Yu Okada

  • Ceramics
  • 1946 -
Yu Okada

OKADA uses a noborigama (multi-chambered climbing kiln) and mainly produces traditional Hagi ware works.

Membership Full member, Japan Kogei Association
Holder of Intangible Cultural Property of Yamaguchi Prefecture for Hagi ware
Director of the Hagi Association of Ceramic Artists
  • 1946 Born in Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
  • 1968 Graduated from Keio University
  • 1972 Studied Hagi wares under his father, OKADA Senshu
  • 1978 Part-time lecturer at the Hagi Women’s Junior College (– 1998)
  • 1979 Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
    Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 1993 20th Anniversary Solo Exhibition "Tenchi Yukyu”
  • 1998 Yakimono Tambo "The Warmth of White" (NHK Television Broadcast)
  • 1999 Ceramic art supervisor for NHK TV Drama Series "Higa Hashiru"
  • 2002 Becomes Director of the Japan Kōgei Association (– 2012)
  • 2004 Becomes 8th generation of the Okada Kiln
  • 2006 Designated as Intangible Cultural Property of Yamaguchi Prefecture
    The Quintessence of Modern Japanese Ceramics (Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum)
  • 2010 Modern Japanese Ceramics Exhibition (Himeji City Museum of Art)
    The 3rd Tomo Museum Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony "Tea Today"
  • 2013 Submitted to Cheongju International Craft Biennale
  • 2014 "Beauty of KOGEI: Art Crafts in Japan" (Singapore)
  • 2017 Received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays

  • 1986Received the Yamaguchi Governor Award at the West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 1989Received the Kumamoto Governor Award at the West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
  • 1994Received the Yamaguchi Prefecture Art Culture Promotion Encouragement Award
  • 1998Received the Yamaguchi Cultural Merit Award
  • 2001Received the Yamaguchi Arts and Cultural Merit Encouragement Award
  • 2011Received the Grand Prize at the Kikuchi Biennale
  • 2013Received the Excellence Award at the 33rd POLA Traditional Culture Awards
  • 2018Received the Excellence Award at the Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Award “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition
  • 2019Received the Excellence Award at the Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony
  • 2020Received the Incentive Award at the Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Award “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition
  • 2021Received the Excellence Award at the Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony
    Received the Chugoku Cultural Award

  • National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SOGO Museum of Art, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Tanabe Museum of Art, Hagi Uragami Museum, Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum, Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art, Honolulu Museum of Art
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