Kinjo Jiro 金城次郎 1912-2004 Living National Treasure 人間国宝 1985
chano-yu.com/famous-japanese-potters-and-marks/#kinjo-jiro tsuboya pottery Born in Naha. Began working with ceramics at the age of 13, studying under Hamada Shoji. Later apprenticed at a kiln-equipped shop that produced ceramics typically representative of Okinawa. Went independent in 1972. Certified as a prefectural intangible cultural technology property holder for Okinawan ceramics. Recipient of the Okinawa Times Art Award, Japan Folk Art Museum Award, Kokugakai Exhibition Excellence Award, Modern Master Craftsman Exhibition Labor Minister’s Award, many others. Permanent installation at the Romanian National Folk Art Museum. Exhibited at the Japan Ceramics Masters Exhibition. The Okinawa Crafts Exhibition (sponsored by the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto), and the Okinawa Prefecture Designated Intangible Cultural Properties and Crafts Exhibition. Solo exhibitions at Okayama Tenmaya, Matsuya Ginza, Seibu Ikebukuro, and others. Ryukyu pottery was designated a nationally-important intangible cultural property (national treasure), the first such designation in Okinawa. Primarily focused on painting atop engravings of fish and crustaceans. japanese-ceramics.com/kinjo-jiro-%e9%87%91%e5%9f%8e%e6%ac%a1%e9%83%8e/
Aragaki Isao 新垣勲 1944-2018
Aragaki Isao 新垣勲 1944-2018 male Tsuboya pottery
7th Generation Ryukyu Pottery, Tsuboya Ware, Potter. In his grandfather Arakai Eitoku’s time, Yanagi Muneyoshi and Hamada Shoji became friends when visiting Okinawa, and from then on began producing works that crossed folk art style design with Ryukyu ware. He received the Oki Exhibition Honorable Mention in 1964 and from 1966 through 1969, and the Oki Exhibition Award in 1970 and 1971, and he was nominated as a member of the Okinawa Exhibition Association in 1977. He won the Rookie of the Year Award from the Exhibition Ceramics Club of the National Artists’ Association in 1973, received the Minister of International Trade and Industry Award at the Okinawa Folk Art Promotion Exhibition, and the Chairman’s Award at the Traditional Crafts Industry Promotion Exhibition in 1975. In 1991 he was certified by the Minister of International Trade as a traditional craftsman, and in 2006 as a contemporary master craftsman. japanese-ceramics.com/aragaki-isao-%E6%96%B0%E5%9E%A3%E5%8B%B2/