1947 Born in Kyoto as a son of potter
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art/The National Museum of Art, Osaka
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ Japan Foundation
Kyoto Prefectural Sogo – Shiryoukan
The Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Hyogo
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
Everson Museum
Portland Museum of Art
St.Louis Museum of Art
Spencer Museum
Brooklyn Museum
The Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
The Yale University Art Gallery
New Orleans Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art
North Carolina Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Clark Center for Japanese Art & Culture
Houston Museum
Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza (Italy)
Hetjens Museum (Germany)
Ariana Museum (Switzerland)
Geneve Art and History Museum (Switzerland)
Musée des Art Decoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Victoria and Albert Museum (England)
British Museum (England)
Musée des Art Decoratifs (France)
New Castle Museum (Australia)
Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain (France)
Argentina Museum of Modern Art, Japanese House (Argentina)
International Permanent Collection of Modern Art (Yugoslavia)
The National Museum of History (Taiwan)
Prague Decorative Museum of Art (Czecho)
Musee National de Ceramique (France)
National Gallery of Australia (Australia)
The McManus Galleries & Museum, Dundee (Scotland)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1977 Odakyu Department Store (Tokyo)
1978 Gallery Third Floor (Kyoto)
1979 Hankyu Department Store (Osaka)
1980 Asahi Gallery (Kyoto)
1982 Gallery Nakamura (Kyoto)
1986 Competition of International Ceramic Art in Faenza (Italy)
Hetjens Museum (Germany)
Solo museum exhibitions in Belgium and Switzerland
1987 Maghi Bettini Gallery (Netherlands)
Museum voor Sierkunst en Industrile (Ghent, Belgium)
Maya Behn Gallery (Switzerland)
Musée des Art Decoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne (Switzerland)
Aoyama Green Gallery (Tokyo)
1988 Seibu Takanawakai (Tokyo)
1991 Aoyama Green Gallery (Tokyo)
Takanawa Art Saloon (Tokyo)
1992 Gallery Yuri (Fukuoka)
1993 Kocyuukyo (Tokyo)
1995 Aoyama Green Gallery (Tokyo)
1996 Tennmaya (Hiroshima)
1997 Kocyuukyo (Tokyo)
1998 Takanawa Art Saloon (Tokyo)
Contemporary Ceramic Art, Kandori (Tokyo)
2000 Mitsukoshi (Tokyo)
2001 Gallery Dojima (Osaka)
2002 Garth Clark Gallery (New York, USA)
2003 The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese art at the Clark Center (USA)
2005 Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza (Italy)
SELECTED PRIZES AND AWARDS:
1969 Prize, Kansai Art Exhibition
1972 Prize, Kansai Art Exhibition
1974 Prize, Kyoto Prefecture Arts and Crafts Exhibition Prize, Kansai Art Exhibition (invited artist thereafter)
1975 Prize, Kyoto Prefecture Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1976 Prize, Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1977 Mayor’s prize, Kyoto Art Exhibition
1978 Grand Prize, Kyoto Prefecture Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Kyoto Newspaper Prize, Kyoto Art Exhibition
1979 Member’s Prize, 1st.Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition
Mayor’s prize, Kyoto Art Exhibition (invited artist thereafter)
1980 Newcomer Prize, Kyoto Prefecture Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1981 Best Newcomer Artist Prize in Kyoto
1982 Grand Prize, Chunichi International Ceramic Arts Exhibition
1983 Aichi Governor’s Prize, Chunichi International Ceramic Arts Exhibition
Purchase Prize, Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition
1984 Special Prize, Nitten
Second Prize, Chunichi International Ceramic Arts Exhibition
Prize, Kyoto Artists’ Association Exhibition
1985 Grand Prize, Chunichi International Ceramic Arts Exhibition
Grand Prize, 44th.Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d’Arte (Faenza, Italy)
Prize, Asahi Ceramic Exhibition
Sankei Newspaper Prize, The Contemporary Arts And Crafts of Japan (The Hakone Open-air Museum)
1986 Bronze Prize, 1st. International Ceramics Competition ’86 Mino (Gifu)
1987 Titograd Prize, World Triennale Exhibition of Small Ceramics (Yugoslavia)
1992 Prize, Japan Ceramics Association Prize, M.O.A. Okada Mokichi prize
1995 Prize, The Kyoto Art and Culture Awards
1996 Prize, Mainichi Art Awards
1997 Prize, The Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize, Merits Prize