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  • Kaneshige Tōyō 金重 陶陽

    Kaneshige Tōyō 金重 陶陽

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    (1896-1967)

    The first Bizen potter to be designated as Living National Treasure in 1956, KANESHIGE TŌYŌ was a seminal ceramic artist of twentieth-century Japan. By the late 1920s, he had begun his life-long pursuit of revitalizing Ko-Bizen (Old Bizen) wares of the Momoyama period (1573-1615). He rediscovered the techniques used to produce such wares, namely the long-lost methods of clay preparation, kiln building, loading, and firing, and revived the style of Old Bizen ware. The popularity of his wares helped lay the foundation for Bizen’s present prosperity. 

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    Major Public Collections:

    Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan
    Brooklyn Museum, NY
    Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
    Honolulu Art Museum, HI
    Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Japan
    Indiana Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
    Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art, Kanazawa, Japan
    Kanō Museum, Aki, Japan
    Menard Art Museum, Komaki, Japan
    Mt. Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
    National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
    National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
    National Treasures Museum, Yugawara, Japan
    Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
    Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
    Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
    University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
    Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

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