Katsuji Uwataki
- Ceramics
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Price Range
$2,000 - 7,000
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- CategoryCeramics
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TechniquesPorcelain underglaze painting
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Born1941 -
- Based inChiba
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MembershipFull member, Japan Kogei Association
Executive Director of the Chiba Prefecture Art Society
Member of Touyoukai
Biography
- 1941Born in Iwayagawachi, Arita Town, Saga Prefecture as the third son of Yokichi UWATAKI, owner of the Takiyama Kiln (established in the first
period when many kilns were built due to promotion by the feudal domain) - 1959Graduated from Arita Technical High School, Ceramics Course
- 1973Establishes kiln in Sakura City, Chiba (Shouzan Kiln)
- 1975Selected for the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, selected several times from this year onward
Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, selected several times from this year onward - 1977Selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition for the first time, selected 14 times
- 1978Studies under Koichi TAMURA, starts studying Hoko
Nunozome Saiji (underglaze decoration using cloth) technique - 1980Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kogei Association
- 1986Evaluator at the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition ('91 '99 '03)
- 1994Hoko Nunozome Saiji vase purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
- 1996Submitted Hoko Nunozome Saiji vase to the "Masterpieces of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics Asia Touring Exhibition"
- 2007Commended for Meritorious Achievement in Education (arts and culture) in Chiba
- 2021"Yaezome Saiji Vase" purchased by the Imperial Household Agency
50th Anniversary of Ceramics Making Exhibition at Sakura City Museum of Art
Style
Applying dark red and bronze red pigments through cloth cutouts for underglaze decoration
Awards
- 1976Received the Excellence Award for "Bluish White Porcelain Vase" at the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 1983Received the Incentive Award for the "Hoko Nunozome Saiji Vase" at the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 1987Received the Excellence Award for the "Hoko Nunozome Saiji Bowl" at the East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2009Received the Japan Kogei Association Award for the "Tanko Nunozome Saiji Vase" at the Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Public Collections
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
- Sakura City Museum of Art