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apot-02

Name

Tatsuzo Shimaoka

The Living National Treasure

[Born and death year]
1919-

[Native space]
Tokyo

Specification

[Experience]
1941
He became a pupil of famous Shoji Hamada as a ceramist of Mashiko
pottery.
1954
He built his kiln in Mashiko.
1962
He was awarded the Prize of The Japan Folk Crafts Museum.
1994
He was awarded the gold prize in Japan Ceramic Society.
1996
He was authorized the Living National Treasure.
1999
He was given a decoration.

He held a lecture and an exhibition of own works in U.S.A., Canada,
Australia, Germany, England and New Zealand.

Japanese Antiques ZIDAIYA: Specializing in Old Imari, Kutani and Kyoto Ceramics