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TAMURA, Keisei TAMURA, Keisei Tamura Kiln

Kutani Ware

SUMMARY

・Family business is specilzed in kutani mohitsu saiji which has been handed down genealogically.
・They have developed the skill independently as a method suitable for kutani-pictures since it was Meiji era.
・Keisei learned micro calligraphy from his grand father Kinsei.
・He writes traditional poem using extra fine brush and most of works can be seen through magnifying glass.
・It is very difficult that potter writes letters on ceramic using glaze containing sticky ingredients.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address
I-53, Takandomachi, Komatsu-shi, Ishikawa 923-0031 Japan
Affiliation
Japan Kogei Association
Kutaniyaki Preservation Society

CAREER HISTORY

Award
The Memorial prize in the International Kogei Design Exhibition (1982)
The Excellent prize in the Ishikawa Kogei Exhibition (1989)
The Grand prix in the Traditional Kutani Ware Art Crafts Exhibition (1989)
and many more
Selected
The Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, The Ishikawa Kogei Exhibition, The Traditional Kutani Ware Art Crafts Exhibition, The Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition and other exhibitions

Public Collection

Ishikawa prefectural museum of Art
Washington Smithsonian Institution, Sackler National Museum
Kanazawa Nakamura Memorial Museum
Nomi Kutani Ceramics Museum

This Artist's Ceramics