FEATURED ARTISTS
Kiyoshi Hara
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$600 - 27,000
The prices of the artworks on Gallery Japan are determined by the artists themselves and are published directly on the website.
Creating a Unique World with Iron Glaze
After starting his career in ceramics at the age of 18, Kiyoshi Hara has pursued his career for 70 years and still produces ceramics energetically. Using iron glaze, a technique to develop colors such as black and brown from the iron in the glaze, he expresses horses running in the fields and lovely flowers in his artwork. After studying under iron glaze ceramic artists and Living National Treasures Munemaro Ishiguro and Uichi Shimizu, he himself was designated as Living National Treasure for iron glazed ceramics in 2005. Public collections: Shimane Art Museum, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, etc.
AWARDED ARTWORKS
The 70th Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition (2023)
The largest exhibition in Japan where the beauty and techniques of Japanese crafts gather. Introducing awarded ceramics, textiles, lacquerware, metalwork, wood and bamboo work, dolls, and other various works that have been strictly judged and selected.