【Koju Nishioka】Biography
1917: Born in Saga Prefecture
1940: Graduated from Kansai University
1953: Began excavating ancient kiln sites to reproduce old Karatsu ware.
1971: Opened a waritake-style climbing kiln under the guidance of Fujio Koyama, named "Kojiro Gama."
1973: Fujio Koyama visited the kiln.
1975: Held the "Old Karatsu Pottery Fragment Exhibition" in Himeji.
1976: Toyozo Arakawa visited the kiln.
1980: Kei Fujiwara visited the kiln.
1981: Successfully reproduced and fired E-Madara Karatsu ware.
Opened "Koju Gama" named by Toyozo Arakawa.
1983: Successfully reproduced Kairagi Karatsu ware.
1989: Published and released the "Koju Nishioka Collection" to commemorate his 70th birthday.
1993: Held a Kiju (77th birthday) commemorative exhibition in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.
1996: Held an "80th Birthday Commemorative Exhibition" at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi.
1999: Opened the Kaga Karatsu "Tatsunokuchi Gama" in Tatsunokuchi Town, Ishikawa Prefecture.
Held the "Karatsu Koju Nishioka Exhibition" at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi.
2002: Held the "Koju Nishioka and Eight People Exhibition" at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi.
(Chojuro Imatoh, Tansai Kato, Kojiro Kosugi, Masashi Komatsubara, Sogi Tachibana, Matsunosuke Nishiyama, Morihiro Hosokawa, Shochi Yabuuchi)
2005: Held the Beiju (88th birthday) commemorative "Koju Nishioka Tea Pottery Exhibition" in Himi, Toyama Prefecture.
2006: Passed away at the age of 89.
Details of Size
Diameter: Approximately 13.9cm
Height: Approximately 7.7cm
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