Fujihira Shin 藤平伸 1922-2012

  • Born in Higashiyama-Gojozaka, Kyoto Fujihira Shin was the son of Fujihara Seichi, a ceramicist who established the Fujihira Pottery Company...

    Born in Higashiyama-Gojozaka, Kyoto

     

    Fujihira Shin was the son of Fujihara Seichi, a ceramicist who established the Fujihira Pottery Company in 1916 in Kyoto. The family rented kiln space from master ceramist Kawai Kanjirō, who was an early influence on the young Fujihira. Inspired by Kawai Kanjirō's Mingei (folk art) Movement, Fujihira created functional vessels as well as delightful, often humorous, ceramic forms. Having studied with the Kyoto master Kiyomizu Rokubei VI, Fujihira excelled at a variety of traditional glazing techniques. His unique, subtly-colored surfaces also added a rich texture to his vessels.

  • FUJIHIRA SHIN Rounded teabowl with pooling dark gray-green ash glaze, 2010 Glazed stoneware 3 1/2 x 4 in. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    FUJIHIRA SHIN Asymmetrical dripping ash-glazed flattened vase with incised design of a standing bird, Early 1960’s Glazed stoneware 9 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    FUJIHIRA SHIN Vase with dripping glaze in blues and reds and abstract geometric designs in relief, 1991 Glazed stoneware 8 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    FUJIHIRA SHIN Haiyū Chawan; Ash-glazed Teabowl, 1990s Glazed stoneware 3 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    FUJIHIRA SHIN Shinsha (cinnabar-glazed) octagonal vessel, ca. 1990 Glazed stoneware 7 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    FUJIHIRA SHIN, Rounded teabowl with pooling dark gray-green ash glaze, 2010
     
  • Exhibitions
  • Public Collections
    White and black glazed vase, 1991. Stoneware with black and white glazes, 7 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches.
    Public Collections

    Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Japan

    Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan

    Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan

    Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan

    National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

    National Crafts Museum, Kanazawa, Japan

    National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Paramita Museum, Mie, Japan

    Takamatsu Art Museum, Kagawa, Japan

    Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK