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NONAKA, Taku
Hiraku Kiln
Arita Ware
SUMMARY
・Nonaka-san trained himself to become a ceramic artist. Ono shoji-san taught him an attitude of making pottery at Kozan kiln.
・Tenmoku and hakuji, they are two kinds of main works.
・His works were displayed at the British Museum in 2000 and they're still stored in collection today.
・The yuteki-tenmoku tea bowl is hard to get, rarely taken from the kiln. He says the potential completion is once every five years.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Birth
- Ureshino-cho, Ureshino-shi, Saga prefecture in 1955
- Address
- 15309 Hakamano Higashikawanobori-otsu, Takeo-shi, Saga 843-0234 Japan
- Affiliation
- Japan Kogei Association
Saga Ceramic Art Association
CAREER HISTORY
- Award
- The Mainichi Newspapers Co. prize in the Saga Kenten (1981)
The Minister of Education prize in the Saga Kenten (1983)
The Governor prize in the Nishi-nippon Ceramic Art Exhibition (1986) - Selected
- The Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, The Exhibition of Traditional Kogei of SEIBU Area in Japan, the Kyushu Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition
and other exhibitions
