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OKADA, Yasushi OKADA, Yasushi Okada Kiln

Hagi Ware

SUMMARY

・Yasushi-san is the son of Okada Yuh-san who is Intangible Cultural Asset as a holder of Hagi Ware.
・He majored in sculpture at Tokyo Zokei University, and learned how to make ceramic in Kyoto.
・Having accumulated experiences, he had gradually improved his skill.
・He named the original glaze "tanseiyu", that's a pure blue-color which features like simple, gentle mood.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birth
Hagi-shi, Yamaguchi prefecture in 1976
Education
Tokyo Zokei University (- 2002)
Kyoto-fu College of Potter Technology (-2003)
Kyoto-shi Industrial Research Institute (-2005)
Address
1-ku, Maeobata, Cinto, Hagi-shi, Yamaguchi 758-0011 Japan
Affiliation
Japan Kogei Association
TOBI, the Ceramic Art Society of Japan
Hagi Ceramic Association

CAREER HISTORY

Award
The Yomiuri Newspaper company Hokkaido branch prize in the Otaki Hokkaido Ceramics exhibition (2007)
The Yamaguchi prefecture governor prize in the Nishi-nippon Ceramic Art Exhibition (2008)
The Excellent prize in the Yamaguchi prefectural Art Exhibition (2009)
The Asahi Culture Center prize in the Exhibition of Traditional Art Crafts of SEIBU Area in Japan (2010)
The Encouragement prize in the Kikuchi Biennale (2013)
The Yamaguchi prefecture governor prize in the Nishi-nippon Ceramic Art Exhibition (2015)
The JA Group Yamaguchi Tsuchinohana prize in the Yamaguchi Traditional Ceramic Exhibition (2017) and many more
Selected
The Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, TOBI, the Ceramic Art Society of Japan Exhibition, The Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, The Arita International Ceramics Competition and other exhibitions
This Artist's Ceramics