ASPIRE TOKYO GALLERY

Kutani fine-brush calligraphy　1949–

Keisei Tamura

田村敬星

Chronology

  1. 1949Born in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture
  2. 1969Begins studying under his grandfather, Kinsei Tamura, the second generation
  3. 1977First selected for the Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, and many times since. First selected for the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition in 1979
  4. 1983Certified a full member of the Japan Kogei Association
  5. 1989Grand Prize, Traditional Kutani Ware Craft Exhibition; Award of Excellence, Traditional Crafts of Ishikawa Exhibition
  6. 1996Makes the “Kimigayo” fine-brush tea bowl as a presentation piece. “Seizan, Kinsei, Keisei: Three Generations of Fine-Brush Calligraphy” held at the Kutani Ware Museum
  7. 2005Certified for the preservation of the techniques of Kutani ware, designated an Intangible Cultural Property by Ishikawa Prefecture

Solo Exhibitions

  1. 2026One Hundred and Thirty Years of a Living Craft: Kutani Fine-Brush Calligraphy — Keisei and Seito Tamura, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, July
  2. 2025Keisei and Seito Tamura, Seibu Fukui / Sogo Yokohama / Sogo Chiba / Matsuzakaya Nagoya
  3. 2023Kutani Fine-Brush Calligraphy: A World Without Equal — Keisei and Seito Tamura, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
  4. 2020Keisei and Seito Tamura, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo
  5. 2018Half a Century, Tenmaya Fukuyama and Okayama / Seibu Fukui
  6. 2004–Solo exhibitions at Saikaya Fujisawa, Yokohama Takashimaya, Daimaru Kyoto, Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Tenmaya Okayama, Nagano Tokyu and others
  7. 1996Three Generations of Fine-Brush Calligraphy: Seizan, Kinsei, Keisei, Kutani Ware Museum

Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs

  1. 収蔵Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington D.C. / Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art / Nakamura Memorial Museum, Kanazawa / Kutani Ware Museum, Nomi
  2. 2019Astonishment: The World of Extreme Craft, Setouchi City Museum of Art
  3. 1999One Hundred Years of Kutani Ware, Paris / Named a Distinguished Member, Ishikawa Traditional Crafts Exhibition
  4. 1977–Selected, Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition (from 1977, many times) / Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (from 1979)