Exhibition • Event Information

The 16th Paramita Ceramic Art Grand Prize Exhibition, in which works by the top six artists nominated by museums, galleries, and art critics nationwide as being “ceramic artists representing the times” will be exhibited, is to be held at the Paramita Museum in Mie Prefecture from June 9 to July 31, 2022. A Grand Prize of 1 million yen will be awarded to the artist who receives the most...

The 118th Arita Ceramic Fair (organized by the Arita Chamber of Commerce and Industry) will be held in Arita, Saga Prefecture, for the first time in three years. For the past two years, the event had been canceled at the local venue due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The resumption of this major event, which had welcomed many tourists in previous years, has been greeted with joy by people invo...

HULS Gallery Tokyo, a contemporary Japanese craft gallery located in Akasaka, Tokyo, will hold an exhibition of Takeyoshi Mitsui, a glass artist based in Toyama Prefecture. Tension and relaxation – an ambiguous gap is formed between the amalgamation of two opposing elements. Created based on the artist’s very own sense of aesthetics and form, Takeyoshi Mitsui’s glass works possess the ability to c...

Since its opening in 1987, Toguri Museum of Art has been holding exhibitions with its own collections as one of the few museums specializing in ceramics in Japan. In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the opening of the museum, a special exhibition of Nabeshima ware that the founder Toru Toguri passionately collected will be held from 1st April. Nabeshima ware is a type of porcelain which is p...

The Japanese craft event “CRAFT POINT KYOTO” has begun on 19th February 2022. In addition to the main venue at Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design, the event spots are scattered throughout the Kyoto areas, such as shops, galleries, and halls, where some exhibitions of works by young craftsmen, pop-up store for contemporary crafts, food markets, and talk shows will be held. From the professionals to ...

HULS Gallery Tokyo, a contemporary Japanese craft gallery located in Akasaka, Tokyo, will hold an exhibition of Takao Togashi, a lacquer artist and the third generation head of a lacquerware studio “Nushi Ichitomi” located in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. Often inspired by the western designs, he is conscientious about creating works that bring out the potential of lacquer by making full us...

HULS Gallery Tokyo, a contemporary Japanese craft gallery located in Akasaka, Tokyo, will hold an exhibition of works by Eijiro Tokunaga, a ceramic artist who is based in Arita, Saga Prefecture. Tokunaga specializes in creating various expressions by combining different clays and glazes. In addition to sake ware and matcha bowls, he produces many other dishes for local and foreign chefs. In this e...

Eiko Tanaka is a woodturner and lacquer artist based in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. From the preparation of the materials to the finishing of the lacquer painting, she does everything by herself. The beauty of curves created by her advanced wood-turning technique, and the glossy world-view expressed by black-red lacquer give us a lasting impression like a feeling that the darkness of the night...

Shinji Terauchi is the fourth-generation head of Riso Porcelain, a renowned Arita ware manufacturer. He has been pursuing the creation of tablewares that accentuate beautiful cuisines by learning from the early Imari style. For this exhibition, he will challenge works using only Izumiyama porcelain stone, which is the origin of Arita porcelain. Please visit HULS Gallery Tokyo and enjoy Terauchi’s ...

Japanese crafts online media “KOGEI STANDARD” will be expanding its contents to offer more diverse information in bilingual format. A wide range of news such as the launch of new craft items, exhibition information, and reports will be published from this autumn onwards. HULS Gallery Tokyo will hold an exhibition entitled “The Road to Tomorrow”, featuring KOGEI STANDARD. In this exhibition, we wil...

Okeei is now the only remaining Edo yui-oke Wooden Tub workshop, founded in 1887 in Fukagawa, Tokyo. In this exhibition, we will showcase and sell the works including new creations by Eifu Kawamata, the 4th generation of Okeei such as various wooden containers for cooked rice and tea utensils. They are made from 300-year-old Sawara cypress. In the gallery space, you can feel the refreshing color a...

HULS Gallery Tokyo will hold an exhibition of works by Hideki Yamamoto, a ceramic artist in Takeo City, Saga Prefecture. 玄釉, also known as Deep Black Glaze, is originally created by Mr. Yamamoto over a long period of trial and error. His signature deep black glaze that appears almost like metal after firing allows one to feel the texture of the soil. Fundamentally inspired by nature, his vessels d...