Biography

1954	Born in Kawahara-cho, Tottori City, Tottori Pref., Japan
1977	Graduated Osaka University of Arts, majoring in Ceramic Art

Studio

282, Honga, Kawahara-cho, Tottori City, Tottori Pref. 680-1252, Japan
Phone/Fax: 81-0858-85-0438

Awards

1991	Won the "Highest-ranking Prize" at the 11th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
1993	Won the "TOMIMOTO Prize" at the 48th New Meister Art Craft Exhibition, Japan
1994	Won the "KANESIGE-TOUYO Prize" at the 37th Japanese Crafts Association Chugoku Block Exhibition, Japan
1997	Won the "Highest-ranking Prize" at the 10th "MOA Exhibition" patronized by Mokichi Okada, Japan
1998	Won the 4th "Energia Fine Arts Prize," Japan
1999	Received the Tottori City Culture Award, Japan
2000	Won the "Asahi Shimbun Prize" at the 47th Traditional Crafts Exhibition, Japan
2003	Won the 20th Anniversary Grand Prize of Tanabe Art Museum in the field of "Formative Arts for Tea Ceremony," Japan
	Won the "Japan's Traditional Art Crafts -A50-Year Retrospective Prize" at the Japan's Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition
	Won the "Bronze Prize" at the 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea International Competition, Icheon, Korea
2004	Won the "Japan Ceramic Society Award" for year 2003 (Japan Art Craft Association).
	Won the "61st Chugoku Bunka Prize" sponsored by the Chugoku Shimbun, Hiroshima, Japan
2005	Won the "60th Anniversary Grand Prize" of the New Meister Art Craft Exhibition, Japan

Exhibitions

1985	Sole Exhibition at the NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI, Tokyo (on a periodic basis)
1996	The Quiet Clarity "RIN" - Beauty in Contemporary Ceramics at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Prefecture, Japan (Invitational Exhibit)
	The "New Expression in Porcelain: Developments in the 1990s Exhibition" at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Invitational Exhibit)
1998	The 5th "Triennial de la Porcelain" in Nyon, Switzerland, (Invitational Exhibit)
1999	The "Contemporary Craft, the 100 best selections in Japan" at the Espace des Arts MITSUKOSHI-ETOILE, Paris, France (Invitational Exhibit)
2001	The "Eternal White" Invitational Exhibition, Italy
2002	The "International Asia-Pacific Contemporary Ceramics Invitational Exhibition," Taipei Ceramic Art Museum, Taiwan
	The Contemporary Japanese Crafts, entitled "Materials and Way of Formative thinking" in Malaysia and Indonesia (Invitational Exhibit)
	Sole Exhibition "Hakuji-fu" at the Gallery Kochukyo, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
	The "Inaugural Exhibition - The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art from Artisan to Artist, the Evolution of Japanese Ceramic Art" at the Gifu Prefectural Modern Ceramic Art Museum, Japan (Invitational Exhibit)
2003	The "Modern Togei-no-Hana" Invitational Exhibition at the Gifu Prefectural Modern Ceramic Art Museum, Japan
	The world of "white Porcelain & Celadon at the Ibaragi Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum, Japan (Invitational Exhibit)
	The Japan's Traditional Art Crafts -A50-Year Retrospective (Invitational Exhibit)
2004	Sole Exhibition at the NIHONBASHI MITSUKOSHI, Tokyo
2006	The "Quintessence of Modern Japanese Ceramics," at the Ibaragi Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum, Japan

Public collections

Agency of Cultural Affairs, Tokyo

Japan Foundation, Tokyo

National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shiga Prefecture, Japan

Tottori Prefectural Museum, Japan

Everson Museum of Art, USA

Ariana Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass, Geneva, Switzerland

MOA Museum of Art, Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Tanabe Art Museum, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Gifu Prefectural Modern Ceramic Art Museum, Japan

Ibaragi Prefectural Ceramic Art Museum, Japan

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Sano Toseki Art Museum, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

Membership

New Meister Art Craft Association, Japan
Japan Art Crafts Association
Chairman of the Ceramics Div. of the Chugoku block of the Japan Art Crafts Association

Contact

282, Honga, Kawahara-cho, Tottori City, Tottori Pref. 680-1252, Japan
Phone/Fax: 81-0858-85-0438