Exhibition
2024 November
Okada Yu exhibition
- Date:November 23 - November 28
- Place:KAKIDEN Gallery
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on November 28)
- Address:3-37-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
- Details:Okada-san is an artist of Hagi ware. He's one of the renowned Hagi artist, who is the important intangible cultural property holder.
2024 October
Fujinoki Yotaro exhibition
- Date:October 26 - November 3
- Place:HACCHOBORI TobeTobe Kusa Gallery
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- Address:Kowa Building 1F, 1-4-5 Hacchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0032
- Details:Fujinoki-san is an artist of Karatsu ware. His father, Dohei-san is a ceramist and the Dohei kiln was build in 1980.
Arakawa Satoshi exhibition
- Date:October 9 - October 15
- Place:KINTETSU ABENO HARUKAS 11F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on October 15)
- Address:1-1-43 Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8545
- Details:Arakawa-san is an artist of Shigaraki ware. The Shigaraki-yaki has long been a pottery production area, and many masterpieces of old Shigaraki are created in wood-fired kilns today. There are a lots of feature in the pottery, including fire marks, vidro color, burnt design, kiln effection.
2024 September
Kinsai no Ryugi Yoshita Minori, Yukio exhibition
- Date:September 11 - September 16
- Place:NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI 6F Art Special Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on September 16)
- Address:1-4-1 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8001
- Details:Kutani-yaki artist. They have successed over the gold painting technique which is elevated to a new expression.
2024 August
Tamura Seito exhibition
- Date:August 28 - September 3
- Place:HANKYU UMEDA 7F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on September 3)
- Address:8-7 Kakuda- cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8350
- Details:Kutani-yaki artist. Tamura-san has the special art for brush-writing micro calligraphy on ceramic ware, it's named mohitsusaijii.
Kako katsumi exhibition
- Date:August 28 - September 2
- Place:KYOTO TAKASHIMAYA 6F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.(up to 5:00 p.m. on September 2)
- Address:52 Shin-cho, Shijodorikawaramachi Nishi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 600-8520
- Details:Kako-san lives in Tanbasasayama-shi, Hyogo prefecture. Aiming to make pottery in a wood-fired kiln, he creates a wide variety of potential color.
Yasunaga Raizan exhibition - Karatsu -
- Date:August 21 - August 26
- Place:NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI 6F Art Special Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on August 26)
- Address:1-4-1 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8001
- Details:Karatsu ware artitst, Yasunaga Raizan. He decided to become a ceramist and live in Karatsu-shi, Saga prefecture, because old-Karatsu ware is so attractive. Pursuing pottery that connects to the future, he gives all to works that's completed in climbing kiln burning.
Nakamura Seigo exhibition - Hakuji kara-
- Date:August 14 - August 19
- Place:NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI 6F Art Special Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on August 19)
- Address:1-4-1 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8001
- Details:Arita ware artitst, Nakamura Seigo. His style has got pottery world's attention today. This is the first time in five years that the event has been held in Tokyo.
2024 July
Okada Yasushi, Sato Norikatsu joint exhibition
- Date:July 23 - July 29
- Place:SAPPORO MITSUKOSHI 9F Mitsukoshi Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on July 29)
- Address:3-8 Minamiichijonishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060-0061
- Details:Modern Hagi ware pottery made from clay and new colored porcelain with leaf, they are exhibited with a different approach. This is the third time exhibition by Okada-san and Sato-san in the gallery of the Sapporo Mitsukoshi department store.
Tamura keisei exhibition
- Date:July 17 - July 23
- Place:NAGOYASAKAE MITSUKOSHI 7F Mitsukoshi Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on July 23)
- Address:3-5-1 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 460-8669
- Details:Tamura-san lives in Komatsu-shi, Ishikawa prefecture. He has the art of brush-writing micro calligraphy on ceramic ware.
Hagi ware Okada Yasushi exhibition
- Date:July 17 - July 22
- Place:KAKIDEN Gallery
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on July 22)
- Address:3-37-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
- Details:Okada-san lives in Hagi-shi, Yamaguchi prefecture. He makes ceramics at a pottery that has been in business for eight generations since the Edo period (1603 - 1868). The unique character of the pottery is a blue colored works of tanseiyu that Okada-san named. The theme comes from the Sea of Japan seen from Hagi region, and it's not too much to say that we've never met such design in Hagi ware. The soft expression by the original glaze might relieve summer heat. This is the first exhibition in four years at the Kakigen gallery.
Iyashi no Hakuji Shomura Hisaki exhibition
- Date:July 10 - July 16
- Place:KINTETSU ABENO HARUKAS 11F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on July 16)
- Address:1-1-43 Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8545
- Details:Shomura-san is an artist of Arita ware. Artworks have a silk-like shine and a unique texture in Arita ware. This is the first time solo exhibition in the galley of the Abeno Harukasu department store.
Higuchi Kuniharu exhibition
- Date:July 3 - July 8
- Place:FUKUOKA MITSUKOSHI 4F Iwataya Mitsukoshi Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on July 8)
- Address:2-1-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-8544
- Details:Higuchi-san lives in Nara prefecture. The main pottery technique is white porcelain with pale blue glaze called seihakuji. When he was training in his 20s, seeing the whirlpools of the Naruto Strait, then he just wanted to express that pattern on porcelain. He has won awards at public exhibitions since then. Enjoy the gradation by layering glazes. This is the artist 35th anniversary exhibition.
2024 June
Sato Norikatsu exhibition
- Date:June 29 - July 5
- Place:Gallery YAMASAKI
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (up to 5 : 00 p.m. on July 5)
- Address:1F 2-16-2 Nihonbashiningyo-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013
- Details:Sato-san lives in Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa prefecture. Two kinds of pottery are displayed, white porcleian titled yori and colored ceramic used metal, gold leaf.
IKAI, Yuichi exhibition
- Date:June 19 - June 24
- Place:NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI 6F Art Special Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on June 24)
- Address:1-4-1 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8001
- Details:Ikai-san lives in Gojozaka, Kyoto prefecture. This is the fifth times solo exhibition held in the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi department. About 100 wide-ranging works are exhibited while being grateful for the 40 year's artist life.
SHIMIZU, Ichiji exhibition
- Date:June 19 - June 24
- Place:FUKUOKA MITSUKOSHI 4F Iwataya Mitsukoshi Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on June 24)
- Address:2-1-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-8544
- Details:Shizimu-san, an aritst of Tanba ware, hold the fouth exhibition in three years in the art gallery of the Fukuoka Mitsukoshi department store.
Hagi ware OKADA, Yasushi exhibition
- Date:June 19 - June 24
- Place:KINTETSU ABENO HARUKAS 11F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on June 24)
- Address:1-1-43 Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8545
- Details:Okada-san is an artist of Hagi ware.
HIGUCHI, Kuniharu exhibition
- Date:June 5 - June 10
- Place:NIHONBASHI TAKASHIMAYA 6F Art Kogei Salon
- Hours:10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Address:2-4-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8265
- Details:Higuchi-san lives in Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara prefecture. This is the two times in three years solo exhibition held in the Takashimaya department store. It's also the 35th anniversary exhibit since he became a ceramic artist.
2024 May
ITOI, Yasuhiro exhibition
- Date:May 29 - June 3
- Place:OKAYAMA TAKASHIMAYA 7F ART Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on June 3)
- Address:6-40 Honmachi, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8520
- Details:Itoi-san lives in Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara prefecture. Pottery are created with imagination from artifacts taken from the ruins in Nara prefecture.
Shino, SAKAI, Hiroshi exhibition
- Date:May 16 - May 22
- Place:FUKUYA HACCHOBORI 7F Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on May 22)
- Address:6-26 Ebisucho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 730-8548
- Details:Sakai-san is the artist of modern Mino ware works.
MORIYAMA, Kanjiro exhibition
- Date:May 15 - May 20
- Place:FUKUOKA MITSUKOSHI 4F Iwataya Mitsukoshi Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on May 20)
- Address:2-1-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-8544
- Details:Moriyama-san, who is a ceramic artist of Koisiwara ware hold the exhibition in the art gallery of Fukuoka Mitsukoshi.
HIGUCHI, Kuniharu exhibition
- Date:May 15 - May 21
- Place:KINTETSU ABENO HARUKAS 11F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on May 21)
- Address:1-1-43 Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8545
- Details:Higuchi-san is an artist for porcelain (jiki). The exhibition commemorates both the 10th anniversary of the Abenoharukasu opening and the 35th artist anniversary.
Gendai Hagiyaki masters exhibition
- Date:May 15 - May 21
- Place:SEIBU FUKUI 5F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on October 3)
- Address:1-8-1 Chuo, Fukui-shi, Fukui 910-8582
- Details:This is the exhibition with eight ceramic artists of Hagi ware maestro.
2024 April
TAMURA, Seito exhibition
- Date:April 23 - April 29
- Place:SAPPORO MITSUKOSHI 9F Mitsukoshi Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on April 29)
- Address:3-8 Minamiichijonishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido 060-0061
- Details:Seito-san has the art of brush-writing micro calligraphy on Kutani ware. A special and secret art transmitted from Tamura family.
2024 March
HOSHINO, Tomoyuki exhibition
- Date:March 27 - April 2
- Place:NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI 6F Art Special Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on April 2)
- Address:1-4-1 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8001
- Details:Hoshino-san holds solo exhibition in the gallery of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi. Pink colored vessel made with pottery and porcelain, as well as gray colored pottery.
Mutan Kutani ware Kinzan-gama group exhibition
- Date:March 24 - March 30
- Place:KAKIDEN Gallery
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on March 30)
- Address:3-37-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
- Details:This is the joint exhibition by five artists of Kinzan kiln. The potters specialize in overglaze painting of Kuntani-yaki.
Sato Norikatsu exhibition
- Date:March 20 - March 25
- Place:FUKUOKA MITSUKOSHI 4F Iwataya Mitsukoshi Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on March 25)
- Address:2-1-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-8544
- Details:Sato-san is an artist of hakuji and iroe hakkosai. Iroe hakkosai is multi-colored ceramic used foils, while he makes original white porcelain named "yori". This is the fouth time to open exhibition in the art gallery of Fukuoka Mitsukoshi.
Kawasaki Seiichi exhibition - Inkoku -
- Date:March 20 - March 26
- Place:KINTETSU ABENO HARUKAS 11F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on March 26)
- Address:1-1-43 Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8545
- Details:Kawasaki-san is an artist of Arita ware, and specializes in white porcelain curved flower pattern.
Mikawachi ware group exhibition - Sometsuke no shuki to utsuwa
- Date:March 5 - March 10
- Place:KAKIDEN Gallery
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on March 10)
- Address:3-37-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
- Details:This is the joint exhibition by fourteen artists of Mikawachi Ware.
Shomura Hisaki exhibition - Iyashi no Hakuji -
- Date:March 6 - March 11
- Place:FUKUOKA MITSUKOSHI 4F Iwataya Mitsukoshi Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on March 11)
- Address:2-1-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-8544
- Details:Hisaki-san was born and grew up in Arita-cho, Saga prefecture.
2024 February
Nakao Tetsuaki exhibition
- Date:February 15 - February 21
- Place:TOKIHA 7F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
- Address:2-1-4 Funai-machi,Oita-shi, Oita 870-8688
- Details:The first exhibition held in Oita prefecture, the galaxy glaze.
Hagi ware Okada Yasushi & Tahara Takao exhibition
- Date:February 7 - February 12
- Place:YOKOHAMA TAKASHIMAYA 7F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Address:1-6-31 Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8601
- Details:The joint exhibition is held by Okada-san and Tahara-san. They are artists who have an impact on the ceramic world.
Ikai Yuichi exhibition
- Date:February 3 - February 9
- Place:Gallery YAMASAKI
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- Address:1F 2-16-2 Nihonbashiningyo-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013
- Details:Ikai-san is an ceramic artist from Kyoto prefecture. "Haiyu" artworks with ash glaze, which makes us feel a sense of warmness, profundness in the rich legacy of Kyoto Culture.
2024 January
Sato Norikatsu exhibition
- Date:January 24 - January 30
- Place:KINTETSU ABENO HARUKAS 11F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Address:1-1-43 Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8545
- Details:Sato-san is a "Jiki" artist Japapanse white porcelain & overglaze enamel.
Kirameki, Tokimeki, -Hanayagi no Kogei- exhibition
- Date:January 11 - January 21
- Place:SEIKO House Ginza 6F SEIKO House Ginza Hall
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Up to 5:00 p.m. on January 21)
- Address:4-5-11 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8105
- Details:There are six talented artists who have the special skill to create original Kogei. The joint exhibiton ranges from Japanese urushi, woods and glass to ceramics. Sato-san who is the Japanese jiki craftsman also sends works to the exhibition.
Bizen ware Mori Yasushi & Toshiaki exhibition
- Date:January 10 - January 15
- Place:YOKOHAMA TAKASHIMAYA 7F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Address:1-6-31 Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8601
- Details:The joint exhibition is held by Yasushi-san and his-son Toshiaki-san.
2023 December
Kotohogi no To Hagi ware exhibition
- Date:December 27 - January 8
- Place:NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI 6F Art Special Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on January 8)
- Address:1-4-1 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8001
- Details:This is the joint exhibition by four-potters together, Okada-san, Shibuya-san, Tawara-san and Sakakura-san.
TAMURA Seito exhibition
- Date:December 26 - January 8
- Place:SOGO YOKOYAMA 6F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on January 8)
- Address:2-18-1 Takashima, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8510
KAKO, Katsumi exhibition
- Date:December 20 - December 25
- Place:OSAKA TAKASHIMAYA 6F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.(up to 5:00 p.m. on December 25)
- Address:5-1-5 Nanba, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 542-8510
- Details:Kako-san lives in Tanbasasayama-shi, Hyogo prefecture.
OKADA, Yasushi & TAWARA, Takao exhibition
- Date:December 13 - December 18
- Place:KYOTO TAKASHIMAYA 6F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.(up to 5:00 p.m. on December 25)
- Address:52 Shin-cho, Shijodorikawaramachi Nishi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 600-8520
- Details:Okada-san and Tawarasan are ceramic artists of Hagi ware.
YOSHITA, Yukio exhibition
- Date:December 2 - December 10
- Place:Daikanyama Gallery
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on December 10)
- Address:19-1 Daikanyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0034
- Details:Yukio-san lives in Komatsu-shi, Ishikawa prefecture. He is the fourth generation potter of Kinzan kiln which is famous for gold-painted porcelain of Kutani ware.
2023 November
-Karatsu- FUJINOKI, Yotaro exhibition
- Date:November 10 - November 16
- Place:Atelier HIRO
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on November 16)
- Address:1F 4-3-9 Fushimi-cho, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0044
- Details:Fujinoki-san is a Karatsu-yaki artist and makes mainly tea pottery, but also a wide range of sake vessels and tableware.
2023 October
ITOI, Yasuhiro exhibition "Kako karano Takaramono"
- Date:October 19 - October 25
- Place:TOKYU TAMAPLAZA 4F Art Salon
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.(up to 4:00 p.m. on October 25)
- Address:1-7 Utukusigaoka, Aoba-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 225-0002
- Details:Itoi-san lives in Oji-cho, Nara prefecture. He has gotten attracted the land of Nara that lets him tempting to create original design.
KATO Kiyokazu exhibition
- Date:October 18 - October 23
- Place:YOKOHAMA TAKASHIMAYA 7F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Address:1-6-31 Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8601
- Details:Kato-san is selected in various public exhibitions and exhibits cemraics at the galleries.
TAMURA Seito exhibition
- Date:October 18 - October 24
- Place:TENMAYA OKAYAMA 5F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on October 24)
- Address:2-1-1 Omote-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-0822
- Details:Micro calligraphy painted on Kutani ware ceramics.
HAGI Ware Hagi denryu Ⅳ "Uta Awase" joint exhibition
- Date:October 3 - October 9
- Place:KAKIDEN Gallery
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on October 9)
- Address:3-37-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
- Details:This is the joint exhibition by five artists of Hagi Ware.
2023 September
NAKAO, Yasuzumi & Jun joint exhibition
- Date:September 27 - October 3
- Place:SEIBU FUKUI 5F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on October 3)
- Address:1-8-1 Chuo, Fukui-shi, Fukui 910-8582
- Details:Yasuzumi and his-son Jun hold the exhibition in the SEIBU-FUKUI department. They are the Arita ware's artists who have excellent skills.
ITOI, Yasuhiro exhibition "Kako karano Takaramono"
- Date:September 20 - September 25
- Place:OSAKA TAKASHIMAYA 6F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on September 25)
- Address:5-1-5 Nanba, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 542-8510
- Details:He was born in Kyoto and lives in Oji-cho in Nara prefecture. Ceramics made of natural ash glaze "haiyu" are displayed.
NAKAO, Tetsuaki exhibition "Gingayu"
- Date:September 20 - September 26
- Place:NAGOYASAKAE MITSUKOSHI 7F Art Salon
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on September 26)
- Address:3-5-1 Sakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 460-8669
- Details:Gingayu, which is internationally recognized by fans.
MIYAMOTO, Tadao & Masao exhibition
- Date:September 6 - September 11
- Place:NIHONBASHI TAKASHIMAYA 6F Art Kogei Salon
- Hours:10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Address:2-4-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8265
- Details:Miyamoto-san lives in Komatsu-shi, Ishikawa prefecture. The area is known as a pottery of Kutani ware, Miyamoto-san keeps working pottery in paintings. There's so much to see ceramics with pictures used delicate brush strokes.
Sato, Norikatsu exhibition
- Date:September 2 - September 15
- Place:Gallery FUKUTA
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on September 15)
- Address:8-13-30 Tamagawagakuen, Machida-shi, Tokyo 194-0041
- Details:Sato-san works in the pottery in Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa prefecture.
2023 August
Ginga-yu NAKAO, Tetsuaki exhibition
- Date:August 30 - September 4
- Place:YAMAGATAYA KAGOSHIMA Bulding 3 3F Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 3:00 p.m. on September 4)
- Address:3-1 Kinsei-cho, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima 892-8601
- Details:People think that humans predict their fortune and future by innumerable stars since anciet Orient. Nakao-san came up with glazes that evoke them by repetitive experimets, that is Ginga-yu.
Hagi OKADA, Yuh exhibition
- Date:August 30 - September 4
- Place:NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI 6F Art Special Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on September 4)
- Address:1-4-1 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8001
- Details:Okada-san is designated as the important intangible cultural property of Yamaguchi prefecture.
Hagi OKADA, Yasushi exhibition
- Date:August 16 - August 22
- Place:JR NAGOYA TAKASHIMAYA 10F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on August 22)
- Address:1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 450-6001
- Details:Okada-san has created the original glaze "Tansei-yu" he named. The blue ceramics remind us of the Japan Sea which has beautiful ocean color.
Kyoto IKAI, Yuichi exhibition
- Date:August 16 - August 22
- Place:HANKYU UMEDA 7F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on August 22)
- Address:8-7 Kakuda- cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8350
- Details:Ceramics with ashe glaze lets us feel very Japanese. Having handwork skills, Ikai-san works to finish arts carefully.
Hagi TAMAMURA, Shinichi exhibition
- Date:August 2 - August 7
- Place:FUKUOKA MITSUKOSHI 9F Iwataya Mitsukoshi Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on August 7)
- Address:2-1-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-8544
- Details:Shinichi-san is the Hagi ware aritst to make refreshed and profound colored ceramics.
2023 July
ITOI, Yasuhiro exhibition
- Date:July 26 - July 31
- Place:KYOTO TAKASHIMAYA 6F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Address:52 Shin-cho, Shijodorikawaramachi Nishi-iru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 600-8520
- Details:He was born in Kyoto and lives in Oji-cho in Nara prefecture.
TAKEMURA, Shigeo exhibition
- Date:July 12 - July 17
- Place:YOKOHAMA TAKASHIMAYA 7F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
- Address:1-6-31 Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8601
- Details:He lives in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto prefecture. His master KIMURA, Morinobu was renowned as an expert of Kyoto Ware. He collects plant's braches like sunny flowers, grapes, and other trees. They are used as the glaze to become special colors.
HIGUCHI, Kuniharu "Shiosai ga kikoeru" exhibition
- Date:July 9 - September 10
- Place:Midorigaoka Art Museum
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Admission until 3:30 p.m.)
- Address:1426-38 Midorigaoka, Ikoma-shi, Nara 630-0262
- Details:Higuchi-san lives in Kitakatsuragi-gun, Nara prefecture. The transparent white porcelain color, tense shape, light and delicate gradation, and a unique design that imitates a swirling flow. As soon as you see the work, you know it's the one Higuchi-san made.
HOSHINO, Tomoyuki "ToJi" exhibition
- Date:July 5 - July 10
- Place:FUKUOKA MITSUKOSHI 9F Iwataya Mitsukoshi Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on July 10)
- Address:2-1-1 Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 810-8544
- Details:Hoshino-san lives in Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo prefecture. This is the third time that he holds solo exhibition at the Fukuoka-Mitsukoshi. He keeps making the pink colored pottery, and works with pink dyed glaze too.
IKAI, Yuichi exhibition
- Date:July 1 - July 7
- Place:Gallery YAMASAKI
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
- Address:1F 2-16-2 Nihonbashiningyo-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013
- Details:Ikai-san is an ceramic artist from Kyoto prefecture. Excellent, classy haiyu works that we can't find the words.
2023 June
SHOMURA, Hisaki "Ji-Ishi no Bi wo motomete" exhibition
- Date:June 7 - June 13
- Place:TSURUYA 8F ART Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Up to 4:00 p.m. on June 13)
- Address:6-1 Tetorihon-cho, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto, 860-8586
- Details:Shomura-san lives in Arita-cho of Saga prefecture. He produced the original glaze called shirotaeji, that shows us the gross of silk with soomth texture. The special view of the world under the influence in white porcelain.
2023 May
FUJINOKI, Yotaro exhibition
- Date:May 27 - June 1
- Place:GINZA KURODA TOEN ANNEX
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. closed on Mondays
- Address:2F 6-12-14 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
- Details:Yotaro-san was born in Karatsu-shi, Saga prefecture and lives there now. His works tell us that possibilities are infinite.
TAMURA, Keisei TAMURA, Seito "Yuiitsumuni no sekai" exhibition
- Date:May 17 - May 22
- Place:NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI 6F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on March 22)
- Address:1-4-1 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8001
- Details:Kutanimohitsu-saiji. Tamuara-san preserves the special art of brush-writing micro calligraphy on ceramic ware and develope it for long years.
2023 April
SHOMURA, Hisaki "Ji no chikara" exhibition
- Date:April 26 - May 2
- Place:KOBE HANKYU 7F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (till 5 :00 p.m. on May 2)
- Address:8-1-8 Onoe-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-8511
- Details:Shomura-san lives in Arita-cho of Saga prefecture. He produced the original glaze called shirotaeji, that shows us the gross of silk with soomth texture. The special view of the world under the influence in white porcelain.
MORIYAMA, Kanjiro exhibition
- Date:April 26 - May 2
- Place:KINTETSU ABENO HARUKAS 11F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on May 2)
- Address:1-1-43 Abenosuji, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 545-8545
- Details:Moriyama-san was born in the village for the Koishiwara ware district and makes koishiwara style pottery today.
2023 March
HOSHINO, Tomoyuki "Pink to chanoyu to Watashi" exhibition
- Date:March 16 - March 21
- Place:KAKIDEN Gallery
- Hours:11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (up to 5:00 p.m. on March 21)
- Address:3-37-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
- Details:Hoshino-san lives in Kokubunji-shi, Tokyo. He came up with an idea pink-colored tea utensils to express essential inner mind.
2023 February
NAKAO, Tetsuaki "Gingayu" exhibition
- Date:February 22 - February 28
- Place:HANSHIN 8F Hello Culture 2
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (till 5 :00 p.m. on February 28)
- Address:1-13-13 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-8224
- Details:Nakao-san lives in Takeo-shi of Saga prefecture. He always puts his heart into making ceramics to express future dreams and hopes. The special crystal glaze is produced and it leads to accomplish the design like twinkle of stars in the universe.
SATO, Norikatsu "Hakuji, Iroe Hakkosai platinum foils & overglaze enamel" jiki exhibition
- Date:February 22 - February 27
- Place:NIHONBASHI TAKASHIMAYA 6F Art Kogei Salon
- Hours:10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Address:2-4-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8265
- Details:Sato-san lives in Kanagawa prefecture. Special shape of hakuji with a series called "yori". Expression in a multiple colored porcelain using plantinum foils called hakkosai. Those different types of ceramics seem to tell us inner thoghts people have when they encounter.
SAKAI, Hiroshi Shimizu, Ichiji "Hibiki-au Form resonate" joint exhibition
- Date:February 22 - February 27
- Place:NIHONBASHI TAKASHIMAYA 6F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
- Address:2-4-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8265
- Details:Sakai-san is from Gifu prefecture. Deep indigo colored shino ware with cracks pattern, he has gotten to make an original Shino style. Shimizu-san is from Hyogo prefecture. Shigaraki clay is used to express abstract designs and build a personal style.
2023 January
KUMAMOTO, Yoshihiro "Seiji" exhibition
- Date:January 18 - January 23
- Place:YOKOHAMA TAKASHIMAYA 7F Art Gallery
- Hours:10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (up to 4:00 p.m. on November 26)
- Address:1-6-31 Minamisaiwai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 220-8601
- Details:Kumamoto was born in Kashima, Saga prefecture in 1944. The work is celadon called "seiji" , because he was attracted to create the celadon porcelain of the Yaozhou kiln of the Chinese Song Dynasty. He carves design that stands out for the clean expression, such as bowl, vase, incense burner, and cups.