Takurou Kuwata Exhibition -Traditional Pottery-
Kuwata Takuro Ceramiscs Art Exhibition
Teacup W8.5 × D7.6 × H9.0 cm
| Exhibition period Schedule |
March 25, 2023 (Sat) – March 30 (Thu) March 25 - March 30, 2023 |
| Gallery opening hours Opening Hours | From 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM (until 5:00 PM on the final day, March 30th) Open every day during the exhibition period. Open daily 11 am to 7 pm except for March 30, when the gallery will close at 5 pm. |
| Exhibiting artist Artist | Takurou Kuwata Kuwata Takuro |
| Introduction Introduction |
On a very cold afternoon in January, with light snow falling, I visited Takurou Kuwata in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture. Mr. Kuwata is a ceramic artist who is a little over 40 years old, and his works can be broadly divided into three categories: tea bowls, cups, and objects. A quick look at his Instagram reveals a thriving 44,000 followers, and he's no longer just Takurou Kuwata , but Kuwata Takuro, who travels the world.
This was my first visit to the newly renovated Kuwata Workshop, and I was absolutely blown away by its immense size and stylish design. The electric kiln was also covered in brushed stainless steel and matte black, and I was impressed by their unwavering commitment to design. While enjoying a delicious cup of matcha tea that he personally prepared, we had a lively conversation about various topics, including the history of the area, his passion for pottery making, and the future of his workshop.
Now, for this exhibition, our gallery's fifth in almost two years, we have titled it "Traditional Pottery," and will be presenting the latest works of tea bowls and cups that the artist hopes will be used for everyday use. I would be delighted if you would take a look at it.
In closing, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Kuwata for receiving the Japan Ceramic Society Award last autumn. I offer my heartfelt congratulations and express my deepest respect for his tireless efforts.
Shop owner Takashi Yasuda |
| Biography Biography | Born in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture in 1981. Graduated from Kyoto Saga University of Arts Junior College, Department of Fine Arts, Ceramics Course in 2001. 2007: Silver Prize, 2nd Design & Craft Exhibition; Graduated from Tajimi City Ceramic Design Institute. 2009: Grand Prix, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award, 17th Tableware Festival 2013 "Contemporary Masterpieces of Tea Bowls" Kikuchi Kanmi Memorial Chishin Museum / Tokyo 2018 LOEWE Craft Prize 2018 Special Award 2022 Japan Ceramic Society Award (2021 fiscal year) |
| Artist in the gallery day Date Artist in Gallery | Saturday, March 25th |
| Exhibited works Exhibited Works | • CUP (① Wood-fired pottery, ② Wood-fired porcelain, ③ With metallic glaze, ④ Without metallic glaze, ⑤ Border pattern without metallic glaze) [Limited number of items per sale until March 27th (Mon). No limit from March 28th (Tue) onwards] ・Two Chai items [Lottery sale] ・Two teacups [Sold by lottery] |
| DM Direct Mail | This exhibitionDMSee（PDF） |
| Video of the exhibition Exhibition Scenery Video | |
| Exhibition view photographs Exhibition Scenery Photo | 
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| Exhibition history at our gallery Exhibition Archives |
December 10, 2020 (Thu) – December 16 (Wed)
August 23, 2018 (Thu) – August 29 (Wed)
March 24, 2015 (Tue) – March 30 (Mon)
March 22, 2012 (Thu) – March 28 (Wed)
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| 販売方法 Sales Method | ■本展の販売方法について［3/29更新］ 桑田卓郎作品の抽選販売へ、多くのご応募を頂き誠にありがとうございました。 I express my sincere gratitude. 以下の作品のご応募が無かったため、現在、通常販売中です。 ・No.4 茶埦 作品のお問い合わせはギャラリー店頭、又はお電話、メール等にてお受けいたします。 Thank you for your cooperation. 多数のお申し込みを頂戴いたしまして、本当にありがとうございました。 また、CUPの作品については、お陰様で完売致しました。 I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude. Thank you so much. ■ 本展の販売方法について［3/24更新］ これまでにご案内を差し上げた点に加え、以下の情報を追記・変更致します。 ご面倒をおかけしますが、どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。 １ 茶埦と湯呑 →【抽選販売】について ・茶埦2点と湯呑2点の合計4点について、抽選販売とさせて頂きます。その作品の詳細は↓をご覧ください。 ・申し訳ありませんが、作品の価格につきましては、弊廊までお問合せを頂ければ幸いです。 ２ CUP →【 お一人様5点までの販売個数制限】について ・お一人様5点までの販売個数制限は、会期前半の3/27(月)までと致します。会期後半の3/28(火)以降は、販売個数の制限は行いません。 Thank you very much for your cooperation. ・CUPの出品作品は以下の５種類に分かれます。 ① 工房内に新たに築かれた薪窯で初めて焼成した、陶胎のもの ② 工房内に新たに築かれた薪窯で初めて焼成した、磁胎のもの ③ 電気窯で焼成し、メタリック(プラチナかゴールド)なタレありの薬がかかったもの ④ 電気窯で焼成し、メタリック(プラチナかゴールド)なタレ無しの薬がかかったもの ⑤ 電気窯で焼成し、メタリックの薬がかかっていないボーダー柄のもの ・CUPは、合計130点ほど出品致します。 ■ 本展の販売方法について［3/21更新］ We apologize for the delay in providing this information. 作品の種別により、恐れながら、以下の通りの販売方法とさせて頂きます。 ▷ 茶埦と湯呑 → 抽選販売 ▷ CUP → お一人様5点までの販売個数制限 詳細は以下をご覧下さいませ。 ご不明な点がございましたら、ご遠慮なく、お電話（03-3352-5118）かメール(gallery@kakiden.com）にて弊廊までお問い合わせください。 We look forward to receiving your applications. Thank you very much for your cooperation. ▶︎ 茶碗と湯呑［型成形ではない作品］ 誠に恐縮ですが【抽選による販売】とさせて頂きます。 １ 抽選販売の対象作品 ・茶碗と、↑の茶色に青の点々の様な湯呑 数点（※ただ、現在、焼成中のため明確な点数が分かりません) ・3/24(金)の22時までに、このホームページの主な出品作品欄↓にて、これらの写真と詳細の情報を公開致します。公開がギリギリになりまして、申し訳ございません。 ２ ご応募方法 We regret to inform you that we will only be accepting applications from those who visit our store in person. ・メール、電話、手紙、ＦＡＸでの受付は、申し訳ございませんが、承れません。 Applications will be accepted at the counter of the Kakiden Gallery (B2 floor). ・ご応募点数は、勝手ながら、お一人様につき、1点のみとさせて頂きます。 We regret to inform you that we cannot accept cancellations of applications. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. ３ ご応募受付期間 ・3/25(土)と、3/26(日)の二日間、それぞれ11時〜19時まで受付致します。 • Applications will be accepted at the Kakiden Gallery storefront. If you wish to apply, please speak to one of our gallery staff. Please fill out the application form provided and submit it. The time you submit your application (early or late) will not affect the lottery results. ４ 公開抽選会 ・3/27(月) 14時〜 柿傳ギャラリーの展示スペースにて公開抽選会を開催します。 You are not required to attend the public drawing. ・公開抽選会の様子は、後日、弊廊HPの最新情報欄に掲載致します。 If our gallery becomes crowded with many visitors and we determine that it is in a state of "three Cs" (closed spaces, crowded places, and close-contact settings), we may ask you to limit entry to our gallery. ５ 抽選方法 ・ご当選された方には、3/27(月) 14時〜の公開抽選会が終わり次第、弊廊からご連絡を致します。 ・ご当選者様に3/28(火) の12時迄にご連絡がつかない場合は、恐れながら、ご当選の権利が無くなるものと致します。 ・残念ながら抽選に外れた皆様には、弊廊からご連絡を致しませんので、ご了承を頂ければ幸いです。3/28(火) 12時迄に弊廊からのご連絡が無い場合は、申し訳ございませんが、抽選に外れたものとお考え頂ければと存じます。 We regret to inform you that we cannot accept cancellations of winning entries. ６ 販売方法 ・ご応募が無かった作品については、3/27(月) の11時から販売を開始致します。抽選のお申込状況(3/27(月) から販売するお作品が残っているかどうか)は、弊廊HPの最新情報覧にて、3/26(日) の閉廊後に公開致します。 Please ensure that the winner makes the payment themselves. ・お支払いは、店頭にお越し頂ける方は、現金、銀行振込、クレジットカード（VISAかMasterの一括払）払にて。店頭にお越し頂けない方は、銀行振込にてお願い申し上げます。（銀行振込の場合の送金手数料は、弊廊が負担させて頂きます） ・After payment is received, you can either pick up your artwork in person at our store or have it delivered to you. ▶︎ CUP［型成形の作品］ CUPについては、【お一人様につき、5点の販売個数制限】をさせていただければと存じます。 一人でも多くのお客様に桑田さんの素敵なCUPが手に取れます様、恐縮ですが、どうかご理解をいただければ幸いです。 Thank you very much for your cooperation. また、会期初日3/25(土)の混雑があらかじめ予想されるため、会期初日の販売方法について、以下の通りとさせて頂きます。 ご不便をおかけ致し恐縮ですが、どうかご理解を頂ければ幸いです。よろしくお願い申し上げます。 １ 会期初日3/25(土)のご案内方法 ・会期初日3/25(土)の朝の状況により、整理券を配布する可能性がございます。 ・In that case, numbered tickets will be distributed in the elevator hall on the 1st floor of the Yasuyo Building where the Kakiden Gallery is located. After receiving your numbered ticket, you may leave the gallery until 10:50 AM, 10 minutes before the gallery opens. Please return to the Yasuyo Building by 10:50 AM and line up in order of your ticket number, heading towards the first floor, starting from the entrance door of the Kakiden Gallery on the second basement floor. We would appreciate it if you could maintain social distancing while lining up. ・At 11:00 AM, the opening time of the gallery, we will allow one person to enter at a time, one minute at a time, in the order of their numbered tickets. ・概ね15名様がご入店されたら、一旦、入場を制限させて頂く可能性もございます。 2. Entry restrictions ・混雑を避けるため、会期初日3/25(土)の朝は、柿傳ギャラリー入口(地下2階)で入場を制限させて頂く可能性が高いと思われます。 In that case, we will guide you into our gallery in the order of your numbered ticket. ・会期二日目の3/26(日)以降も弊廊内が混雑したと判断すれば、入場制限をお願いする場合もございます。 3. Orders by phone ・会期初日3/25(土)の16時から、電話でのご注文も受付致します。 To maintain accuracy in the order of reception, we only accept reservations by phone; unfortunately, we cannot accept reservations by email or fax. ・会期二日目となる3/26(日)以降は、メールやFAXでのご注文もお受けさせて頂きます。 ■ 本展の販売方法について［3/15更新］ 恐れながら、茶盌については抽選販売、CUPについてはお一人様5点までの販売個数制限をさせて頂きます。 現段階で販売方法の詳細がご案内出来ず、申し訳ございません。 出品作品の詳細が分かり次第、逐次、その詳細についてご案内させて頂きます。 Thank you very much for your cooperation. |
| Main exhibited works Main Exhibited Works |
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No.1
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Teacup [Lottery Sale] |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | W 8.5 × D 7.6 × H 9.0 (㎝) |
No.2
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Teacup [Lottery Sale] |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | Φ 8.8 × H 9.4 (㎝) |
No.3
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Chai [Lottery Sale] |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | W 14.5 × D 13.5 × H 9.0 (㎝) |
No.4
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | tea area |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | W 14.2 × D 14.8 × H 9.8 (㎝) |
No.5
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (unglazed, earthenware-slip white porcelain) Odeki (medium size) |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | W 9.0 × D 7.7 × H 8.4 (㎝) |
No.6
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (baked clay) straight-sided |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | W 6.8 × D 6.2 × H 8.0 (㎝) |
No.7
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (unglazed white porcelain) Medium size |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | Φ 8.2 × H 8.0 (㎝) |
No.8
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (with sauce), Large size, White x Pt. |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box. |
| size | Φ 11.0 × H 10.3 (㎝) |
No.9
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (with sauce), Large size, Light blue x Pt. |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box. |
| size | Φ 11.0 × H 10.3 (㎝) |
No.10
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | [Left] Cup (with sauce) M size Red x Pt. [Right] Cup (with sauce) M size Yellow x Pt. |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box. |
| size | Φ 8.2 × H 8.2 (㎝) |
No.11
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | [Left] Cup (Striped) M size Pink/Green [Left] Cup (Striped) M size Yellow/Red |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box. |
| size | Φ 8.2 × H 8.1 (㎝) |
No.12
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (unglazed, earthenware-glazed white porcelain) Medium size |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | W 8.5 × D 7.8 × H 8.3 (㎝) |
No.13
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (fired stoneware, slip-covered white porcelain), kiln-fired, small size |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | Φ 4.6 × H 4.9 (㎝) |
No.14
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (baked) M size |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | W 8.5 × D 7.7 × H 7.9 (㎝) |
No.15
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (baked clay) with rounded corners |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | W 8.3 × D 7.7 × H 7.8 (㎝) |
No.16
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (fired stoneware, slip-covered white porcelain), kiln-fired, medium size |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | W 8.5 × D 8.0 × H 8.2 (㎝) |
No.17
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | [Left] Cup (without sauce) M size Light blue x G [Right] Cup (without sauce) M size Yellow x G |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box. |
| size | Φ 8.3 × H 8.1 (㎝) |
No.18
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | [Left] Cup (Striped) M size Green/Blue [Right] Cup (Striped) M size Red/Light Blue |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box. |
| size | Φ 8.2 × H 8.1 (㎝) |
No.19
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | [Left] Cup (with sauce) S size Red x Pt. [Right] Cup (with sauce) S size White x Pt. |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box. |
| size | Φ 5.0 × H 4.9 (㎝) |
No.20
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| Author name | Takurou Kuwata |
| Work name | Cup (unglazed white porcelain) Medium size |
| box | Comes with a paulownia wood box (to be delivered later) |
| size | Φ 8.3 × H 8.0 (㎝) |
