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NAKAMURA, Seiroku NAKAMURA, Seiroku Seiroku Kiln

Arita Ware


SUMMARY

・Saga prefectural Important Intangible Cultural Asset "white porcelain"
・People say he was the maestro of potter's wheel.
・He learned craftsmanship under Okugawa Chuemon identified as intangible cultural aaset.
・"Tsuyakeshi" matted pattern is elegant and it can't really stop attracting people.
・Despite white porcelain, even some kind of faint warmth is conveyed slowly.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birth
Hasami-cho, Higashisonogi-gun, Nagasaki prefecture in 1916
Working
Arita Industry High School
Address
1101 Nanbaru-ko, Arita-cho, Nishimatsuura-gun, Saga 844-0027 Japan

CAREER HISTORY

Medals of Honour
Ojuhosho (Medal with a Yellow Ribbon) in 1980
Award
From 1960 to 1990 The Kyushu Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition
From 1966 to 1991 The Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
From 1968 to 1992 The Issuikai Exhibition
From 1971 to 2008 The Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
From 1978 to 1986 The Chunichi (China and Japan) International Pottery Exhibition
From 1981 to 1991 The Nishi-nippon Ceramic Art Exhibition
From 1984 to 2002 The Japan's Traditional Craft Competition