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Hajimu Kato
Below are items of Kato-san’s work that are available.
Teabowl. Height: 8.1cm (3.2”) Maximum diameter: 11.7cm (4.6”) Price: £150	Handled pourer with heavy ash deposits. Height: 12.2cm (4.8”) Length: 14.75cm (5.8”) Price: £80
Tall vase with “horns”. Height: 21.8cm (8.6”) Price: £260	Cupping vase. Height: 21.0cm (8.25”) Price: £225
Hajimu Kato’s anagama kiln
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. Five teabowls and three yunomis by Hajimu were shown as part of the Harlequin Gallery “Teabowl” exhibition during March 2005 and more were included in the Teabowl Exhibition held during February 2006. In 2007 he was one of three Japanese potters featured in an exhibition of Anagama fired pottery. MORE WORK BY KATO SAN AND OTHER JAPANESE POTTERY CAN BE FOUND ON OUR SISTER WEB SITE www.japanese-pots.com
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