Ichiyo Yamamoto
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.
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.
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.