Shuhei Fujioka

Shuhei Fujioka is a Japanese potter known for his Iga-yaki style pottery.

Born 1947 in the city of Matsuyama of Ehime prefecture, Shuhei Fujioka graduated from Ritsumeikan University in 1970. Being introduced through the Aichi Prefectural Pottery Practitioner School, master potter Mitsuo Tanimoto took him as his apprentice. In 1975, Fujioka built his kiln and opened his practice in Ueno, Mie prefecture.

Shuhei Fujioka's Iga-yaki pottery has been shown in Japan, New York, and at many group galleries. His work is also on permanent exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Iga yaki

Iga-yaki is a style of pottery where the ceramic is fired at high temperatures causing it to crystallize in a red hue, with brown-grey burn marks caused by log ashes, and the melting effect of the vidro (feldspatic glass). It has been a popular pottery style since the Tsutsui-Momoyama period of Japan. Iga-yaki utilizes the native Iga clay and is fired over three days in a kiln dug into the ground. (Yellin 2000)

Source

http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/fujioka-shuhei-jt.html Yellin, Robert. "Scorched in the fires of Iga". Japan Times. Mar. 11, 2000. As published on Japanese Potter - Fujioka Shuhei (Iga). (Retrieved Feb. 2, 2007).

External links

http://shuheifujioka.net/index_en.html SHUHEI FUJIOKA

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