Takuo Kato (1917-2005)
Mino style vase, type E. Shino
Enameled clay
Model created circa 1950
H 24 × L 10,5 × W 9,5 cm
Note:
With its signed wooden box.
Sixth generation of ceramic artists, his ancestor created the kiln in 1804.
Biography:
Graduated in 1961 from the Finland School of Arts and Crafts. Winner of the Japan Fine Art Exhibition
in 1963. Traveled and studied in 1973 at the Institute
of Asian Studies, Royal Pahlavi university,
Iran, and participated in the archeologic gigs for persion ceramics, which are his source of inspiration. Intangible cultural good since 1983. Declared National living Treasure in 1995.
