Japanese Bizen Studio Pottery Bottle Tokkuri Fujiwara Yu 藤原雄 National Treasure
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Type: Sake Bottle (Tokkuri)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: 20th C. (1900s)
Origin/Maker: Fujiwara Yu 藤原雄, Bizen ware, Imbe, Japan. Maker's mark on base and on box (tomobako)
Fujiwara Yu 藤原雄 1932-2001
male
Bizen pottery
Living National Treasure 人間国宝
Born as the eldest son of Living National Treasure for bizen ware Fujiwara Kei, after graduating from university, Fujiwara worked for a time as a magazine editor, but was convinced by his father and Oyama Fujio to return home where he began his tutelage in ceramics under his father.
After this, Fujiwara went on to produce work after work, presenting them in exhibitions by Japan kogei association, the Gendai Nihon Togei, and the Issuikai, eventually becoming a member of the latter in 1960, and becoming a regular member of Japan kogei association the following year.
Fujiwara won the grand prix prize in the Barcelona International Pottery Exhibit, which then gained him attention in the United States, Canada, Spain and various other countries in 1964 when he was asked to instruct in pottery around the world as a visiting lecturer.
Fujiwara opened his own workshop in Honami, Bizen in 1967, and after starting to work independently, won the Nihon Toji Kyokaisho award, thereupon going on to win the Kanashige Toyo award in 1973 and being recognised as an Important Intangible Cultural Property by Okayama Prefecture in 1978. In 1984, he won the Sanyo Newspaper Award, was awarded the Medal of Honor with a dark blue ribbon by the Japanese Government and won the Okayama-ken Bunkasho Award both in 1985, the Chugoku Bunkasho Award in 1986, the Okanichi Geijutsu Bunka Korosho Award in 1987, and the Geijutsu Sensho Monbu Taijinsho Award in 1990. With such a prestigious history of awards behind him, Fujiwara became the 4th person to be designated a Living National Treasure for bizen ware in 1996 after Toyo, Kei, and Yamamoto Toshu, and was also awarded the Medal of Honor with purple ribbon by the Government of Japan in 1998.
Striving to create ceramics that placed an importance of usability that would be suitable as both tea bowls and for dining while also working to bring out the uniquely quiet and subdued simplicity of the works of bizen ware to the utmost, Fujiwara’s works serve as the basis of modern bizen wares that place an emphasis on both usability and beauty.
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Size: 4 1/2" tall (11.43 cm)
Weight: 10.4 oz (298 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Tokyo, Japan, 7 MAY 2024
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips.
Subject: Ash glazed Bizen tokkuri by Living National Treasure Fujiwara Yu
Location:
Japanese Bizen Studio Pottery Bottle Tokkuri Fujiwara Yu 藤原雄 National Treasure
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See also:
Type: Sake Bottle (Tokkuri)
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: 20th C. (1900s)
Origin/Maker: Fujiwara Yu 藤原雄, Bizen ware, Imbe, Japan. Maker's mark on base and on box (tomobako)
Fujiwara Yu 藤原雄 1932-2001
male
Bizen pottery
Living National Treasure 人間国宝
Born as the eldest son of Living National Treasure for bizen ware Fujiwara Kei, after graduating from university, Fujiwara worked for a time as a magazine editor, but was convinced by his father and Oyama Fujio to return home where he began his tutelage in ceramics under his father.
After this, Fujiwara went on to produce work after work, presenting them in exhibitions by Japan kogei association, the Gendai Nihon Togei, and the Issuikai, eventually becoming a member of the latter in 1960, and becoming a regular member of Japan kogei association the following year.
Fujiwara won the grand prix prize in the Barcelona International Pottery Exhibit, which then gained him attention in the United States, Canada, Spain and various other countries in 1964 when he was asked to instruct in pottery around the world as a visiting lecturer.
Fujiwara opened his own workshop in Honami, Bizen in 1967, and after starting to work independently, won the Nihon Toji Kyokaisho award, thereupon going on to win the Kanashige Toyo award in 1973 and being recognised as an Important Intangible Cultural Property by Okayama Prefecture in 1978. In 1984, he won the Sanyo Newspaper Award, was awarded the Medal of Honor with a dark blue ribbon by the Japanese Government and won the Okayama-ken Bunkasho Award both in 1985, the Chugoku Bunkasho Award in 1986, the Okanichi Geijutsu Bunka Korosho Award in 1987, and the Geijutsu Sensho Monbu Taijinsho Award in 1990. With such a prestigious history of awards behind him, Fujiwara became the 4th person to be designated a Living National Treasure for bizen ware in 1996 after Toyo, Kei, and Yamamoto Toshu, and was also awarded the Medal of Honor with purple ribbon by the Government of Japan in 1998.
Striving to create ceramics that placed an importance of usability that would be suitable as both tea bowls and for dining while also working to bring out the uniquely quiet and subdued simplicity of the works of bizen ware to the utmost, Fujiwara’s works serve as the basis of modern bizen wares that place an emphasis on both usability and beauty.
japanese-ceramics.com/fujiwara-yu-%e8%97%a4%e5%8e%9f%e9%9b%84/
Size: 4 1/2" tall (11.43 cm)
Weight: 10.4 oz (298 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: Seller from Tokyo, Japan, 7 MAY 2024
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. No cracks or chips.
Subject: Ash glazed Bizen tokkuri by Living National Treasure Fujiwara Yu
Location:
Japanese Bizen Studio Pottery Bottle Tokkuri Fujiwara Yu 藤原雄 National Treasure
藤原雄、略歴 昭和7年 藤原書長男として岡山県備前市に生れる。 30年 明大日本文学科学。 35年 一水会賞受賞、一木会会員に推挙される。 36年 日本工芸会正会員に認定せられる。 37年 せられた「現代工芸展」に招待出品。 名古屋にて開かれた「現代陶芸代表作家展」および国立近代美術館にて開催 38年 バルセロナにおける国際陶芸展に招待出品。グランプリ賞受賞。 され、それぞれの国で備前焼の講義をし、特にアメリカ、カナダでは国外初 1月より9月までアメリカ、カナダ、メキシコ、スペイン等の大学より招待 の個展を開く。又、コロンビア大学における第1回国際工芸家会議に日本代 表として出席した。尚、同年東京にて開催せられた国際陶芸展に招待出品する。 40年 ふたたびアメリカのダートマス大学より招かれ、4月より6月まで日本の陶 芸について講座を持ち、後、ハノパーとニューヨークにて個展を開く。 41年 42年 五島美術館(東京)主催の選抜作家展に招待され個展を開く、商、同年より サンフランシスコ州立大学の講師となる。 年度最優秀作家として日本陶磁協会賞受賞、アメリカにおける国際芸 術見本品招待出品した。 43年 京都国立近代美術館主催「陶芸の新世代展」に招待出品、メキシコにわけ。 第3回芸術見本市に招待出品した。又、トリノ(イタリー)における「国際 芸展に招待出品した。 46年 47 年 48 年 52年 55年 6月毎日新聞社主催「第1回日本陶芸展」へ大壺を招待出品、尚、同展「海 外 巡回展に」推薦される。 5月 「ファエンツア国際陶芸展」(イタリー)へ大を招待出品。 金重陶陽賞受賞、オーストラリヤ政府より招かれ、2カトラリヤに ゆき備前焼の講義を各大学で持つ。 年 迎賓館に茶碗を献納。 フランス政府招待「古備前と藤原啓、雄父子展」打合せの為渡仏、岡山県文 化奨励賞受賞。 県展審査員及び伝統工芸中国展審査員になる。フランス、スイス、ベルギー 政府主催「古備前とき、雄父子展」の為4回渡欧。 ヨーロッパにおける古備前と啓、雄父子展終了、財団法人藤原啓記念館副理 事長就任。財団法人備前陶芸会館常務理事就任。 中日国際陶芸展審査員になる。4月岡山県重要無形文化財の指定を受ける。 58年 朝日陶芸展審査員になる。 59年 1月山陽新聞文化賞受賞。 60年 岡山県文化賞受賞。柑授褒章を二度受ける。 61年 62年 10月東京、大阪、姫路、名古屋にて朝日新聞社主催「土と炎の対話園前・後 原雄自選展」開催。 63年 日月韓国国立現代美術館にて日本人として始めでの個展を開催。 日本工芸会理事就任。
雄 团 東京、横浜、名古屋、京都、大阪、神戸、路、岡山、広島、 博多、鹿児島等で百壺展、百花器展、鉢展等開催。作品は、アメ リカをはじめフランス、ドイツ系の美術館、近代美術館などに収 集される。 尚、伊勢神宮、嚴島神社、高野山、智恩院、田中美術館等に作 品を寄贈した。 (アトリエ) 正宗白鳥氏の代表作「入江のほとり」に描かれた瀬戸内海の一隅 にて製作を続けて居ります。 岡山県備前市禮沒3865 電話 備前 (0869) 67-0550 |
Fujiwara Yu, Biography 1932 Born in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture as the eldest son of Fujiwara Sho. 1930 Faculty of Japanese Literature and Science, Meiji University. 1960 Received the Issuikai Award and was recommended as a member of the Ichimokukai. 1961 Certified as a full member of the Japan Crafts Association. 1962 Invited to exhibit at the Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, held in Nagoya. Also exhibited at the Contemporary Ceramic Representative Artists Exhibition, held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Nagoya. 1963 Invited to exhibit at the International Ceramic Exhibition in Barcelona. Won the Grand Prix Award. He gave lectures on Bizen ware in each country, and held his first solo exhibition overseas, especially in the United States and Canada. Invited by universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Spain, etc. from January to September. Also attended the 1st International Craftsmen's Conference at Columbia University as a representative of Japan. Also invited to exhibit at the International Ceramic Exhibition held in Tokyo in the same year. 1940 Again invited by Dartmouth College in the US, he gave a lecture on Japanese ceramics from April to June, and later held solo exhibitions in Hannover and New York. 1941 1942 He was invited to hold a solo exhibition at the Selected Artists Exhibition sponsored by the Gotoh Museum (Tokyo), and in the same year he became a lecturer at San Francisco State University. Received the Japan Ceramic Association Award as the best artist of the year, and was invited to exhibit at the International Art Sample in the US. 1943 He was invited to exhibit at the "New Generation Ceramics Exhibition" sponsored by the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and was invited to Mexico. He was invited to exhibit at the 3rd Art Fair. He was also invited to exhibit at the International Ceramic Exhibition in Turin (Italy). 1946 1947 1948 1952 1955 June: He was invited to exhibit his large jar at the 1st Japanese Ceramic Exhibition sponsored by the Mainichi Newspaper Company, and was also recommended for an overseas traveling exhibition at the same exhibition. May: He was invited to exhibit his large jar at the Faenza International Ceramic Exhibition (Italy). Received the Kaneshige Toyo Award, and was invited by the Australian government to travel to Australia twice and give lectures on Bizen ware at various universities. 1990 He donated a tea bowl to the State Guest House. He traveled to France to discuss plans for the "Ko-Bizen and Fujiwara Kei, Father and Son Exhibition" invited by the French government, and was awarded the Okayama Prefecture Cultural Encouragement Award. He became a judge for the Prefectural Exhibition and the Traditional Crafts of China Exhibition. France, Switzerland, Belgium Visited Europe 4 times for the government-sponsored "Ko Bizen Toki, Yuu Father and Son Exhibition." After the Ko Bizen, Kei, Yuu Father and Son Exhibition in Europe, he became vice president of the Fujiwara Kei Memorial Museum Foundation. He became executive director of the Bizen Ceramic Art Center Foundation. Served as a judge for the Sino-Japanese International Ceramic Art Exhibition. In April, he was designated an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Okayama Prefecture. 1983 Served as a judge for the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition. 1984 Received the Sanyo Shimbun Culture Award in January. 1985 Received the Okayama Prefecture Culture Award. Held the Kanju Medal twice. 1986 1987 In October, he held the Asahi Shimbun-sponsored "Before and After the Dialogue Garden of Earth and Flame: Hara Yuu's Self-Selected Exhibition" in Tokyo, Osaka, Himeji, and Nagoya. 1988 Held the first solo exhibition by a Japanese artist at the Sun & Moon National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea. Held a directorship of the Japan Crafts Association.
The group The 100-pot exhibition, the 100-flower vases exhibition, the pot exhibition, etc. have been held in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima, Hakata, Kagoshima, etc. The works are collected by art museums and modern art museums in the United States, France, Germany, etc. The works have also been donated to Ise Shrine, Itsukushima Shrine, Koyasan, Chion-in Temple, Tanaka Museum of Art, etc. (Atelier) We continue to create in a corner of the Seto Inland Sea depicted in Masamune Hakucho's masterpiece "By the Inlet". 3865 Reimu, Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture Telephone Bizen (0869) 67-0550 |