Ikkei Sakakura

1949 -
  • Ceramics
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  • Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 6

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    • Category
      Ceramics
    • Techniques
      Hagi ware
    • Born
      1949 -
    • Based in
      Yamaguchi
    • Membership
      Full member, Japan Kogei Association
      Holder of Intangible Cultural Property of Yamaguchi Prefecture for Hagi ware
    Ikkei Sakakura

    Style

    I produce tea ceremony vessels such as tea bowls and water jars, flower vases and plates with painted decoration using mainly the climbing kiln to make the most of the charm of Hagi clay.

    Biography

    • 1972
      Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture
    • 1974
      Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School, Ceramics Master's Degree Program
    • 1978
      Succeeded to the name 15th Generation Shimbe Sakakura
    • 1984
      Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
    • 1993
      Solo exhibition at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center (Los Angeles, California)
    • 1997
      Hagi Fukawa Kilns Group Exhibition in New York
    • 1998
      Outdoor tea ceremony, tea ceremony with tables and chairs and exhibition of artworks of the past generations at the Meijimura Tea Ceremony
    • 2000
      Submitted to the "400 Ans de Céramique" in Paris
    • 2012
      Becomes Director of the Japan Kōgei Association (– 2016)
      Becomes Secretary General of the Japan Kōgei Association Yamaguchi Branch (– 2016)
    • 2013
      Designated as Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property of Yamaguchi Prefecture for Hagi ware
    • 2014
      "Shimbe's Raku, Kichizaemon's Hagi" Exhibition at Sagawa Art Museum
    • 2018
      70th Birthday Anniversary Exhibition at Nihombashi, Okayama and Takasaki Takashimaya
    • 2019
      Received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays

    Public Collections

    • Hagi Uragami Museum

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