Kanjiro Kawai - Kanjiro Kawai

Japanese: 河井寛次郎 - かわいかんじろう

Born: August 24, 1890 in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture
[Died] November 18, 1966. Kyoto ceramic artist. Graduated from the Ceramics Department of Tokyo Higher Technical School in 1914, he worked at the Kyoto Ceramic Testing Institute, where he met Hamada Shoji. In 1920, he established Shokei Kiln in Gojozaka, Kyoto, and became independent. Until around 1923, many of his works followed the techniques of ancient Chinese and Korean ceramics, but from around 1925, he became aware of the beauty of old folk crafts, and together with Hamada Shoji and Yanagi Muneyoshi, he started the folk craft movement. At the same time, he also incorporated the beauty of old folk crafts from Japan and Britain into his own work, and produced a series of tableware for everyday use, with simple, sturdy forms and a freewheeling use of a variety of glazing techniques. After World War II, he devised a combination of machine production and handwork, and devised techniques such as mud brush strokes and three-color glazing. His major works include "Celadon with Flowers and Blood Design" (1924), "Iron-painted Cinnabar Vase with Round Flower and Grass Design" (Grand Prize winner at the 1937 Paris World's Fair), "Liamond-shaped Flat Vase with Flower Design" (Grand Prize winner at the 1957 Milan Triennale), and "Flat Vase with Medicine" (1962).

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Japanese:

[生]1890.8.24. 島根，安来
[没]1966.11.18. 京都
陶芸家。 1914年東京高等工業学校窯業科を卒業，京都陶磁器試験所に勤務，同所で浜田庄司と知り合った。 1920年京都五条坂に鐘渓窯を築いて独立。 1923年頃までは中国，朝鮮の古陶磁の手法を追った作品が多かったが，1925年頃から古民芸品の美に目ざめて，浜田庄司，柳宗悦とともに民芸運動を起こした。同時に日本やイギリスの古民芸品の美を自己の制作にも生かし，素朴でたくましい形態と多彩な釉法の奔放な駆使とによって，日常の用途にあてる器物を次々に発表。第2次世界大戦後は，機械製作と手仕事の融合，泥刷毛目の手法，三彩打薬などを工夫。主要作品『青磁せん血文花へい (せいじせんけつもんかへい) 』 (1924) ，『鉄絵辰砂 (しんしゃ) 草花丸文壺』 (1937年パリ万国博覧会でグランプリ受賞) ，『花文菱形扁壺』 (1957年ミラノのトリエンナーレでグランプリ受賞) ，『打薬扁壺』 (1962) 。

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