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Ryūichi Kakurezaki

Born 1950 in Goto (Kabashima, Goto Islands) Nagasaki, Japan.

Graduates 1977 from Osaka University of the Arts.

Retrospective exhibition 2014 at Musée Tomo, Tokyo.

Solo exhibition 2016 at Mitsukoshi, Tokyo.

Ryuichi Kakurezaki is a renowned and highly regarded Bizen artist, known for his use of unconventional clays. Although Kakurezaki’s work uses the traditional materials and techniques of Bizen, since the 1990s Kakurezaki has been using what would have been historically considered ‘waste clay’, to achieve  intriguing results. His work paradoxically can be considered both traditional and avant-garde. Kakurezaki’s work has exhibited in many important exhibitions and museums around the world. His work is in major Collections including The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, UK, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan, and Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan.

Selected Works

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Una Mistura tea bowl, 2021

H 13 x W 12.2 x D 9.3 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Black (upright) tea bowl, Una Mistura, 2022

H 12 x W 12 x D 11 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Water Jar (Mizusashi), 2021

H 16 x W 29 x D 18 cm

Bizen Ware Ceramic, red lacquer lid (Anagama Kiln)

Una Mistura white clay vessel, 2020

H 46 x W 14.5 x D 14.5 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Una Mistura tea bowl, 2020

H 9.5 x W 12 x D 11.5 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Platter, Una Mistura, 2018

H 9.3 x W 53.3 x D 44.4 cm

bizen ware ceramic

Lg. flower vessel, Una Mistura, 2022

H 32.5 x W 58 x D 22.5 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Tall flower vessel, Una Mistura, 2021

H 47 x W 27.5 x D 22.5 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Flower Vase, Una Mistura, 2018

H 49.7 x W 24.3 x D 22 cm

bizen ware ceramic

Black Una Mistura tea bowl, 2021

H 13.2 x W 12 x D 9.4 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Sake bottle, black type, 2019

H 16 x W 9.2 x D 9.2 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Tall Oribe incense burner,Una Mistura, 2019

H 19 x W 8 x D 8 cm

Bizen ware ceramic, (wood/pewter lid

Sake bottle, 2019

H 15.2 x W 9.6 x D 9.6 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Una Mistura, black tea bowl, 2020

H 9 x W 12 x D 12 cm

Ceramic

Oribe tea bowl, Una Mistura, 2019

H 10 x W 12 x D 12 cm

Bizen ware ceramic

Oribe sake bottle, 2019

H 15 x W 9 x D 9 cm

Bizen ware ceramic