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After graduation he met (and studied under) living National Treasure for celadon Miura Koheiji at the Tokyo University of Art. Inspired by the Southern Song celadons as well as the work of Japanese master ceramists Itaya Hazan and Okabe Mineo, Uraguchi spent years personally researching his own celadon glazes and clay bodies types. He finished his post graduate program in 1989, claiming a prize that same year at the National Traditional Arts and Crafts New Works Exhibition (Nihon Dento Kogei Shinsakuten). The following year he would b awarded at the Nitten National Exhibition. In 1991 he established his kiln in Tochigi prefecture. He has since received innumerable awards, including the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition, Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (Nihon Togeiten) among many others. In 1995 he travelled to China to study first-hand the Song guan and Longquan ceramics. 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This is breathtaking vessel of riven clay by Atarashi Manabu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Shinogi Hanaire.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eShinogi is this method of cutting away portions of the surface, in this case in deep vertical strokes, the remainder torn away, leaving a surface scarred which both allows the natural ash glaze a foot hold as it blows through the kiln, and as it cools, allows the molten ash to flow and create striking patterns on the surface. It is 16 x 16 x 22 cm (6-1\/4 x 6-1\/4 x 9 inches) tall and in new condition, directly from the artist last summer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Century',serif; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eAtarashi Manabu has been growing in popularity as one of the leaders in the Iga pottery tradition since the first time I saw his work nearly 20 years ago when visiting the family showroom in Iga village.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBorn in 1973 in Osaka son of the second generation artist and one of the leading revivalists of the Iga tradition in post war Japan, Atarashi Kanji.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHe graduated the literature department of Kansai University in 1995, moving to apprentice under his father a few years later.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn 2002 he built his first anagama Kiln, and held his first of a multitude of solo exhibitions.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIntensely fired multiple times to achieve the bidoro glass puddles and landscape effects which define his aesthetic, the geometric works add a contemporary sensibility to the traditional Iga style and transcend the realm of utilitarian crafts breaking into the sculptural domain.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHis work has proven innovative and challenging to the norm, taking his fathers tradition into the 21st century.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atarashi Manabu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49706154131703,"sku":"MC903","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2024-07-2704.57.49.jpg?v=1748230863"},{"product_id":"iga-shinogi-hanaire-ー新-学-伊賀-鎬花入","title":"Iga Shinogi Hanaire ー新 学 “伊賀 鎬花入”","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fabulous ash glazed Mentori Vase by Rising Iga star Atarashi Manabu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Shinogi Hanaire. 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He graduated the Private Musashino Art University and was a member of Japanese Traditional Crafts Society, often displayed at their National Exhibition (Nihon Dento Togeiten). He was recipient of top prize at the Tanabe Museums prestigious Modern Tea Forms Exhibition (Gendai Cha no Yu Zokei Ten). ). Unfortunately, he died in 1999 at the early age of fifty two. His brother Ryosaku succeeded the family name as Miwa Kyusetsu XII. He is held in the collection of the British Museum and The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo among others. 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They eschewed public competition and espoused the ideas of art for arts sake, negating the ideas of the mingei movement, which stressed function over form. Together, members of the group worked tirelessly to promote modern Japanese pottery for the next several decades both within and outside of Japan. 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