1946 Born in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture
1968 Graduated from Nippon Designer Gakuin Institute and joined Tokoname Tobosugi
1984 Member of IAC (International Association of Ceramic Art, Switzerland)
1985 Member of Japan Society of Ethnic Arts
1998 NHK “Yakimono tansaku: Flight from White, Yoshikawa Masamichi”
(Japan Broadcasting Corporation, 1998)
Awarded
1971 Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Excellent Prize
1972 International Grand Prize, International Ceramics Exhibition in Vallauris
1981 Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Grand Prize
1983 Asahi Modern Craft, Grand Prize
1992 Nyon International Porcelain Triennale , 2nd Prize
1998 Gold Medal, Munich International Art and Craft Exhibition
1999 Sapporo Art and Craft Competition, Excellent Prize
Public Collection
1987 The Japan Foundation
1989 Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1991 Museum August Kestner, Germany
1992 Château de Nyon, Switzerland
1994 Museum of Decorative Arts and Crafts, Prague, Czech Republic
Tokoname City / Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1995 Brooklyn Museum, New York
The State Museum for Art and Cultural History
(in German: Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte)
1996 Borgå Municipal Art Museum, Finland
1997 Monument of Overseas Technical Research Center (Toyota City, Japan)
1998 State Museum for Art and Cultural History of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
1977 Maruei Kogei Salon, Nagoya, Japan; held there until 1982
Held every other year at the gallery since 1982
1979 Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, Tokyo, and every other year until 1993
1989 Gallery ASIATICA (USA)
1990 Masuda Studio, Tokyo
1991 BOWIG Gallery, Germany
1993 Gallery Kenbishi, Kariya, Japan
1994 Akasaka Green Gallery, Tokyo, Japan / Museum Matsukeyakido, Toyota, Japan
Gallery Enju, Ichinomiya, Japan
1995 Art House Mimoza, Izu-Kogen, Tokyo
1996 Akasaka Green Gallery, Tokyo / Gallery b15, Germany
1997 Nihonbashi Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo
1998 Gallery Azumino, Hirosaki, Japan / Gallery Vleux-Bourg, Switzerland
1999 INAX Tile Museum, Tokoname, Japan / Akasaka Green Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery HIRAWATA, Shonan, Japan
Group Exhibitions
1985 Invited to the 3rd Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Osaka, Japan
Invited to the Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Kure City Museum of Art, Japan
The Landscape of Hinuma Soil Exhibition,Hinuma, Japan
1986 PACIFIC CONNECTION Exhibition (toured 6 cities in U.S.A.)
Invited to exhibit white porcelain in Arita, Japan
1988 THE EUROPEAN COFFEE CUP Exhibition (Brussels, Paris, London)
1990 Each Oribe Exhibition (Inui Gallery, Tokyo)
1991 Meme Pool Exhibition, Obara School Hall in Tokyo
1992 “Heisei Ceramic Art: The Complete Picture and Prospect” (Okayama and 6 other cities)
“Form Und Glasur” (Frankfurt)
Artists in Tokai (Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art)
Vier Elemente Drei Lander, Frankfurt Art Museum (Städel Museum)
1993 NEW ART FORMS Exhibition, Chicago
1994 Invited to 10th Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Osaka, Japan / Annex Shigaraki, Shiga Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan
IAC International Association of Ceramic Artists Member Exhibition (Prague)
1995 Japanese Studio Craft Exhibition (London)
Contemporary Château de Nyon, Exhibition (Germany)
1996 Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair (Nagoya)
IAC International Association of Ceramic Artists Exhibition (Nagoya, Saga)
Invited to IRIS International Ceramic Artists Seminar (Finland)
IAC Tokai Contemporary Ceramic Art Exhibition (Nagoya)
1997 Invited to Tebritzia Cup Symposium(Czech Republic)
Hand to Clay Exhibition (Tokyo, Japan)
1998 Invited to Hyper Clay Workshop (Australia)
1999 SOFA '99 Art Fair, New York
2000 Invited to KERAMISKE VEJE (Denmark)