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Hajimu Kato Examples of work included in the June 2007 Harlequin Gallery exhibition. Please note that the prices are considerably lower than Kato-san’s work sells for in Japan and that items are not for sale until 3rd June.
No.18 – Tokkuri with blue/purple ash and shell scars. Height: 14.0cm (5.5”) Price: SOLD	No.19 - Squat tokkuri with green “glass” run. Height: 11.2cm (4.4”) Price: SOLD
No.11 - Tall thin necked vase with “ears”. Height: 20.1cm (8.7”) Price: £260	No.7 – Tall vase with “horns”. Height: 21.8cm (8.6”) Price: £260
No.8 - Vase with oblong handles. Height: 21.3cm (8.4”) Price: SOLD	No.9 – Rounded squat vase. Height: 16.25cm (6.4”) Price: SOLD
No.25 – Guinomi. Height: 5.3cm (2.1”) Diameter: 6.9cm (2.7”) Price: SOLD	No.26 – Guinomi. Height: 5.1cm (2.0”) Diameter: 6.6cm (2.6”) Price: £50
No.6 – Top heavy vase with ears. Height: 19.3cm (7.6”) Price: £260	No.13 – Tokkuri with purple ash runs. Height: 14.0cm (5.5”) Price: SOLD
No.20 – Handled pourer with heavy ash deposits. Height: 12.2cm (4.8”) Length: 14.75cm (5.8”) Price: £80
Hajimu Kato was born in Shigaraki in 1946 and, as the family business was one of the major commercial ceramic companies in the area, he grew up surrounded by pottery. After gaining a degree in Business Administration from Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, he went back to join the family firm where he stayed for 17 years. During this time he learnt about ceramics from the potters around the area and started making his own work. Then upon reaching forty in 1987 he gave up "his proper job", built his own Anagama kiln and concentrated on becoming an artist. In this he has been successful, gaining a reputation not only locally but also throughout Japan. His work has been selected for and shown in national ceramic and traditional craft exhibitions, he is a member of the Japanese Craft Association and he has won numerous prizes for his work. In 2001 Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Museum held the “Great Shigaraki Exhibition” that was a celebration of the history of pottery in the area from its beginnings in the early part of the 13th century to the present day. The exhibition showed work from all eras and that of Kato-san was represent alongside other current Shigaraki masters.
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