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Artist's Profile (Kutani Porcelain)

No.

apku-02

Name

Tojiro Kitade

Councilor of Nitten

[Born and death year]
1898-1968
Died at 71 years old

[Native place]
Arima-gun,

Specification

[Experience]
1922
He became an adopted child of a pottery Kitade house of a Kutani porcelain.
1925
He became a pupil of Hazan Itaya and learned ceramic art.
1936
He became a pupil of Kenkichi Tomimoto and established a color of a new Kutani porcelain.
1938
He went to Korea in order to study a Korean antique art.
1939
He exhibited a work at New York International Exposition by a request of Commerce and Industry Ministry.
1941, 1943, 1946
He won a grand prize at an Art Exhibition of Education Ministry sponsorship.
1963
He won Minister for Education prize in the 6th Nitten.

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