Ichiyo Yamamoto
山本 一洋
1944 Born in Nagasaki Prefecture
1986 Awarded three consecutive prizes at the "Salon de Paris Japanese Art Exhibition" (held in Paris)
1989 First solo exhibition of pure platinum colored ceramics at Hotel New Otani Osaka
2000 Stored in the Treasure House of Kashihara Shrine, Kashihara, Nara, Japan.
2006 Solo exhibition at the Japan Club of New York, U.S.A.
2010 “Ichiyo Yamamoto Special Invitational Exhibition" at the National Ceramic Museum in Valencia, Spain,
2013 "WAZA Created" published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Heibonsha's founding.
The World of Ichiyo Yamamoto: Platinum Paintings of Supreme Brilliance" published by Heibonsha in 2015.
2018 Selected to exhibit in the "Japan of Superlative Art" exhibition sponsored by the Japan Foundation, which toured the world for about 10 years.
1944（昭和19）年 長崎県に生まれる
1986（昭和61）年 『サロン・ド・パリ日本の美術展』（パリ開催）３年連続入賞
1989（平成元）年 ホテルニューオータニ大阪にて純プラチナ彩陶芸第１回個展
2000（平成12）年 橿原神宮 宝物館に尚蔵
2006（平成18）年 アメリカニューヨーク日本クラブにて個展
2010（平成22）年 スペイン バレンシア国立陶器博物館にて『山本一洋 特別招待展』開催
2013（平成25）年 平凡社創業100周年記念出版「WAZAが創る」
2015（平成27）年 平凡社より「プラチナ彩 至高の輝き 山本一洋の世界」
While preserving the traditional techniques of Imari-yaki, after years of research he has perfected "High Purity Platinum Colors" using platinum, which was said to be unsuitable for pottery, bringing new technological advances and innovations to the world of ceramic art.
His works, in which color and light brilliantly compete and shimmer intricately, are the result of painstakingly layered lines, and a series of tedious processes and operations.
In 2010, the National Ceramic Museum in Valencia, Spain, hosted a special exhibition of his work, setting a new record for the number of visitors to the museum.2 In 2008, he was invited to the "Museo Nacional de Ceramítica de Valencia" sponsored by the Japan Foundation.
In 2008, it was selected for the Japan Foundation's "Superlative Art of Japan" exhibition, which traveled to museums and cultural institutions around the world for 10 years.
Many potters came to Saga from Korea after Naoshige Nabeshima, the founder of the Saga clan, participated in Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea (1592-1598), and one of these potters, Ri Sanpei (Japanese name: Kanegae Sanpei), discovered ceramic stones used to make porcelain at Mount Izumi in Arita, and in 1616, the first Japanese porcelain was produced at the Tengu Valley Kiln in Arita.
Imari-yaki is the general term for porcelain made in Hizen Province (Saga and Nagasaki Prefectures), centered on Arita. It was called "Imariyaki" because the main shipping port for the products was the port of Imari.
「純プラチナ彩・セラミックの宝石」伊万里焼の伝統的な技法を守りながら、長年の研究の末に焼物に向かないと言われていたプラチナで「高純度プラチナ彩」を完成し、陶芸の世界に新たなる技術の進歩と革新をもたらしました。
色彩と光が華麗に競演し、複雑に煌めく作品は線を丹念に重ね塗りし、気の遠くなるような工程と作業を積み重ねて生まれたもの。染付の呉須、釉裏紅、青磁釉なども工夫して遠近感を出し、何度も重ね描きされたプラチナの線のわずかな凹凸に光が乱反射して何倍もの光彩を持って輝きます。
2010年にはスペイン・バレンシア国立陶器博物館より特別招待展として開催され同博物館のこれまでの入館者数の記録を更新。2018年より国際交流基金主催「超絶技巧の日本」展に選定され10年間に渡り世界の美術館や文化施設を巡回。
佐賀藩（鍋島藩）の藩祖鍋島 直茂が豊臣 秀吉の朝鮮出兵（文禄・慶長の役、1592年～1598年）に参加したことをきっかけに朝鮮から多くの陶工が佐賀に渡来し、これら陶工の一人李 参平（日本名：金ケ江 三兵）が有田の泉山で磁器の原料となる陶石を発見し、元和2年（1616年）に有田の天狗谷窯で日本初の磁器が製造された。
伊万里焼は有田（佐賀県有田町）を中心とする肥前国（現代の佐賀県及び長崎県）で作られた磁器の総称。製品の主な積み出し港が伊万里港であったことから「伊万里焼」と呼ばれた。
1986 Awarded three consecutive prizes at the "Salon de Paris Japanese Art Exhibition" (held in Paris) (1986 - 1988)
1997 Produced a work for one year for the collection of the Hida Takayama Chanoyu Art Museum.
2000 Shoin Collection, The Treasure House of Kashihara Shrine, Kashihara, Nara, Japan
2010 Held "Kazuhiro Yamamoto Special Invitational Exhibition" at the National Ceramic Museum in Valencia, Spain.
Collection of the National Ceramic Museum, Valencia, Spain
Appointed as an honorary member of ACC (Association of Catalan Ceramic Artists, Spain).
Selected to exhibit in the "Japan of Superlative Techniques" exhibition sponsored by the Japan Foundation in 2018,The exhibition toured the world for about 10 years.