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2009
Jugde at All Kansai Fine Arts Exhibition (chosen twice)
2008
Jugde at KYOTEN Exhibition
2001
Judge at The Japanese New Art-Craft Exhibition (chosen four times)
1987
BFA, Ceramics, Musashino Art College in Tokyo, Japan
1962
Bone in Kyoto City

Awards and Competitions:

2021
The Japanese New Art-Craft Exhibition(NHK Chairman’s Award)
2019
The Japanese New Art-Craft Exhibition (Ueno Royal Museum Award)
2018
Grand Prize at NITTEN Exhibition
2015
The Japanese New Art-Craft Exhibition (Minister of Education Prize)
2011
Kyoto News Publisher Prize, NITTEN Exhibition
2009
Bronze Prize, The 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 in Korea
2007
Yomiuri News Publisher Prize, All Kansai Fine Arts Exhibition
2001
Incentive Prize, The 25th Choza Award Tokoname Ceramic
2000
Member Prize, The Japanese New Art-Craft Exhibition (received the same prize three times)
1999
Incentive Prize, The 17th Kyoto Prefecture Culture Prize
1997
Doyusha Prize, Tenri Biennale
1996
Grand Prize at Kyoto Prefecture Craft Art Exhibition Association Prize, The Kyoto Artist Association (received twice)
1994
Mayor Prize at KYOTEN Exhibition
1991
New Star Prize for Ceramics, Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition (the Shinjin Tougei Prize)
1989
Encouragement Prize, The Kyoto Artist Association (received five times)

Selected Solo Exhibition

2012
Gallery Keifu, Kyoto (received the same twice)
2005
Gallery MARONIE, Kyoto
2001
Art Gallery, Daimaru, Kobe (twice)
1999
Art Gallery, Takasimaya Department, Kyoto (four times)
1996
Art Gallery, Mitukosi Department, Osaka (twice)
1995
Art Gallery, Daimaru Department, Kyoto (four times)

Selected Group Exhibition

2018
Liu Haisu Art Museun,Shanghai
2015
“The Beauty of the Rin School in Kyoto,” the Museum of Kyoto
2013
The Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, Kanazawa 21Century Museum
2009
The Contemporary Ceramic Art in Asia, the Ceramic Museum of AITI Kobe Biennale2009 (received the same twice)
2001
Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
1996
The Selected Exhibit for New and Powerful Art, Kyoto City Museum, also in ’98 ’00 ’02.
1995
Modern Kyoto Craft Exhibition, the Museum of Kyoto
1994
The Exhibition of the Tide of Kyoto Ceramic Creation, The Museum of Kyoto
1989
Japan Ceramic Exhibition (six times)

Selected Public Collections

  • The Museum of Kyoto
  • Icheon World Ceramic Center, KOREA
  • Maibara City, Japan
  • Welfare Center(Cen-Terrace)at Osaka University in Suita, Japan
  • Fusimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto
  • Kyoto Institute,Library and Archives
  • Shanghai Art Collection Museum

Membership

  • Deliberation Committee Member of Japan New Craft Man Federation
  • Director of The Kyoto Artist Association
  • Support Member of NITTEN, National Fine Art Exhibition
  • Part-time lecturer of Osaka University of Art