Comes with the original wooden storage box, inscribed on the cover outside Seiji tsubo (celadon jar), and inside signed Hiroshi and with seal Nakajima Hiroshi was born in Hiroshima. He...
Comes with the original wooden storage box, inscribed on the cover outside Seiji tsubo (celadon jar), and inside signed Hiroshi and with seal
Nakajima Hiroshi was born in Hiroshima. He became an independent potter in 1969, at the age of 28, in Yano, in Saga Prefecture. He specialized in celadon ware. Already in 1969 Nakajima was accepted into the very prestigious Nihon Dento Kogeiten (National Traditional Crafts Exhibition). In 1977 he was awarded for the first time at that venue. He was awarded the Prime Ministers prize in the Nishi Nihon Togeiten (West Japan Ceramic Exhibition) in 1981 and in 1982/83 he won an award from the Japan Ceramics Society, from which group he won the golden award in 2006.
Nakajima traveled to China in 1985 to excavate at ancient kiln sites and to study the pottery. The shapes of Nakajima's vessels are clearly inspired by Chinese forms and his celadon glazes find their origins in Song dynasty celadons.
He was named an Intangible Cultural Asset of Saga prefecture in 1990 and was designated a Living National Treasure in 2007. He also received the 65th West Japan Order of Cultural Merit.