Uraguchi Masayuki (b. 1964) discovered pottery while attending the Tokyo National University of Fine Art and Music, where he encountered a Song Dynasty Seiji vase at the Tokyo National Museum, designated a National Treasure, an experience that profoundly shaped his artistic path. After graduation, he studied under living National Treasure Miura Koheiji, a master of celadon, at the Tokyo University of Art.
Inspired by Southern Song celadons and Japanese masters such as Itaya Hazan and Okabe Mineo, Uraguchi devoted years to researching his own celadon glazes and clay bodies. He completed his postgraduate program in 1989, winning a prize at the National Traditional Arts and Crafts New Works Exhibition (Nihon Dento Kogei Shinsakuten), and the following year received recognition at the Nitten National Exhibition.
In 1991, he established his kiln in Tochigi Prefecture and has since received numerous awards, including from the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition and the Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition (Nihon Togeiten). In 1995 he traveled to China to study Song Guan and Longquan ceramics first-hand, and in 2001 he moved his kiln to Hachigocho, Ibaraki Prefecture.
