[Kaiseki Utensils (Kaiseki Utensils) Sake Ware/Choshi/Flower Vase] Tokkuri (Sake Bottle) Bizen Ware by Kazusaku Fujiwara

Size: Approx. 8.5cm diameter x 11.7cm height
Author: Kazusaku Fujiwara
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[3rd Generation] Bizen Pottery
Born in Honami, Bizen City in 1958 as the eldest son of Living National Treasure Fujiwara Yu.
In 1980, after graduating from Meisei University, he returned home and studied under his grandfather Kei and his father Yu, who were also living national treasures, and began making pottery.
First kiln in 1990. First solo exhibition at Okayama Tenmaya in March of the same year. Since then, solo exhibitions have been held in various places, mainly at Tenmaya and Takashimaya.
1991 Chabikai "Zen" Harajuku Quest Hall
1993 Chabikai "Moto" Aoyama Spiral
1994 "Bizen Fujiwara Three Generations Exhibition" sponsored by Asahi Shimbun
Held at Takashimaya department stores in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto and Osaka, and Sanyo department store in Himeji 1998 Benesse Bird House Project Object "Thoughts" Naoshima
Relief "Sunrise Anabuki" Takamatsu City
1999 "Japanise Pottery The Rising Generation From Traditional Japanise Kilns"
The Japan Foundation
2003 50th Anniversary of Korean-Japanese Cultural Exchange "Contemporary Korean-Japanese Ceramic Art Exhibition" Seoul
2005 Relief "Nenbi" Production ANA Hotel Okayama Okayama City
25th Anniversary Exhibition held in various locations
2006 Australia-Japan Exchange Year Government-approved event "Bizen and Fujiwara Kazu Exhibition" The Japan Foundation Gallery Sydney
2009: Traveled to Holland for the Art and Culture Promotion Association's "JAPANESE ART PROGRAM" at the University of Leiden, Nederland
2010 Setouchi International Art Festival 2010 Participation Event "Inujima Noyaki Pottery" Inujima
2011 "Bizen Pottery Now - The Trajectory of Fujiwara Bizen" at the Japan Cultural Center, Paris
"Station Museum" JR Okayama Station, Shinkansen Concourse, Hotel Granvia Okayama
Monument in 2012: "Dignified - For those who live life and those who make life shine"
Sakakibara Heart Disease Center Hospital Okayama City
2013 Setouchi Triennale 2013 Participation event "Inujima Rakucha" Inujima
Official supporter of the Japan Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015
Awards
Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Outstanding Work Award, Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition, Encouragement Award, Prefectural Exhibition Award, Okayama City Mayor Award
Okayama Nichi Nichi Shimbun Culture Encouragement Award, Japan Academy Award
<Affiliation>
Regular member of the Japan Crafts Association, China branch of the Japan Crafts Association
Bizen Pottery Association
Advisor to Urasenke Tankokai Youth Division Chugoku Branch
Chairman of the Fujiwara Kei Memorial Museum
Visiting lecturer at the Japan Academy, Holland, and Universitt Leiden
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Box: Wooden box