Kumakura Junkichi 熊倉順吉 1920-1985

1920 Born as the eldest son of Kumakura Kichitaro, architectural business owner

1942 Graduated from Kyoto Technical Art School, Design Department

   Majored in architecture while attending school

1945 Aspired to become a potter

1946 Studied under Fukuda Rikisaburo and Tomimoto Kenkichi

1948 Exhibited at the Shinsyu Kogei Association Exhibition

1949 Selected for the first time at the Nitten Exhibition

1951 First solo exhibition at Form Art Gallery in Tokyo

1952  Awarded a prize at the Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition

   (sponsored by the Asahi News Paper)

1955  Awarded Japan Ceramic Society Prize

1957  Joined the avant-garde ceramic group “Sodeisha” in Kyoto

1958  Awarded the Grand Prize at the 1958 Brussels World Exposition, Belgium

1962  Awarded the Silver Prize at Prague International Ceramic Art Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic

1985  Died of heart failure