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Yoshikawa Masamichi (b.1946 )has had a keen sense of design ever since his youth, and wished to become an interior designer until fate brought him to the ancient pottery center of Tokoname. It was the beauty within functionality, or the "yo-no-bi" aesthetic, that strongly inspired the then twenty-something Yoshikawa at Tokoname. Yoshikawa has developed into an imaginative creator of porcelain wares, while his name is now well known internationally as well as domestically. To name but a few of his awards, Yoshikawa has won the Grand Prize at the Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, Gold Medal at the Munich International Art and Craft Exhibition, Grand Prize at the Deishi Porcelain Triennial, Gold Prize at the Vallavris International Ceramic Art Exhibition, and the Grand Prix at the First Taiwan Ceramics Biennial International Competition (2004) etc. For public collections, he has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Kessner Craft Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and many others. A few years ago he finished a 27-meter porcelain wall for the new Nagoya International Airport. A Kayo piece was displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston also a few years back and they title the ancient Chinese home form 'Gorgeous Effigy.' (Do search out the catalog, 'Contemporary Clay, Japanese Ceramics for the New Century'). Here is a tall rippling kayo that is in three sections all hand pinched and one can see Yoshikawa's finger impressions under the light blue seihakuji glaze. The tan base roots the work and also acts as a pleasant color contrast. In perfect condition with a signed box, 46cm.tall, signed on base.
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