Moritoshi Tokusawa

Biography

• 1943
  Born in Kyoto, raised in Tokyo
• 1967
  Graduated from Tamagawa University, College of Agriculture
  Studied under Muan Nakazato, Living National Treasure of Karatsu Ware
• 1972
  Became independent and built a kiln in Sarayama, Sue Town, Kasuya County, Fukuoka Prefecture
• 1974
  First solo exhibition at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store, 12 times from this year onward
• 1975
  Lecturer at Asahi Culture Center
• 1977
  Selected for the Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition for the first time, selected 31 times from this year onward
• 1983
  Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
• 2005
  Part-time lecturer at Arita College of Ceramics
• 2009
  Selected to submit to "Craftworks of Today in Kyushu and Okinawa – Tradition and Creation" held at Kyushu National Museum
  Invited to submit to the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
• 2022
  Selected to submit to "Ceramics of the Past and of the Future: The Timelessness of Traditional Japanese Craft Arts", touring exhibition at 8 places (–2023)

Awards

• 1989
  Received the Full Members' Award at the West Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2007
  Received the MEXT Award at the 54th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition, artwork purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs
• 2010
  Received the Excellence Award at the 3rd Musee Tomo Prize Exhibition
• 2012
  Received the Japan Kōgei Association Award at the 40th Ceramics Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
• 2015
  Received the Incentive Award at the 32nd Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Award “Arts of the Tea Ceremony” Exhibition

Public Collections

• Agency for Cultural Affairs
• Hakozaki Hachiman Shrine
• Dazaifu Tenmangu
• Kyushu Sangyo University