Kazuo Yagi

Japanese: 八木一夫 - やぎかずお

Ceramic artist. Born in Kyoto City. His father was the ceramic artist Yagi Isso (Eiji). After graduating from Kyoto Municipal School of Art, he became an apprentice at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Ceramic Testing Institute. In 1946, he participated in the establishment of the Young Potters' Group, but left in 1948 to form the Sodeisha group, which played a leading role in the avant-garde ceramic world. He experimented with purely three-dimensional sculptures without considering purpose or function, and was highly acclaimed overseas. His representative work is Mr. Samsa's Walk (1954). He has been a professor in the ceramics department at Kyoto City University since 1971, and was responsible for the design of the prize medals for the Sapporo Olympics together with Tanaka Ikko.

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Japanese:

陶芸家。京都市生れ。父は陶芸家八木一艸（栄二）。京都市立美術学校卒業後，商工省陶磁器試験所伝習生となる。1946年青年作陶家集団設立に参加するが1948年に脱退し，走泥社を結成して前衛陶芸界の指導的役割を担った。用途や機能を考慮しない純粋な立体造形を試み，海外でも評価を得た。代表作に《ザムザ氏の散歩》（1954年）がある。1971年より京都市立大学陶芸科教授をつとめたほか，札幌オリンピック入賞メダルのデザインを田中一光とともに担当した。

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