Munemaro Ishiguro

Ceramic artist. Born as the eldest son of a doctor in Sakudo Village, Imizu County, Toyama Prefecture (now Imizu City). In 1918 (Taisho 7), he decided to become a ceramic artist, and after living in Ogawa Town, Saitama Prefecture and Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, he moved to Kyoto in 1927 (Showa 2), where he began making ceramics. He focused primarily on Tenmoku glaze, and shifted his interest from Raku ware, Akae, and Tetsue to various colored glazes. He did not pursue techniques, but instead relied on his own talent and enjoyed free and unrestrained decoration. In 1953 (Showa 28), the Tenmoku glaze technique was designated an intangible cultural property of the country, and in 1980 he was recognized as a holder of an important intangible cultural property for his iron-glazed pottery technique.

[Yoshiaki Yabe]

"Fifty Selected Works of Ishiguro Munemaro" edited by Fujio Koyama (1972, Asahi Shimbun Company)" " Complete Collection of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics 5: Ishiguro Munemaro" edited and annotated by Yoshiaki Inui (1982, Shueisha)"

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陶芸家。富山県射水(いみず)郡作道村（現射水市）の医家の長男に生まれる。1918年（大正7）に陶芸家を志し、埼玉県小川町、石川県金沢市に住居したのち、27年（昭和2）に京都に移り、同地で作陶を行った。天目釉(てんもくゆう)を第一の課題とし、楽(らく)焼、赤絵、鉄絵から各種の色釉へと興味を移し、技巧に走らず終始自己の天分に身をゆだねて自由無礙(むげ)な加飾を楽しんだ。53年（昭和28）に天目釉の技法が国の無形文化財に選ばれ、55年には鉄釉陶器の技術で重要無形文化財保持者に認定された。

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『小山冨士夫編著『石黒宗麿作陶五十選』（1972・朝日新聞社）』▽『乾由明編集・解説『現代日本陶芸全集5　石黒宗麿』（1982・集英社）』

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