Tatsuji Yamanaka

Style

Celadon and pale-blue celadon porcelain.
Charmed by the ancient pottery from the Song dynasty in China, I started to make white porcelain, pale-blue celadon porcelain and celadon porcelain. I am currently making pottery at my kiln which I built in a corner of Japan's oldest road, the "Yamanobe Road".

Biography

• 1952
  Born in Tenri City, Nara Prefecture
• 1982
  Selected for the 11th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected consecutively from this year onward)
• 1985
  Selected for the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition for the first time (selected 4 times from this year onward)
• 1987
  Selected for the 34th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected 26 times from this year onward)
• 1989
  Selected for the 10th Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition for the first time (selected 7 times from this year onward)
• 1993
  Solo Exhibition at Osaka Takashimaya (every 2 years from this year onward)
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 2005
  Solo Exhibition at Okayama Takashimaya (07, 09, 11, 13, 15, 17, 20)
• 2007
  Solo Exhibition at Yonago Takashimaya (10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21)
• 2013
  Solo Exhibition at JR Nagoya Takashimaya (16, 19)
• 2014
  Evaluator at the 43rd Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2020
  Solo Exhibition at Nihombashi Takashimaya (Tokyo)
• 2021
  Evaluator at the 50th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Awards

• 1990
  Received the Excellence Award at the Northern Confectionery Vessel Exhibition
• 2006
  Received the Kinki Branch Manager Award at the 35th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2010
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 39th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2015
  Received the Nikkei Inc. Award at the 44th Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2020
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 48th Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

Public Collections

• Isonokami Jingu (Nara)
• Tenri City, Nara
• Midorigaoka Art Museum