| Name: | Katsutarou KIKUCHI |
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| Address: | 168 Oohara Toyako-cho Abuta-gun Hokkaido 049-5821 |
| Tel: | 0142-87-2031 |
| E-mail: | contact@katsutaroukikuchi.com |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
Name:
Katsutarou KIKUCHI
Address:
168 Oohara Toyako-cho Abuta-gun Hokkaido 049-5821
Nationality:
Japanese
Education:
| April 1964 - March 1967 |
Date High School, Date-shi, Hokkaido |
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| April 1968 - March 1970 |
Kuwazawa Design Institute, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo |
Work Experience:
| August 1970 - August 1971 |
Studied and worked as a ceramicist at Sumiyama Art Village, Ugi City in Kyoto |
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| September 1971 - May 1972 |
Studied under Shinichi OKA, Ootu City in Shiga Prefecture |
| June 1972 - May 1974 |
Studied and worked at the Okada Sensyu Gama (Hagi-Yaki pottery), Hagi City in Shimane Prefecture |
| October 1974 | Built a noborigama kiln, named Niwatazumi-gama, at Oohara, Toya Village (birthplace) |
| November 1985 | Commissioned by the city of Sapporo to build an anagama klln for the “Fureai-no-Mori" at Ariake in Sapporo |
| May 1987 - July 1987 |
Visited many kilns in China with the International Exchange Project of Hokkaido |
| August - September 1989 |
Hosted Mr. Ryu Shikoku (an Investigator of Ancient Pottery of Chinese Jisyu-gama) on behalf of the International Exchange Project of Hokkaido |
| July 1992 | Built a Nobori-gama kiln (interior sizes: width 2m, length 10m, height 1.4m) |
| 1993 | Published the Special Issue " Katsutarou KIKUCHI " (「Tou」Vol.63 with Kyoto-shoin) |
| September 1996 | Created and introduced a method of intermittent firing with water to keep an appealing nature in the clay and to get the beautiful scarlet color |
| May - October 2001 |
Commissioned by the International Shin-yo Institute Inc. to build a Nobori-gama kiln with 4 combustion chambers in the city of Kanuma in Tochigi prefecture |
| 2008 | Participated in the Mungyeon Traditional Tea Bowl Festival 2008 |
| 2009 | Participated in the Mungyeon Traditional Tea Bowl Festival 2009 |
Individual Show
| 1975 to Present | In many cities around Hokkaido |
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| 1987 to Present (every year) |
At the Marui Imai department store in Sapporo |
| June 1994 | In Tokyo (in the Toukyu head department store), Nakajou City in Niigata prefecture and Utsunomiya City in Tochigi prefecture |
| September - November 1998 |
In Ginza (in the Kougei Murata), Tokyo and Utsunomiya City in Tochigi prefecture |
| 2002 to Present | In many cities of Tohoku Prefecture (Shirakawa, Morioka, Choushi, Yonezawa,Aomori etc.) and at the Kuroda-Touen in Ginza, Tokyo |
Honors and Awards
| March 2005 | Won a Prize of New Work Exhibition of Traditional Industrial Arts |
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| March 2007 | Won a Prize of New Work Exhibition of Traditional Industrial Arts |
| March 2012 | Won a Prize of New Work Exhibition of Traditional Industrial Arts |
| March 2013 | Won a Prize of New Work Exhibition of Traditional Industrial Arts |