Shunuemon Yamaguchi

• Category
  Ceramics
• Techniques
  Pale blue porcelain, White porcelain
• Born
  1948 -
• Based in
  Nagasaki
• Membership
  Full member, Japan Kogei Association
  Steering committee and selection committee member of the Nagasaki Prefectural Selected Artists Exhibition
  Executive committee member and judge at the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Exhibition
  Councilor at the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Association

About the Artist

Style

To create a soft form, I try to make the mouth of the vessel wavy using curves. I fire the vessel at a high temperature for a long time, which gives the vessel transparency, so the inner side looks slightly bluish.

Biography

• 1974
  Started making ceramics at the age of 26 (white porcelain)
  Submitted to and selected for the first time for the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Exhibition (submitted every year from this year onward and awarded several times)
• 1981
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, selected 34 times from this year onward
• 1982
  Presented White Porcelain Flower Vase to Vatican City for the Showa Youth Mission's visit
• 1984
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
  Starts exhibiting artwork at the "Ceramics of Kyushu Today" corner at Kyushu Ceramic Museum, every year from this year onward
• 1989
  Received a visit from Kosho Shimizu, elder of Todaiji (Nara)
  Painted Shunuemon Yamaguchi's ceramics
• 1995
  Presented "White Porcelain Faceted Jar" to Imperial Prince Hitachinomiya on his visit to Nagasaki
• 1996
  Submitted to "Quiet clarity "Rin" : Beauty in Contemporary Ceramics"
• 2009
  Submitted to "Craftworks of Today in Kyushu and Okinawa – Tradition and Creation" at Kyushu National Museum
• 2018
  Submitted to Japan – China Relations 40th Anniversary "Japan – China Art Exchange Exhibition" sponsored by Nagasaki Prefecture
• 2019
  Donated "White Porcelain Heptagonal Jar" selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition to Nagasaki Prefecture in commemoration of the completion of the new goverment building (currently exhibited in the governor's office)

Awards

• 1986
  Received the Governor's Award (second place) at the Kyushu-Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition
• 1990
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Full Member Award at the West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (awarded twice)
  Received the Gold Award at the International Ceramic Arts Exhibition in Fukuoka
• 1991
  Received the Grand Award at the Kogei World Competition in Kanazawa
• 1992
  Received the Kawasaki Kinen Award at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
  Received the Judge's Special Award at International Ceramics Festival Mino '92 (The International Academy of Ceramic Arts' Chairman Award)
• 1994
  Received the Ceramics Incentive Award at the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition

Public Collections

• Kyushu Ceramic Museum (permanent exhibition)