Kagami Kozo

Japanese: 各務鉱三 - かがみこうぞう
Kagami Kozo

Glass artist. Born in Gifu Prefecture. After graduating from Tokyo Higher Technical School, he joined the South Manchuria Railway Ceramics Research Institute in 1920 (Taisho 9), where he quickly got involved in glass craft. In 1927 (Showa 2), he left the institute to study crystal glass at the Stuttgart School of Arts and Crafts in Germany, where he mastered decorative techniques such as cut glass. He attracted public attention when he exhibited his "Cut Glass Vase" at the 12th Teiten Exhibition in 1931, and thereafter consistently worked to foster the beauty of crystal transparent glass, becoming a key figure in establishing the modern glass craft genre.

At the same time, he opened the Kagami Crystal Factory and worked hard to train his successors, for which he was awarded the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1960 (Showa 35).

[Yoshiaki Yabe]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ガラス工芸作家。岐阜県生まれ。東京高等工芸学校を卒業して1920年(大正9)に入所した満鉄窯業試験所時代に早くもガラス工芸に手を染め、27年(昭和2)には同試験所よりドイツの国立シュトゥットガルト美術工芸学校に留学してクリスタルガラスを研究し、カット・グラベールなどの加飾技術を習得した。31年の帝展第12回展に「カットグラス花瓶」を出品して世間の注目を集め、以後一貫してクリスタルの透明なガラス美の醸成に努め、近代的なガラス工芸のジャンルを定着させる立役者となった。

 一方、各務クリスタル製作所を開設して後継者の育成にも尽力し、1960年(昭和35)に芸術院賞を受賞した。

[矢部良明]

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