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ONO, Jiro
Kohakutogeisha
Yurikinsai
SUMMARY
・ONO, Jiro was born as the son of the late ONO, Hakuko in 1953. Hakuko was the holder of Saga Prefecture Important Intangible Cultural Asset Ceramics.
・He learned a lot how to make pocelain in the Kozan kiln. Works were selected in the exhibition and they had increasingly become valued.
・Following the death of Hakuko in 1996, Jiro decided to become aritst making "yurikinsai". His clue was just fact to have obvserved handwork.
・The Kohakutogeisha pottery was established in 2002.
・We may feel that golden leaf pattern is really mysterious with appearing from surface.
・The brilliant gold decoration and the gentle form make us feel a sense of beauty.
・Jiro passed away in 2010, though he had still enough thought to create "kinsai".
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Education
- Arita Ceramics Research Laboratory
- Address
- 3166 Shimojuku-ko, Ureshinomachi, Ureshino-shi, Saga 843-0301 Japan
CAREER HISTORY
- Award
- The Asahi Shimbun Company Gold prize in the Exhibition of Art Crafts of SEIBU Area in Japan (1980)
The NHK prize in the Kyushu Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition (1981)
The KBC prize in the Exhibition of Art Crafts of SEIBU Area in Japan (1981)
The Excellent prize" in the Nishi-nippon Ceramic Art Exhibition (1985)
and many more - Selected
- The Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, The Exhibition of Traditional Kogei of SEIBU Area in Japan,
The Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition and other exhibitions
