★Seitoku Kawai★ "Yuri-kō Mizuho Vase" Flower vase. Member of the Japan Art Academy, with a booklet, turmeric cloth & original box. Dimensions: Body diameter 18cm, height 17cm. For shipping, please select Eco-Mercari delivery. Seitoku Kawai Biography: Born in Higashi-kuni, Oita Prefecture in 1927. Joined the Kyoto Ceramic Artists Club in 1952, and studied under the sixth generation of Rokubei Shimizu. In the same year, he made his first entry and was accepted into the 8th Nitten Exhibition. In 1975, he became a judge for the Nitten Exhibition and received the Medal of Honor with Blue Ribbon in the same year. Received the Prime Minister's Award at the Japan New Crafts Exhibition in 1983 and 1991. Received the Kyoto Prefecture Culture Award for Distinguished Service in 1992. Received the Japan Art Academy Award and became a Nitten director in 1997. Became a Kyoto City Cultural Merit Award recipient in 1999. Became the chairman of the Japan New Crafts Association in 2003. Appointed as a member of the Japan Art Academy in 2005. Became a Nitten managing director in 2007. Passed away from pneumonia at the age of 82 in 2010.