Hajime Kai

• 1950
  Born in Saga Prefecture
• 1969
  Trained at Kiko Imahashi Porcelain Factory
• 1972
  Becomes trainee at Saga Prefectural Institute of Ceramics
• 1976
  Builds the Inotake Kiln
• 1986
  Bead Patterned Large Plate selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, selected 15 times from this year onward
• 1989
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 1995
  Took part in the "overglaze enamel porcelain” successors training program by 13th Generation Imaemon Imaizumi (also in 1996)
• 2006
  "Utsuwa Yumekobo" broadcasted on NHK TV
• 2018
  Iron Glaze Tea Bowl with Kiln Mutation Effects published in Honoo Geijutsu Magazine Separate Volume "Tenmoku"
• Solo exhibitions at Ginza Kuroda Touen, Gallery Mino (Minami Aoyama) etc.
• 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.

I grind stones that can be mined from my hometown and make vessels with kiln mutation effects.