Hajime Kai
- Ceramics
- Awarded once at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
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- CategoryCeramics
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									TechniquesKlin effects, Iron glaze
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									Born1950 -
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									MembershipMember of the Fukuoka Prefectural Art Society
Style
I grind stones that can be mined from my hometown and make vessels with kiln mutation effects.
Biography
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									1950Born in Saga Prefecture
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									1969Trained at Kiko Imahashi Porcelain Factory
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									1972Becomes trainee at Saga Prefectural Institute of Ceramics
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									1976Builds the Inotake Kiln
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									1986Bead Patterned Large Plate selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, selected 15 times from this year onward
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									1989Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
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									1995Took part in the "overglaze enamel porcelain” successors training program by 13th Generation Imaemon Imaizumi (also in 1996)
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									2006"Utsuwa Yumekobo" broadcasted on NHK TV
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									2018Iron Glaze Tea Bowl with Kiln Mutation Effects published in Honoo Geijutsu Magazine Separate Volume "Tenmoku"
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									Solo exhibitions at Ginza Kuroda Touen, Gallery Mino (Minami Aoyama) etc.
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									Took part in
 Asobino Symposium I, II at Saitoan, Hagi
 New Artist Wave Exhibition I, II, III (Tokyo Art Youth Association)
 Craftworks of Today in Kyushu and Okinawa – Tradition and Creation (Kyushu National Museum) etc.