Harada Shûroku

1941 Born in Inbe, Bizen
1963 Graduated from Meiji University, majoring in Agriculture
1971 Built own small pit kiln in Inbe
1972 Built own anagama pit kiln in Inbe
1992 Built a semi-underground single-chamber kiln (anagama) in Ushimado and conduct the first firing


Awards:

2000 Japan Ceramic Society Award
1985 Commissioned the Naomi Uemura commemorative plaque for Ikuta Hall, Meiji
University


Solo exhibitions:

1974 Started to hold solo exhibitions in galleries: Kobe, Okayama, Aomori, and Kokura; and galleries: Matsuyama, Takamatsu, Sapporo, and Kôbe Portopia, Mitsukoshi, Hanshin, Odakyu, and other venues
1981 Hanshin Art Gallery, Osaka
Odakyu Art gallery, Tokyo
1986 Kobe Tôarôdo Gallery, Kobe
1987 Kuroda Tôen, Shibuya, Tokyo (annually hereafter)
1989 Izutsuya Art Gallery
1990 Odakyu and Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Osaka
1993 Hanshin Art Gallery, Osaka
1994 Sogo Art Gallery, Fukuyama
1997 Hanshin Art Gallery, Osaka
1999 Odakyu Art Gallery, Tokyo
2000 Mitsukoshi Art Salon, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
2006 Mitsukoshi Art Salon, Nihonbashi, Tokyo


Group exhibitions:

1978 Exhibition for Matasaburo Katsura's 77th birthday celebration, the Okayama Okura Tôen, Okayama
1982 Arts and Crafts Salon, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Tokyo
1983 Two-person exhibition, Australian National Museum of Ethnology, Australia
2002 The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
2003 Japanese Ceramic exhibition, Tokyo Prefectural Garden Museum
2004 Awardees of the Japan Ceramic Society, Wakô Hall, Ginza, Tokyo
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics in Sanyo & Sanin Regions V, Higashi Hiroshima Municipal Museum, Hiroshima
Bizen-ware Exhibition, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
2005 Awarded top prize of the Japan Ceramic Society, Wakô Hall, Ginza, Tokyo


Public collections:

Metropolitan Museum of Art
New Orleans Museum of Art


References:


Toh: Harada Shûroku, Vol. 82, Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin, 1993

Sasayama, H. "Harada Shûroku: To the Origin of Medieval Bizen," Toh 21: Toward a 21st Century Renaissance in Ceramics, vol.1, Tokyo/ Kyoto: Dôhôsha, 1997, pp. 181- 207

Robert Yellin, "100 Sake vessels in Japan," in Honoho Geijutsu [Fine Arts], no. 62, Tokyo: Abe Shuppan, 2000, pp. 106- 107

Robert Yellin, "Shûroku Harada's Bizen: Bringing out the flavor of the clay," The Japan Times, Saturday, August 12, 2000

"Bizen New Age." in Honoho Geijutsu [Fire Arts], no.67. Tokyo: Abe Shuppan, 2001, pp. 46-50

Tea Ceramics: History and 101 Contemporary Ceramicists. Tokyo: Nihon Broadcast Publication, 2002.

"Captivation of Bizen Ware: Non-Glazed Stoneware," Ibaraki: Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, 2003,
pp. 108-111

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