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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 KichizaemonJikinyū, 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 XVJikinyū, 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 KichizaemonJikinyū Tea Bowls,
Raku Kichizaemon-kan, Sagawa Art Museum, Shiga Prefecture.
2022
nendo Sees Kyoto, Nijō Castle, Kyoto.
Kichizaemon X Malevich, Malevich Drawings + Raku KichizaemonJikinyū 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
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 KichizaemonJikinyū 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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