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