Tsujimura Shirō 辻村史郎 b. 1947

Born in Gosei, Nara, Japan

One of the most gifted potters active in Japan today, TSUJIMURA SHIRŌ has a tremendous range of both glazes and forms. Influenced by Momoyama era tea aesthetics, he creates powerful functional vessels that are dramatic, sensual and highly unique. Unlike most of his contemporaries, who closely control the firing process, Tsujimura delights in the unexpected and incorporates chance into his creative process. His work populates the collections of museums throughout the world.
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Kohiki-glazed flattened sake flask with brown and blueish gray circular decoration
ca.1999
Glazed stoneware
9 ¾ x 7 3/8 x 6 ¾ in.

SOLD
Exhibitions
Publications
Large rounded shigaraki vase with natural ash glaze drips on front, 2013. Stoneware with natural ash glaze, 16 7/8 x 17 in.

Public Collections
Ackland Art Museum, NC

Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Arthur M. Sackler Galleries, Washington, DC

Asian Art Museum, CA

Axel and May Vervoordt Foundation, Belgium

British Museum, UK

Brooklyn Museum, NY

Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

Denver Art Museum, CO

Hamilton Art Galley, Australia

Ise Foundation, Tokyo, Japan

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Miho Museum, Shiga, Japan

Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN

Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Germany

Museum of Fine Arts, MA

North Carolina Museum of Art, NC

Peabody-Essex Museum, Salem, MA

Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

Princeton University Art Museum, NJ

Spencer Museum of Art, KS

Stockholm Museum of Art, Sweden

Yale University Art Gallery, CT