Rokubei Kiyomizu Ⅵ 六世 清水 六兵衛
1901 Born in Higashiyama, Kyoto.
1920 Graduated from the Department of Painting of Kyoto City School of Arts and Crafts.
1925 Began ceramics as an assistant for his father, Rokubei Ⅴ．
1945 Succession to the name.
1962 Became a member of the Japan Art Academy.
1970 Named a Person of Cultural Merits by Kyoto prefecture.
1976 Became a Person of Cultural Merits.
1980 Passed away at the age of 79.
Uichi Shimizu 清水 卯一
1926 Born in Higashiyama, Kyoto.
1940 Apprenticed to Munemaro Ishiguro.
1962 Won a gold award at International Ceramic Exhibition in Prague.
1970 Built ‘Horai-kiln’ at the base of Mt.Horai, Shiga prefecture.
1977 Won a gold award at Japan ceramic society.
1979 Became an executive director at Nihon Kogeikai. (Japan Art Crafts Association)
1983 Solo exhibition at Ginza Kuroda Touen.
1985 Designated a Living National Treasure.
1986 Received a Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon.
1987 Became a president of the department of ceramics, Japan Arts Crafts Association.
1988 Designated as a person of cultural merits by Kyoto prefecture.
2004 Passed away at the age of 77.
Nodo Fujimoto 藤本 能道
1919 Born in Tokyo.
1941 Graduated from The Tokyo School of fine arts, the department of crafts. (current Tokyo University of the Arts)
1970 Became a professor at the university.
1976 Show at Ginza Kuroda Touen. ‘Ceramic Plaque Exhibition’
1985 Appointed to the president of the university.
1986 Designated the Living National Treasure.
1991 Received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver star.
1992 Passed away at the age of 73.
Shoji Kamoda 加守田 章二
1933 Born in Kishiwada, Osaka prefecture.
1952 Entered the department of ceramics in Kyoto City University of Arts.
1956 Graduated from the university. Moved to Hitachi, Ibaraki prefecture.
1959 Moved to Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture.
1962 Began producing ash glaze type by Anagama kiln.
1965 Ash glaze type gained attention.
1966 Awarded by the Japanese Ceramic Society.
1969 Moved to Tono, Iwate prefecture.
1970 Showed [Kyokusen Chomon, Curving design] for the first time.
1971 Showed [Saishoku, Colored design] for the first time.
1974 Exhibition of [Toban, ceramic plaque] at Ginza Kuroda Touen. (every year onwards)
1979 Moved to Higashi Kurume, Tokyo.
1983 Passed away at the age of 49.
Yaichi Kusube 楠部 彌弌
1897 Born in Higashiyama, Kyoto prefecture.
1912 Entered Kyoto Ceramic Experimental Station Attached Training Center.
1918 Began ceramics in Sanjo, Kyoto.
1920 Organized a group of ceramists, ‘Aka tsuchi sha’.
1924 Awarded at the Paris Universal Exposition.
1927 Awarded his first prize at Teiten.
1937 Completed ‘Saien’ technique.
1938 Moved to Okazaki, Kyoto prefecture.
1962 Became a member of the Japan Art Academy.
1965 Moved to Yamashina, Kyoto.
1972 Designated as a person of cultural merits by Kyoto city.
1978 Received the Order of Cultural Merit.
1984 Passed away at the age of 87.
Kazuo Yagi 八木一夫
1918 Born in Higashiyama, Kyoto.
1931 Entered the the sculpture course at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and crafts.
1939 Joined the army. Discharged from the army the next year.
1943 Became a teacher at Ritsumeikan Junior High School.
1946 Left teaching, and started focusing on producing ceramics.
Formed a young ceramic artists group, ‘Seinen Sakuto Shudan’.
Dissolved two years later.
1948 Founded ‘Sodeisha’ with Osamu Suzuki, Hikaru Yamada, and others.
1954 Created The walk of Mr. Samsa.
1955 Began Unglazed ceramics.
1957 Began Black ware.
1959 Won Gold medal for ‘Vase, Iron Inlay’ at the Internstional Exhibition of Ceramics,
Ostend in Belgium.
1962 Won a gold medal at the 3rd International Ceramic Exhibition in Prague by
‘Monument, Queen Consort’.
1970 Shown at the exhibition ‘Contemporary Ceramics Art-Europe and Japan’
at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo.
1971 Became a professor of the Kyoto Municipal College of Fine Arts.
Designed the medals of the 11th Winter Olympic in Sapporo.
1973 Investigated the Middle East as a captain of Silk road research team.
Won the first prize at Japan Ceramic Association.
1974 Show at Ginza Kuroda Touen. ‘ Contemporary Ceramic plaque exhibition’
1976 Published a collection of essays - ‘Kaichu no Fukei’.
1978 Show at Isetan department store. ‘The 60th Anniversary of his Birth’.
1979 Passed away at the age of 60.
