Mori Tōgaku 森 陶岳 b. 1937
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Exhibitions
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Architect of the Bizen Renaissance: Mori Tōgaku
May 7 - June 26, 2026Read more -
The Winter Show 2025
FORM not FUNCTION: Japanese Ceramic Sculpture January 24 - February 2, 2025Read more -
Summer Sculptures
June 21 - August 31, 2021Read more -
Ancient Kilns of Japan
Ceramics from Bizen, Iga, Tamba and Shigaraki July 27 - August 31, 2020Read more -
The Winter Show 2019
The Five Elements - Gogyō: Five Japanese Masters of the Art of Clay January 18 - 27, 2019Read more -
Japanese Ceramics 1960 - Present: Function vs. Sculpture
Winter Antiques Show 2018 January 22 - 31, 2018Read more -
A Palette for Genius
Japanese Water Jars for the Tea Ceremony March 10 - April 15, 2016Read more -
Tsubo
The Art of the Vessel March 13 - April 20, 2015Read more -
Japan in Black and White
Ink and Clay March 14 - April 25, 2014Read more -
The Salon Art + Design
Park Avenue Armory, NYC November 8 - 12, 2012Read more -
Transcending Tradition
Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Art September 26 - October 7, 2006Read more
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Publications
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Architect of the Bizen Renaissance
Mori Tōgaku 2026 Read more -
Contemporary Clay
Japanese Ceramics for the New Century Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Read more -
Japan Now
Three displays at Gardiner Museum of contemporary Japanese ceramics Joan B Mirviss Read more -
New Forms, New Voices
Japanese Ceramics from the Gitter-Yelen Collection New Orleans Museum of Art Read more -
The Betsy and Robert Feinberg Collection
Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-first Century 2014 Read more -
Tsubo: The Art of the Vessel
Ancient to Present 2015 Read more
Selected References:
Mori Tôgaku: Toh, vol. 49 (Kyoto Shoin, 1992)
“Mori Tôgaku: Our Ceramic Artists II; 40th Anniversary Commemorative feature 4,” Honoho Geijutsu, vol. 41 (Abe Shuppan, 1995), pp. 30- 33, 51
“Bizen; Recommending Drinking Vessels,” Honoho Geijutsu, vol. 53 (Abe Shuppan, 1998), pp.12- 13
Robert Yellin, “Mori Tôgaku: Contemporary Ceramics,” Daruma, vol. 19, summer 1998, pp. 36-39
Robert Yellin, “Ceramic Scene; Quality so good you can smell it,” The Japan Times, Saturday, July 10, 1999, p. 15
Robert Yellin, “Ceramic Scene; Holding the stars in your hands,” The Japan Times, Saturday, September 25, 1999, p.15
Kobizen o koete--Mori Tôgaku, Asahi Shinbunsha, 1999
“Mori Tôgaku: A New Century of Ceramics. The Creation of a New Modernity and Tradition,” Honoho Geijutsu, vol. 63 (Abe Shuppan, 2000), pp. 12- 19
“Tôgeika no kama: Mori Tôgaku [Master’s Kiln].” Tôjirô 23 (Futabasha, 2000): pp. 25-27
Exhibition catalogue, Contemporary Clay: Japanese ceramics for the new century, (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2005): pp.74-75
Wege zur Japanischen Keramik: Tradition in der Gegenwart, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst zu Berlin, 2005
Christine Shimizu, Tôji: Avant-Garde et Tradition de la Cèramique Japonaise, Editions de la rèunion des musèes nationaux, Paris, 2006
Nihon Tôgei-ten (Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition 2009), Tokyo: Mainichi Shimbun, 2009: pp. 52 -

