Purple temmoku-glazed round incense burner with wide outspread mouth and recessed punctuated cover, 2012
Stoneware with purple temmoku glaze
3 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Inv# 7639
$ 6,250
Stoneware with purple temmoku glaze
3 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Inv# 7639
$ 6,250
Artist Bio
Kamada Kôji excels at the difficult technique of tenmoku (rabbit’s hair) glaze, characterized by shining silver spots or striations on a black or gray background. The technique originated in tenth-century Song China and became extremely popular among Japanese tea aficionados during the Muromachi period. Kamada has revitalized this traditional, hard-to-control technique with his own modern vision, and a focus on functional vessels and tea ware.
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1948 Born in Kyoto
1968 Trained in Gojôzaka with Shimizu Masashi
1971 Graduated from Kyoto Ceramics Training School, became an instructor of the school
Began his study of temmoku glazes
1973 Entered the 2nd Japan Craft Association, Kinki Division
Entered the 20th Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition
1975 Entered Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition
1976 Became an official member of the Japan Craft Society
1977 Resigned the instructor position of Kyoto prefecture employee (engineer) and started concentrating on creating ceramics
1982 Closed the Gojôzaka kiln and opened fired independent gas kiln
1987 Kyoto Board of Education Chairperson's Award, the 16th Japan Craft Association Exhibition Kinki District
1988 Studied under National Living Treasure, Shimizu Uichi
1990 Became an official member of Japan Sencha (Tea) Crafts Association
1994 Works entered the collection of Kyoto Prefectural Collection
1999 Work entered collection of New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
2000 Jury for Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition
2004, 6 Works entered collection of Department of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2005-6 Work exhibited and published in Wege zur Japanischen Keramik: Tradition in der Gegenwart, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst zu Berlin, 2005.
Solo exhibitions:
1978 Osaka Central Gallery (also '79 and '80)
1980 Takashimaya Gallery, Kyoto (eight more shows through 2003)
1984 Takashimaya Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo (also ’99, ’03 and ‘06)
1991 Takashimaya Gallery, Osaka (four more times through 2005)
1994 The 25th Anniversary exhibition of his career, Takashimaya Gallery, Gifu
2002 Takashimaya Gallery, Nagoya (also 2005)
2004 Gallery Dôjima, Osaka
Sun Gallery Sumie, Nagoya (also 2007)
2005 Gallery Kurimoto, Nigata
Yû Gallery, Akasaka
2008 Takashimaya Art Gallery, Nagoya, Osaka (also 2011)
2009 Takashimaya Art Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo
Additional solo exhibitions in various locations: Sapporo, Nagoya, Shiga, Nara, Hiroshima, etc.
Group exhibitions:
1994 Kyoto: Stream of Creative Ceramics, Kyoto Culture Museum, Kyoto
1997 Tenmoku and Celadon Joint Exhibition, two-person exhibition, New York
2002 Two-person exhibition, Ceramics and Lacquer, Paris, France
Public Collections:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Museum of Kyoto
New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
References:
The Contemporary Potters and Works in Japan, Central Division (Tokyo: Shogakkan, 1996): pp. 20-21.
Wege zur Japanischen Keramik: Tradition in der Gegenwart, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst zu Berlin, 2005.
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