Raku Jikinyū XV
Raku Kichizaemon XV・Jikinyū
15th head of the Raku family, succeeding to the name Kichizaemon in 1981
Child name Mitsuhiro, then Sōkichi, the name adopted before the succession
Imina (true name) Yoshimitsu, Gō (art name) Jō’an
Retired name Jikinyū, handing over the Raku headship to his eldest son Sōkichi, the current Kichizaemon XVI
Biography
- 1949
- Born 26th March, 84 Aburahashizume-chō, Nakadachiuri-agaru, Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto.
- 1973
- Graduated from Sculpture Department, Tokyo University of Fine Arts.
- Studied two years at Academia delle Belle Arti di Roma, Italy.
- 1981
- Assumed the Raku family headship as 15th Raku Kichizaemon.
- 1987
- Granted Visiting Fellowship, Princeton University, USA.
- 1992
- Committee member of Study Group on Society of New Senses, Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
- 1994
- Jury member of Tankō Biennale (ongoing)
- 1995
- Jury member of Contemporary Tea Ceramics,Toki City.
- 2000
- Member of International Academy of Ceramics (resigned in 2019)
- 2007
- Designed and supervised Raku Kichizaemon-kan (Raku Kichizaemon Pavilion),
Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2019
- Changed his name to Jikinyū in the family register upon retirement
Current Positions
Director and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Raku Museum Foundation
Board of Trustees, Kongō Noh Theatre Foundation
Honorary Adviser, Sagawa Art Museum Foundation
Board of Trustees, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Jūbi-kai (10 craftsman families designated by the Senke Schools of Tea)
Exhibitions
- 1983
- Japanese Ceramics Today, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Solo Exhibition, Celebrating the Succession to the name Raku Kichizaemon XV, Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo and Kyoto
Raku Kichizaemon: Tea Ceramics Today, Sadō Shiryōkan (Tea Ceremony Research Centre), Kyoto.
- 1986
- Craftwork: Standard Bearers of the End of Our Century, Suntory Museum, Tokyo.
- 1987
- Second Solo Exhibition, Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto and Osaka.
- 1989
- Europalia '89 Japan: Céramiques de l'ére Showa, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons, Belgium.
Masters of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Seto City Cultural Centre in celebration of Seto City's 60th Anniversary.
- 1990
- Solo Exhibition Tenmon, Kikuchi Guest House, Tokyo.
- 1991
- Invited artist, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Daimaru Art Gallery, Tokyo.
- 1992
- Kyoto Arts Award Exhibition, Museum of Kyoto.
Modern Oribe: Flock of Basara, Sōgetsu Art Museum, Tokyo.
Les Ceramiques au Japon - un Art Majeur: 58 Créatures Contemporains, organised by NHK, Mitsukoshi Paris and Tokyo.
- 1993
- Mokichi Okada Award Exhibition, MOA Museum of Art, Atami.
Invited artist, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Daimaru Art Gallery, Tokyo.
- 1994
- Kyoto 1200th Anniversary: Select Exhibition of Fine Arts, organised by Kyoto City.
Current Trends in Ceramics: Vessels and Objects, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto.
Fascinating Contemporary Ceramic Art, Sōgetsu Museum, Tokyo.
Solo Exhibition Deceleration - Critical Angle, Kandori Gallery, Tokyo.
- 1995
- Contemporary Tea Ceramics Exhibition, Ceratopia Toki, organised by Toki City in celebration of Toki City's 40th Anniversary.
Invited artist, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Daimaru Art Gallery, Tokyo.
Japanese Studio Craft: Tradition and Avant-garde, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
- 1996
- Masterpieces of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Touring Exhibition in Asia, organised by the Japan Foundation.
- 1997
- Visit the Kilns, organised by NHK, Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, Kyoto, etc.
RAKU: A Dynasty of Japanese Ceramists, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche Faenza, Italy, Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris, France and Keramiekmuseum het Princesshof, Leeuwarden, Holland.
- 1998
- Raku - 400 Years of Raku Tea Bowls: Tradition and Innovation, home-coming exhibition of RAKU: A Dynasty of Japanese Ceramists, Suntory Museum, Tokyo.
- 2000
- Raku Successive Generations and Kichizaemon XV, organised by Asahi Newspaper, Kōsetsu Museum of Art, Kobe.
- 2001
- Flagship of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama.
- 2002
- Contemporary Crafts -Tradition and Innovation: Six Artists from Kyoto, Mie Prefectural Art Museum.
- 2003
- Kakunyū XIV and Kichizaemon XV, Raku Museum, Kyoto.
The World of Raku Tea Bowls: Raku Successive Generations and Kichizaemon XV, Fukuyama
Museum of Art, Fukuyama, Hiroshima.
Invited artist, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Daimaru Art Gallery, Tokyo and Osaka.
- 2004
- Cosmos in the Palm: Kakunyū XIV and Kichizaemon XV, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama.
- 2005
- Ars Nova - Between the Contemporary Avant-garde Art and the Crafts, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
Splendor of Momoyama Ceramics, Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto.
Raku Kichizaemon Autumn 1999 - Spring 2005, Musée Tomo, Tokyo.
- 2006
- Mokichi Okada Award Exhibition, MOA Museum, Atami.
Masterpieces of Momoyama Tea Bowls: Katō Tōkurō and Raku Kichizaemon, organised by Nikkei Newspaper and Osaka Television, Sogō Department Store, Osaka.
Quintessence of Modern Japanese Ceramics, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama.
Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony (1st edition), Musée Tomo, Tokyo.
Aesthetics of Kyoto: Bearers of Tradition, Fukui Fine Arts Museum.
- 2007
- Raku Kichizaemon, Inaugural Exhibition of Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2008
- 2nd Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony (2nd edition), Musée Tomo, Tokyo.
Raku Kichizaemon, Autumn 2007 - Spring 2008: Four Poems of Love, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum. Shiga Prefecture.
- 2009
- Raku Kichizaemon “Isai - Four Variations in Glaze, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
When Japan's Tea Ceremony 10 Artisans Meet Minpaku's Collections: Creative Art in Perspective, African Dream: Installation of 18 tea bowls, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka.
Invited artist, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition, Mainichi Newspaper.
In-Finitum, Fortuny Museum, Venice, Italy.
Kichizaemon X: Indonesian Primitive Art - Inaba Takashi Selection, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2010
- Kichizaemon: Best Selection, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museumm, Shiga Prefecture.
Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony (3rd edition), Museé Tomo, Tokyo.
Kichizaemon X – Under the Sky of Loubignac – Raku Kichizaemon XV in France with Andoche Praudel, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Raku Kichizaemon – Celebrating the 60th Birthday Part I: From Succession to Tenmon, Raku Museum, Kyoto.
Chanoyu no monotsukuri to sekai no waza, Shimane Museum of Ancient Izumo, Shimane Prefecture.
- 2011
- Inspiration – Raku Kichizaemon XV in France: Tea bowls, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Tra: Edge of Becoming, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy.
Kichizaemon X – Au-delá/Beyond Language Made in France: Drawings by Bruno Mathon + Flower Vases by Raku Kichizaemon, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Chawan: Ima wo Ikiru, Matsuzakaya Museum, Nagoya.
The Japan Foundation Collection: Japanese Ceramics Around the World, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama.
- 2012
- To commemorate the 30th anniversary of being Raku Kichizaemon: Since the first tea bowl made at the age of 17, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Kichizaemon X – Sound in Darkness Light in Silence: Raku Kichizaemon (tea bowls) + Takatani Shiro (sound, video), Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
New Footing: Eleven Approaches to Contemporary Crafts, MOMAT, Crafts Gallery, Tokyo.
Raku Kichizaemon XV in France: On the Hill of Loubignac, Mitsukoshi Department Gallery, Nihonbashi, Tokyo.
- 2013
- Tapies Lo Sguardo Dall’Artista, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy.
Voyage: Raku Kichizaemon Works 2007 – 2012, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Kichizaemon X – Uehara Michiko (Textile) + Raku Khiczaemon (tea caddies) + Tsuchida Hanshirō (silk pouch with drawstring for tea caddies), Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2014
- Kichizaemon X – Shinbee’s Raku X Kichizaemon’s Hagi. Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Kichizaemon Modern, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2015
- Beauty of Rimpa Art – From Kōetsu and Sōtatsu to Hōitsu, MOA Museum of Art, Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Celebrating 400 Years of Rimpa – Exhibition of 200 Contemporary Japanese Style Painters and Craftsmen in Kyoto, Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto.
Raku: The Cosmos in a Tea Bowl, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), USA, State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg and Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
Kichizaemon X Oribe, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2016
- Shinbee’s Raku and Kichizaemon’s Hagi, 15th Heads of the two families, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi,
Tokyo.
Raku Kichizaemon, Raku Atsundo, Raku Masaomi - a first and final father and son exhibition, Raku Kichiaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Senke Jusshoku Exhibition, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
The Cosmos in a Tea Bowl – Transmitting a Secret Art across Generations of the Raku Family,
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo
Infinite Universe – Beyond the Tea Bowl, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
- 2017
- Kichizaemon Selection, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Intuition, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy.
The 1970’s Generation Today, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2018
- Kichiazemon’s Black, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Verses from the Man’yōshū: Tea Bowls from the Potter’s Wheel, Art Fair Tokyo, Tokyo International Forum.
Kichizaemon X WOLS, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Japon – Japonism. Objets Inspirés, 1867-2018, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, MAD Paris.
Frieze Masters, Art Fair, London
Kiwami and Takumi, Masterpieces from National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Hokkaido.
- 2019
- Art of Hand-moulding versus Art of Throwing, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Rikyū’s Shape, Matsuya Ginza Department Store, Tokyo.
Kichizaemon X: Fukami Sueharu x Raku Kichizaemon・Jikinyū, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2020
- Sen’nen no Uchū (Cosmos of 1000 Years: The Cosmos in the Tea Bowl and The Men in the Cosmos) featuring Raku Jikinyū XV and Doi Takao, astronaut, Sakai Plaza of Rikyū (Sen Rikyū 1522-1591) and Akiko (Yosano Akiko 1878-1942)
Succession: The Kikuchi Collection―Imaizumi Imaemon, Sakaida Kakiemon, Miwa Kyūsetsu, Raku Kichizaemon, Musée Tomo, Tokyo.
Kichizaemon XV Jikinyū: Raku tea bowl and Made in France Raku tea bowl, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Art of Kyoto from the Collection of National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Hokkaido Asahikawa Museum of Art, Hokkaido.
Life in Kyoto: Arts in Seasonal Delight, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
Kichizaemon X :Saito Takashi X Kichizaemon XV・Jikinyū, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Ceramic Artists from Kyoto: Challenge of 17 Artists and 5 Families, Shimodate Museum, Ibaraki Prefecture
- 2021
- Kichizaemon XV: Black Raku Tea Bowl and Yakinuki Black Raku Tea Bowl, Raku Kichizaemon- kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Andrew Wyeth and Collection of Marunuma Art Park, Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu,
Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture.
KICHIZAEMON X MALEVICH Malevich Drawings + Raku Kichizaemon・Jikinyū Tea Bowls,
Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2022
- nendo Sees Kyoto, Nijō Castle, Kyoto.
Kichizaemon X Malevich, Malevich Drawings + Raku Kichizaemon・Jikinyū Tea Bowls,
Annely Juda Fine Art, London.
KICHIZAEMON X nendo + Raku Jikinyū, Raku Kichiaemon- kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Imaging of Qatar, 14 bowls, Museum of Islamic Arts, Doha, Qatar
- 2023
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Raku Jikinyū: Beyond Shuhari, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Kichizaemon X Urakami Gyokudo + Raku Jikinyū, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
- 2024
- Firing stone / Firing clay Masaomi Raku / Jikinyū Raku, Museum「Eki」KYOTO.
Raku Jikinyū: Homage to Gyokudo, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Raku Kichizaemon XV Jikinyu Homage to Alban Berg and Toru Takemitsu, Annely Juda Fine Art, London)
Raku Jikinyū: The Beauty of Tea Ceramics, Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
Awards
- 1987
- Visiting Fellowship, Princeton University, USA.
Prize winner, Japan Ceramics Association.
- 1988
- Kyoto City New Artists Award.
- 1990
- Encouragement Prize Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Award.
- 1991
- Commendation Prize, Kyoto Arts Award, Chūshin Arts Foundation.
- 1992
- Premio Leon d'Oro, Faenza, Italy.
Gold Prize, Japan Ceramics Association.
- 1993
- Mokichi Okada Award, MOA Museum, Atami.
- 1997
- Oribe Award, Gifu Prefecture.
- 1998
- 40th Mainichi Art Award, Mainichi Newspaper.
- 2000
- Chevalier, Order of Arts and Literature, French Minister of Culture.
- 2001
- Kyoto Prefecture Cultural Merit Prize
- 2005
- 3rd Chadō Culture Awards, Konnichi-an, Urasenke.
- 2006
- 15th Mokichi Okada Award, MOA Museum, Atami.
- 2007
- Kyoto City Cultural Merit Prize.
- 2008
- Award of Excellence, Contemporary Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony, Musée Tomo.
- 2016
- Kyoto Prefecture Culture Award Special Achievement Award
Design Awards for Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Raku Kichizemon Pavilion at the Sagawa Art Museum.
- 2007
- AACA Prize, 17th Competition of Japan Association of Artists Craftsman & Architects
11th Mokuzai Katsuyō Contest, Wood Architecture Award, Nihon Mokuseiren Lighting Technology Award, Illuminating Engineering Institute
- 2008
- Gold Prize, JCD Design Award, Japanese Society of Commercial Space Designers
Award of Merit, IIDA 2008 International Illumination Design Awards
Award of Excellence, 36th Exhibition, Japan Federation of Architects & Building Engineers Associations
New Horizon of Japanese Architecture, UIA Torino, Italy
- Good Design Award, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
Selected candidates for 2009, Architectural Institute of Japan
Award Prize winner for General Category, 40th Chubu Architecture Award, Tokai Centre of Architecture and Culture
- 2009
- Award winner, 50th BCS (Building Contractors Society) Prize
Award of Excellence, General Architecture Category, Nichijiren Architectural Award
- 2010
- Grand Prix, JID Biennale, Japan Interior Designers' Association
Public Collections
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum
Itsuō Art Museum
Japan Foundation
Komagata Jūkichi Memorial Art Museum
Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris
Marunuma Art Park
Menard Art Museum
Musée Tomo
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu
National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto
National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo
Raku Museum
Sagawa Art Museum
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia
Tanabe Museum of Art
Victoria and Albert Museum London
Publications
- 1990
- Tenmon, published by Kandori, Tokyo
- 1993
- Raku Kichizaemon, vol.93, Toh, published by Kyoto Shoin
- 1994
- Raku Kichizaemon, published by Raku Museum
- 1997
- Raku: A Dynasty of Japanese Ceramists, catalogue essays co-written by Raku Kichizaemon, Hayashiya Seizō, Akanuma Taka, published by Umberto Allemandi & Co. in collaboration with Raku Museum
Nijū-isseiki no Kachō Fūgetsu - Ishi – Ayakaru, a talk between MatsuiTakafumi, Yokoyama Toshio and Raku Kichizaemon, Chūō Kōron, March issue, Tokyo
Utsuroiyuku Jiko Ishiki, Raku Kichizaemon, vol.21 Toh, an essay on Raku Kichizaemon by Sasayama Hiroshi, published by Dōhōsha, Kyoto
- 1998
- Raku: A Dynasty of Japanese Ceramists, catalogue essays co-written by Raku Kichizaemon, Hayashiya Seizō, Akanuma Taka, Suntory Museum, published by Raku Museum
Dōnyū III – Nonkō, published by Raku Museum
- 1999
- Chōjirō to Watashi, vol. 99 Nihon no Bijutsu, written and edited by Raku Kichizaemon, published by Shibundō, Tokyo
- 2000
- Raku Chawan”, vol.4 Chadōgu no Sekai, written and edited by Raku Kichizaemon published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
Wamono Chawan, vol.3 Chadō no Sekai, written and edited by Raku Kichizaemon, published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
- 2001
- Raku-yaki Sōsei Raku-tte Nandarō? (What is Raku?), published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
- 2003
- Chichi Wo Katari, Ware Wo Tadoru: Kakunyū XIV and Kichizaemon XV, published by Raku Museum
Kōetsu and Dōnyū, written by Raku Kichizaemon published by Raku Museum
- 2007
- Raku Kichizaemon, published by Sagawa Art Museum
- 2008
- Chashitsu wo Tsukutta (Designing a Tea Room), written and edited by Raku Kichizaemon, published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
- 2009
- Kichizaemon X: Indonesian Primitive Art - Inaba Takashi Selection, published by Sagawa Art Museum
Kichizaemon X: Under the Sky of Loubignac, published by Sagawa Art Museum
- 2010
- Chawan Ima wo Ikiru, exhibition catalogue published by Chūnichi Shimbun
- 2012
- Chawanya, To my two sons and all of youth (Japanese English bilingual), published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
- 2013
- Teihon Raku Rekidai (Standard Edition: Raku Successive Generations), co-written by Raku Kichizaemon and Raku Atsundo, published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
- 2014
- Raku and Hagi – Shinbee’s Raku, Kichizaemon’s Hagi, co-written by Raku Kichizaemon XV (Jikinyū) and Sakakura Shinbee, published by Sekai Bunka Publishing
Tsuki to Hana – Raku Sōnyū V and Ogata Kenzan - Revisiting the Roots of Raku: Four Generations, Four Perspectives, the exhibition catalogue, Raku Museum, Kyoto.
- 2015
- RAKU: A Legacy of Japanese Tea Ceramics, English edition of Teihon Raku Rekidai, co-written by Raku Atsundo and Raku Kichizaemon XV, published by Seigen-sha Art Publishing, Kyoto
Raku: The Cosmos in a Tea Bowl, published by State Hermitage Museum and State Pushkin Museum.
Kōetsu Shōyō, serialised for one year published (26 times) in a morning edition of the Kyoto Newspaper
- 2016
- Darkness and Light, co-written by Raku Masaomi and Raku Kichizaemon, published by Kenjiraku
- 2017
- Kakehashi, the exhibition catalogue, Raku Museum, Kyoto.
- 2018
- Kōetsu Kō (Thoughts on Kōetsu), published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
Man’yō no Fu, Rokuro no chawan, Verses from Man’yōshū: Tea Bowls from a Potter’s Wheel, in Japanese and English bilingual text, published by Raku Kichizaemon XV and Toda Hiroshi
Kichizaemon X WOLS, exhibition catalogue in Japanese and English bilingual text, Sagawa Art Museum
Chawanya, Art, poesie e ceramique, French version, published by Ateliers d’art, France
Kanjiru Meiwan (My Favourite Raku Tea Bowl) published by Sekai Bunka Publishing, Tokyo
- 2019
- Kichizaemon X Fukami Sueharu, exhibition catalogue in Japanese and English bilingual text,
Sagawa Art Museum
- 2020
- Watashi no Rirekisho (My Personal History), a series of 28 essays of autobiography published on Nikkei Newspaper
Kichizaemon X Saito Takashi, an essay entitled Refuge from the Bustling City, exhibition catalogue in Japanese and English bilingual text, published by Sagawa Art Museum.
Hito no kokoro wo ugokasu kotoga dekinakereba geijutsu dehanai (Real art only could move people’s heart), published by Minerva Shobō, Kyoto.
- 2021
- Tamamizu Ware – Works of Tamamizu Generations and the History, Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
Chawan (tea bowl), Raku tea bowl, published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto.
KICHIZAEMON X MALEVICH Malevich Drawings + Raku Kichizaemon・Jikinyū Tea Bowls,
exhibition catalogue in Japanese and English bilingual text, published by Sagawa Art Museum.
Kataru, Jinsei no Okurimono (Gifts from Life), a series of 14 essays, published on Asahi Newspaper.
Related Publications
- 1997
- Nijū-isseiki no Kachō Fūgetsu - Ishi – Ayakaru: a conversation between MatsuiTakafumi, Yokoyama Toshio and Raku Kichizaemon. Chūō Kōron, March issue, Tokyo
Utsuroiyuku Jiko Ishiki, Raku Kichizaemon, vol .21 Toh, an essay on Raku Kichizaemon by Sasayama Hiroshi, published by Dōhōsha, Kyoto
- 1998
- Iroppoi Hitobito, an essay on Raku Kichizaemon by Matsuoka Seigō, Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
- 2001
- Design 12 no Tobira, a lecture text by Raku Kichizaemon, edited by Moriyama Akiko, published by Maruzen, Kyoto
Gendai Tōgei no Zōkei Shikō, an essay on Raku KIchizaemon, written by Kaneko Kenji, published by Abe Shuppan, Tokyo
- 2002
- Geijutsu no Setsuri, an essay on Raku Kichizaemon, written by Shibatsuji Masahiko and Yonezawa Aritsune, published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
- 2012
- Rikyū no Fūkei: Raku Kichizaemon tête-à-tête with Yamamoto Kenichi, published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
- 2013
- Bi no Kishin tachi: Raku Kichizaemon tête-à-tête with Umehara Takeshi, published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto
- 2018
- Wa, Nagomu, Yawaragu, Aeru, Ndomaru, Seimei journal, annual compilation Vol. 92-95, published by Shinyōsha, Tokyo
- 2019
- Nihon no Takumi (Japanese Artisans), written by Kondō Seiichi of TAKUMI – art du Japon, published by Kamakura Shunjūsha, Kamakura.
- 2020
- Kata no Hyōsō to Shinbu: Rikyū no kata, published by Tankōsha Publishing, Kyoto.
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