1947 Born in Kyoto, Japan
1965 Graduated from the Kyoto Arts and Crafts Training Center
1963 Graduated from the Kyoto Ceramics Training School
Selected Awards
2011 Gold Award, Japan Ceramic Society Award, Japan
2008 Kyoto City Cultural Prize and Contribution Award, Japan
1997 Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award, Japan
1992 Okada Mokichi Excellence Award MOA (Museum of Art), Japan
1985 Grand Prize at Faenza International Ceramic Exhibition, Italy
Selected Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
British Museum (London, UK)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC, USA)
Everson Museum, Syracuse (NYC, USA)
Art and History Museum (Geneva, Switzerland)
Faenza International Ceramics Museum (Faenza, Italy)
Hatjens Museum (Düsseldorf, Germany)
Musée National de la Céramique (Sevres, France)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MA, USA)
National Museum of History (Taiwan)
National Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo, Japan)
New Castle Museum (New Castle, Australia)
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans (LA, USA)
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis (MI, USA)