Eizō Miwa ceramic vase, 1946-1999

Vase in worked earthenware with opposed angles, white Hagi glaze and earth transparency.

Eizo Miwa, born in 1946, was a Japanese ceramic artist renowned for his hagi-yaki works. He was the second son of Miwa Kyusetsu XI, a Living National Treasure, and inherited the Miwa family kiln, opened in Hagi by Minamoto Taizaemon in the early 16th century.

A graduate of Musashino University of the Arts, he was a member of the Japan Society of Traditional Crafts and often exhibited his works at their national exhibitions (Nihon Dentō Tōgeiten).

He received first prize at the prestigious Tanabe Museum's Modern Forms of Tea Exhibition (Gendai Cha no Yu Zōkeiten).

Sadly, he died in 1999 at the early age of fifty-two.

His brother Ryōsaku (龍作) took over the family name as Miwa Kyūsetsu XII (十二代休雪).

His works are held in collections including the British Museum and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.

For further information on this artist, see "The Ceramic Works of Eizo Miwa" (2001), published posthumously by the Kuroda Tōen Art Gallery, Tokyo.

25x14x9.5cm