1897 Born in Kyoto, the son of Sennosuke, father who ran the Kusube Trading Pottery Factory
1912 Entered the pottery training school at the Kyoto Municipal Ceramics Testing Laboratory
Learned with Yagi Kazuso and Kawamura Kitaro at the same school
1915 Started his career in Mt. Awata
Awarded the prize of encouragement at the exhibition organized by the Youth Ceramic Society
1918 Moved to a studio in Awataguchi
Established friendships with Kawai Kanjiro,Kawakami Setsui, Kuroda Tatsuaki, Mukai Junkichi, and others.
1920 Joined a group of potters, “Sekido-sha”, with Yagi Kazuo (八木一艸),
Michibayashi Toshimasa (道林俊正) Kawai Einosuke (河合栄之助),
Kawamura Kitaro (河村己多良,喜多郎) and Aratani Yoshikage (荒谷芳景)
Held the 1st exhibition of Sekido-sha at Takashimaya, Osaka
Held the 2nd exhibition of Sekido-sha at the Kyoto Prefectural Library
1921 Held the 3rd exhibition of Sekido-sha at Hoshi Pharmaceutical, Tokyo
Held the 4th exhibition of Sekido-sha at the Kyoto Prefectural Library
1922 Held a two-person exhibition with Yagi Kazuo at Tsuboya, Osaka
1923 The “Sekido-sha” ended
1924 Awarded the prize for “One Hundred French Decorated Vase”百仏飾壺
at the Universal Exposition in Paris, France
1925 Becomes interested in Yanagi Sōetsu's Mingei (folk art) movement
Began collecting Mingei objects
1926 Exhibited at the Japan Crafts Art Exhibition
Purchased by the Ministry of the Imperial Household
1927 Founded the Yoyo-kai with Yagi Kazuo, Kawamura Kitaro,
Kawai Einosuke, Michibayashi Yoshimasa and others
Selected for the 8th exhibition
1933 Awarded a special prize at the 14th Imperial Exhibition,
Purchased by the Ministry of the Imperial Household
1934 Nominated to be unexamined for the Imperial Exhibition
1935 Exhibited at the 1st Kyoto City Exhibition
1937 Won the prize at International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life, Paris, France
1938 Moved his atelier to Enjoji temple
1943 Established Jakuchu-kai with Isamu Yoshii, Chikukyo Ono, and Omotesenke tea master
1948 Formed the Kyoto Craft Artists Advisory Committee
Exhibition “Reminiscence of Red Clay Ceramics” at the Hojo garden, Kyoto
1951 Awarded the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize at the 7th Nitten
Served as a juror for the same exhibition
1952 Became a counselor of Nitten
1954 Awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize
1956 Held first solo exhibitions at Mitsukoshi Department Stores in Tokyo, Osaka
1958 Became a trustee of Nitten
1959 Held his second solo exhibition at Mitsukoshi Department Stores, Tokyo,Osaka
1962 Became a member of the Japan Art Academy
1963 Held his third solo exhibition at Mitsukoshi Department Stores in Tokyo, Osaka
Received the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon
1964 Participated in the “Contemporary International Ceramic Art Exhibition
at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kyoto
1965 Moved his atelier to Yamashina, Kyoto
1968 Held the 50th Anniversary Exhibition of Kusube Yayoi's Ceramics
Mitsukoshi Department Stores in Osaka, Tokyo
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Wrote a series of articles, “To the Earth and Fire,” for the Mainichi Newspaper
1969 Awarded the “Person of Cultural Merit” by the City of Kyoto.
Became Managing Director of Nitten
1971 Held “The Top of the Japanese Ceramic World: Kusube Yaichi's Self-Selected Works”
Hanshin Department Store, Osaka, and Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo
1972 Awarded the Mainichi Art Prize
Held the exhibition "Kusube Yayoi's New Works" at Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, Osaka
1973 Became an advisor to Nitten
1974 Held the exhibition "The Beauty of Irozuchi: Sixty Years of Irozuchi"
Tokyo Department Store, Shibuya and Hanshin Department Store, Osaka
1975 Became an honorary citizen of Kyoto
1977 The "Japanese Beauty: The Masterpieces of Kusube Yaichi" ceramic exhibition
The Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris
1978 Awarded the Order of Cultural Merit
1980 Exhibited Kusube Yaichi exhibition at Takashimaya Department Stores,Tokyo,Osaka
1982 Held the exhibition "Kusube Yaichi's teabowls"
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo,Daimaru Department Store, Kyoto
Became Honorary President of the Japan New Craftsmen's Association
1984 Died