Yutaka Idogawa

• 1964
  Born in Tokyo
• 1991
  Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Ceramics Master Course
• 2000
  Built a kiln in Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture
• 2022
  Ceramics of the Past and of the Future: The Timelessness of Traditional Japanese Craft Arts (Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art etc.)
  Greater Depth and Evolution: An Exhibition of the Expanding World of Traditional Crafts (Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store)

Traditional Techniques and Beauty Passed Down to the Present

Ceramic artist Yutaka Idogawa creates ceramics using motifs of things nearby us for the designs with soft colors and textures. The charm of his artwork is the fresh looking transparent luster made by applying silver paint made from silver powder onto the porcelain. He received the Japan Kōgei Association Important Intangible Cultural Property Holder Award at the 71st Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition in 2024 and is gaining more attention. Idogawa is also an educator and researcher. He is currently a professor at Hiroshima University and is passing on his skills that he has cultivated over the years, as well as the splendor of traditional crafts to the next generation.

• 1991
  Received the Salon de Plantin Prize on graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Ceramics Master Course
• 2006
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 34th Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2008
  Received the Asahi Shimbun Award at the 48th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2013
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 41st Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2015
  Received the TOKI Oribe Grand Award at the 8th Exhibition of Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony
  Received the Prince Takamatsu Memorial Award at the 62nd Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2020
  Received the MOA Museum of Art Award at the 60th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition

• Midorigaoka Art Museum Toki City, Gifu Prefecture

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