Team Kutani - The World of Colored Porcelain Exhibition II -
| Exhibition period Schedule |
October 21, 2014 (Tue) – October 27 (Mon) October 21 - October 27, 2014 |
| Gallery opening hours Opening Hours | Open from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM (until 5:00 PM on the last day). Open every day during the exhibition period. |
| Exhibiting artist Artist | Kei Akaji , Ryou Satou , Jun Takegoshi , Shouni Tajima , Naoto Tabata , Kazuo Nakada , Masaru Nakada , Buzan Fukushima , Masayasu Mitsuke , Shigemasa Minami , Yukihiro Yoshida (Alphabetical order) |
| Introduction Introduction |
A message for "Team Kutani - The World of Colored Porcelain Exhibition II" The NHK program "The Unknown British Museum," Episode 2, "Ancient Greece," was a shocking program that revealed that the Parthenon and the Venus de Milo of ancient Greece, known as a "white civilization," were not actually pure white but vividly colored. The colors revealed were strikingly similar to those decorating the interiors of the pyramids of ancient Egypt, suggesting that the idea of Greece as a "white civilization" was a later misconception, and that the colors simply faded over time. The European aesthetic, born from a misunderstanding, came to regard white as the noblest and purest color. This aesthetic continues to influence modern sculpture and even modern ceramics. Even the cave paintings of Lascaux in France, painted 15,000 years ago, used black, red, yellow, brown, and reddish-brown pigments. Color is indispensable to humankind. Now, regarding the appeal of polychrome porcelain, it is undoubtedly the beautiful harmony of colors. Next are the exquisite lines and the compositional skill of the designs. Masatoshi Okouchi, a doctor of engineering and ceramics researcher, wrote in his essay "Kakiemon, Ko-Kutani, and Iro-Nabeshima" that, "Among the Japanese pottery produced during the Tokugawa period, if one is looking for something with excellent design, exquisite craftsmanship, and elegance, I would recommend Kakiemon, Ko-Kutani, and Okawachi ware, or Nabeshima." The red coloring of Kakiemon is deep and unique. The harmony with the milky white base is important. Iro-Nabeshima excels in the compositional skill of its designs, and each line has dignity. Ko-Kutani is characterized by its bold composition, rich colors, and powerful lines. Its appeal lies in the powerful vitality that permeates its designs and colors. 「チーム九谷-色絵の世界展Ⅱ-」は、その古九谷の伝統をいまに引き継ぐ作家たちの展覧会である。出品作家をあいうえお順に紹介すると、躍動感にあふれ自由で楽しい器作りを目指す赤地径氏、素朴で温かい図柄が生きる様に粋な構図を考案する佐藤亮氏、彩色の面積と分量にこだわり気魄の籠った線描に命を懸ける武腰潤氏、紺碧の深い色を求めて釉薬を五度掛け五度焼成しそして生まれる鮮やかなグラデーションの高度な熟練技がひかる田島正仁氏、日々「釉裏銀彩」の技を進化させ格調の高さで勝負する中田一於氏、「赤絵細描」の技術を現代に蘇らせた第一人者・福島武山氏、その精巧な赤絵細描によって今年度のパラミタ陶芸大賞に輝いた見附正康氏、淡い緑色を基調に斬新な構図で異彩を放つ南繁正氏、パステル画のような淡く華やいだ「彩色金彩」「彩色金襴手」で注目される吉田幸央氏の9人に加えて、九谷の磁土でイグアナや虎を象った彫刻的作品を追求する田畑奈央人氏、白い生地の上に黒い化粧土を塗り針で線を掻き落とし、その線の上に色化粧を塗り込んだ作品で注目される中田雅巳氏の若手新メンバー2人を加えた総勢11人の作品が並ぶ。また、今回からメイン作品の他、各人共通のテーマ作品「菓子鉢もしくは向付」を出品していただくことになった。図録に掲載されている作品がそれらである。
Kouichi Mori (Art critic and Secretary-General of the Japan Ceramic Society) |
| Biography Biography | □ Kei Akaji Kei Akaji Born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture in 1972. Graduated from the Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani Ware Technical Training Institute Basic Course in 1994. Studied for six months at the Tajimi City Ceramic Design Research Institute. Currently runs Akachi Pottery Studio. 2002: Ken Akachi & Kei Akachi Two-Person Exhibition, Yakimono Ikoma (Nara) 2011 Solo Exhibition pARa:siTe (Kanazawa) 2013 Monotohito (Kanazawa) □ Ryou Satou Ryo Satou Born in Niigata City in 1946. Graduated from Waseda University in 1970. In 1979, gained independence at its current location. 1980: First selected for the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition. Became a full member of the Japan Crafts Association in 1984. Received awards in the 1997 Competition for Kutani ware, etc. □ Jun Takegoshi Born in 1948 in Terai-machi, Ishikawa Prefecture. Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Department of Japanese Painting in 1970. 2002 Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition, Asahi Shimbun Award Exhibited at the 21st Century Exhibition in 2006 (and has exhibited annually since). Awards include: Judging Prize at the 2007 Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition (2012), Selection for the Kikuchi Biennale (2009, 2023), and the 2006 Japan Ceramic Society Award. Invited artist to the Japan Ceramics Exhibition in 2009 (and again in 2011 and 2025). Appointed as a judge for the 2011 Japan Traditional Crafts Ceramics Exhibition. □ Shouni Tajima Shoni Tajima Born May 2, 1948 1977: Received the Runner-up Prize at the 33rd Ishikawa Prefecture Contemporary Art Exhibition. 1978: Received the Foreign Minister's Award at the 6th Sino-Japanese International Ceramics Exhibition. 1985: Received the Excellence Award at the 26th Ishikawa Traditional Crafts Exhibition. 1991: Received the Excellence Award at the '91 Kanazawa Crafts Grand Prize Competition. In 2006, received the Japan Crafts Association Encouragement Award at the 53rd Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition. Selected for the 2009 Kikuchi Biennale Exhibition. Received the Excellence Award at the 2010 Traditional Kutani Ware Craft Exhibition (also in 2011 and 2024). □ Naoto Tabata Naoto Tabata Born in Mie Prefecture in 1969. Graduated from Meiji University Faculty of Law in 1992. In 2004, I studied under Professor Jun Takegoshi . Selected for the Ishikawa Traditional Crafts Exhibition and the Traditional Kutani Ware Exhibition in 2005. 2011: Received the Technical Award at the Traditional Kutani Ware Exhibition. □ Kazuo Nakada Kazuo Nakata Born in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture in 1949. Received the Issuikai Prize in 1979. Received the Minister of Education Award at the 1990 Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition. In 2001, it won the Grand Prize at the Traditional Kutani Craft Exhibition and was acquired by the Prefectural Museum of Art. In 2002, he was designated a holder of Ishikawa Prefecture's Intangible Cultural Property, the Kutani Ware Technique Preservation Society. Appointed to the board of directors of the Japan Crafts Association in 2008. 2010: Received the Japan Crafts Association Holder's Award and the Hokkoku Culture Award. In 2011, he received the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon and exhibited as a special guest at the Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition. □ Masaru Nakada Masaru Nakada Born in Ishikawa Prefecture in 1977. Graduated from the Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani Ware Technical Training Institute Basic Course in 1997. Selected for the 6th Mashiko Ceramic Art Exhibition and the 5th Izushi Porcelain Triennale in 2006. In 2005, selected for the Gyeonggi World Ceramics Biennale (South Korea) and received the Kanazawa City Craft Exhibition Mayor's Grand Prize. In 2011, he was selected for the Kikuchi Biennale (and later for the 2013 award), selected for the Japan Ceramics Exhibition (and later for the 2013 award), received the Hokkoku Prize at the Contemporary Art Exhibition (and later for the 2014 award), and was selected for the Chozo Prize Tokoname Ceramics Exhibition (and later for the 2013 award). 2014 Meister der Moderne Exhibition Bavarian States Prize Winner (Germany) □ Buzan Fukushima Buzan Fukushima Graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial High School, Design Department in 1963. 1995: Received the Tokyo Governor's Award at the Creative Art Exhibition. In 1999, at the 23rd National Traditional Crafts Exhibition, it won first prize and the Prime Minister's Award. 2001: Received the Grand Prize at the Traditional Kutani Ware Craft Exhibition In 2005, designated as a member of the Ishikawa Prefecture Intangible Cultural Property and Kutani Ware Technique Preservation Society. In 2007, he became the chairman of the Kutani Ware Traditional Crafts Association and received the Excellence Award at the Ishikawa Traditional Crafts Exhibition. □ Masayasu Mitsuke Masayasu Mitsuke Born in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture in 1975. In 1997, he studied under Buzan Fukushima (became independent in 2007). Received the Technical Award at the Traditional Kutani Ware Craft Exhibition in 2000 (and again in 2005 and 2021). 2010 National Traditional Crafts Exhibition: Received the Director-General's Award from the Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. 2011 "REVALUE NIPPON PROJECT - Hidetoshi Nakata's Encounter with Contemporary Ceramics -" (Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of Ceramics) "Craft Futurism" (2012, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa) 2014: Grand Prize Winner at the 9th Paramita Ceramics Grand Prize Exhibition (Paramita Museum) □ Shigemasa Minami Shigemasa Minami Born in 1950 in Yutani, Terai-machi, Nomi-gun, Ishikawa Prefecture. 1971 - Employed in the design department of Nippon Hard Porcelain Co., Ltd. (until 1982) 1980: First selection at the 27th Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition. 1982 - Employed at Terai Town Kutani Ware Museum (until 1991) In 1986, he was certified as a full member of the Japan Crafts Association. In 1992, received the Japan Crafts Association Encouragement Award at the 39th Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition. In 2010, the organization was designated as a member of the Kutani Ware Technology Preservation Society, an organization that preserves intangible cultural properties of Ishikawa Prefecture. 2013: Selected for the 1st Ceramics Exhibition □Yukio Yoshida Born in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture in 1960. Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art in 1982. 1992: Received the Grand Prize at the Traditional Kutani Ware Craft Exhibition. 1994 Takaoka Craft Exhibition Gold Prize Winner Received a Special Prize at the 1999 Ceramics Biennale. 2000: Received the Silver Prize at the 2nd Contemporary Tea Ceremony Ceramics Exhibition, TOKI Oribe. 2009: Grand Prize Winner at the Traditional Kutani Ware Pottery Exhibition Received the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Award at the 57th Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition in 2010. |
| notice Notice | ■Commemorative Lecture: "The Charm of Kutani Ware" by Kouichi Mori On the opening day of this exhibition, we will be holding a commemorative lecture entitled "The Charm of Kutani Ware" at the Kakiden Gallery and the An'yo Hall in the same building. Please join us! Date and Time: October 21st (Tue) 16:00-17:30 • Location: Anyo Hall (7th Floor, Yasuyo Building, 3-37-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) • Speaker: Kouichi Mori (Art critic and Secretary-General of the Japan Ceramic Society) • Participation fee: Free ・Registration: If you wish to participate, please register by phone, fax, or email with Kakiden Gallery. （TEL 03-3352-5118 FAX 03-5269-0335 MAIL gallery@kakiden.com Phone calls are accepted from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM (excluding gallery closing days). ■Opening Reception Party On the opening day of this exhibition, we will be holding a small standing reception at the exhibition venue. We will be serving appetizers from the Kyoto kaiseki restaurant "Kakiden" and sake, so please feel free to join us. • Date and Time: Tuesday, October 21st, 17:30-19:00, after the above lecture. • Location: Kakiden Gallery • Participation fee: Free No application required. |
| Main exhibited works Main Exhibited Works |
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No.1
| Author name | Kei Akaji |
| Work name | Red-painted butterfly-shaped plate (one piece) |
| price | [Sold] 3,888 |
| size | W14.0 × D11.0 × H4.0 (㎝) |
No.2
| Author name | Ryou Satou |
| Work name | Colored enamel square bowl "Sou" |
| price | [Sold] 75,600 |
| size | W20.5 × D20.5 × H6.3 (㎝) |
No.3
| Author name | Jun Takegoshi |
| Work name | A hexagonal bowl with a picture of a hawk. |
| price | [Sold] 194,400 |
| size | W22.4 × D25.7 × H5.8 (㎝) |
No.4
| Author name | Shouni Tajima |
| Work name | Glazed confectionery bowl |
| price | [Sold] 129,600 |
| size | W30.7 × D18.5 × H15.0 (㎝) |
No.5
| Author name | Naoto Tabata |
| Work name | Tiger-shaped appetizer |
| price | [Sold] 64,800 |
| size | W41.0 × D11.0 × H8.0(㎝) |
No.6
| Author name | Kazuo Nakada |
| Work name | Silver glazed confectionery container with silver accents by Yuuen |
| price | 324,000 |
| size | W20.6 × D20.6 × H7.8(㎝) |
No.7
| Author name | Masaru Nakada |
| Work name | SEN (single customer) |
| price | 6,480 |
| size | Φ10.0 × H7.0 (㎝) |
No.8
| Author name | Buzan Fukushima |
| Work name | Compote with a design of children at play |
| price | 540,000 |
| size | Φ24.5 × H11.0 (㎝) |
No.9
| Author name | Masayasu Mitsuke |
| Work name | Red-painted finely detailed arabesque bowl |
| price | [Sold] 183,600 |
| size | Φ19.5 × H7.5 (㎝) |
No.10
| Author name | Shigemasa Minami |
| Work name | Lotus leaf design bowl |
| price | 108,000 |
| size | Φ27.0 × H8.0 (㎝) |
No.11
| Author name | Yukihiro Yoshida |
| Work name | Gold Brocade Decorated Sweet Bowl |
| price | 194,400 |
| size | Φ18.7 × H7.3 (㎝) |
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