)
1986 Accepted as Traditional Craftsman.
1994 Received best skilled worker of Saga.
2000 Submitted to the Association of Saga pottery at British Museum.
2001 Large blue-white porcelain with flower design is in the collection of British Museum.
2001 Assumed the position of Special lecturer about hand wheel at the Saga Prefectural Ceramic School.
2002 Commended as a ‘contemporary master craftsman’, who has outstanding
technique by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
2004 Submitted to the Association of Arita Pottery hold in Germany(Berlin).
2005 Received the Medal with Yellow Ribbon.
2010 Assumed the position of master lecturer for hand wheel at Saga Prefectural Ceramic School.
2011 Submitted to the ARTFAIR 2011 in Shanghai.
2014 Submitted to the Heritage Contemporary Japanese Ceramics in New York.
2014 Contemporary Japanese Ceramics:
Submitted to the Contemporary Japanese Ceramics :Living National Treasures
and Other Masters.
Gourd shaped blue-white porcelain with peony design now displays in the
Japanese Embassy.
2015 The 3rd TOBITEN Encouragement Prize
2017 Inaugurated as a part-time lecturer at the National Saga University School of Arts
and Regional Design
Prize
Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition、Western Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition、
Saga Art Exhibition、Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition、
Kyusyu-Yamaguchi China and Porcelain Exhibition、Issuikai Ceramics exhibition、
Chunichi International Ceramic Art Exhibition、Western Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition、
International Ceramic art and won numerous awards
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