Kiyoshi Hara

Kiyoshi Hara ( Japanese 原 清 , Hara Kiyoshi ; born February 28, 1936 in Hikawa , (today: Izumo ) in Shimane Prefecture ) is a Japanese potter and ceramic artist. In 2005 it was declared a living national treasure for the important intangible cultural asset “ceramic production”.

He learned the craft first in Kyoto with the ceramic master Ishikuro Munemaru (1893-1968), then later with Shimizu Uichi (1926-2004), who had also been made a living national treasure. In 1961, at the age of 25, he joined the "Japanese Arts and Crafts Society" ( 日本 工 芸 会 , Nihon Kōgeikai ). 1965 Hara opened a studio in Setagaya , Tokyo, then moved to Yorii in Saitama Prefecture to where he built a kiln and operational. In 1992 he became chairman of the Society for Crafts.

Hara was named a Living National Treasure on August 30, 2005 for his ceramics with large, mostly brown or black iron enamel glazes ( 鉄 釉陶 器 , tetsuyū dōgi ). In 2010 Hara donated 115 of his works to the Shimane Art Museum, where they can now be seen in temporary exhibitions.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 原 清 . (No longer available online.) Shimane Arts Center, 2015, archived from the original on July 31, 2014 ; Retrieved March 18, 2015 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} 原 清 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 18, 2015 (Japanese). 
3. ↑ 「受贈 記念 原 清 陶 芸 展」 . (PDF) (No longer available online.) Shimane Prefecture, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved March 18, 2015 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• 人間 国宝 の 原 清 先生 と の 出 会 い . Science Academy, October 12, 2011,accessed March 18, 2015(Japanese, with images of the artist and his works).