Yoshihiro Kumamoto

Style

Submitting artwork mainly to the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (selected 25 times). Created tenmoku glazed pieces in the early days and started making celadon glazed pieces afterwards. Currently making Yao-zhou ware style celadon glazed pieces, which are olive green celadon ware that have been made since the Song Period in China.

Biography

• 1944
  Born in Hamamachi, Kashima City, Saga Prefecture
• 1972
  Studied under Morikazu Kimura in Kyoto and Fukui
• 1979
  Built a kiln in his hometown Kashima City, Hamamachi
• 1980
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time (selected 25 times from this year onward)
• 1987
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 1990
  Becomes member of the Saga Ceramic Art Association
• 2000
  "Line Patterned Celadon Glaze Bowl" added to the collection of the British Museum
• 2003
  Solo Exhibition at Takashimaya Osaka (~2016)
• 2009
  Submitted to ”Craftworks of Today in Kyushu and Okinawa – Tradition and Creation" held at Kyushu National Museum
• 2011
  Solo Exhibition at Takashimaya Yokohama
• 2014
  Solo Exhibition at Takashimaya Yokohama
• 2016
  Solo Exhibition at Takashimaya Osaka
• 2017
  Solo Exhibition at Takashimaya Yokohama
• <Selections>
  The Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (25 times), West Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (18 times), West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (26 times), Kyushu-Yamaguchi Ceramics Exhibition (12 times)
• <Solo Exhibtions>
  Takashimaya, Kintetsu etc. (31 times)

Awards

• 2017
  Received the Kagoshima Broadcasting Corporation (KKB) Award at the West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition