Toshinori Munakata宗像利訓
1985- Munakata the 9th
I was fascinated by the beauty of Tenmoku tea bowls created by potters of China’s Southern Song Dynasty in the eleventh century.
I have been committed to making Tenmoku bowls since I first participated in the China’s Second Ceramic Art and Tea Ware Competition in 2018. I am now listing Tenmoku cups at Takumi Japan online store, thank you.
Profile
PROFILE
| 1985 | Born the eldest son of the 8th Master of Munakatagama in Japan |
| 2005 | Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan college |
| 2007 | Graduated from Traditional Arts Super College of Kyoto works exhibited at MIA Exhibition, Italy |
| 2008 | Served an apprenticeship under his grandfather (Munakata the 7th) and father (Munakata the 8th) |
| 2010 | Produced memorial tea bowls at the Urasenke Tohoku Conference |
| 2012 | Works exhibitet at Contemporary Art Biennale of Fukushima 2012, Japan |
| 2014 | First solo exhibition at Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, Japan Appointed as council member of Koriyama City Museum Of Art Works collected by Idemitsu Museum Works exhibited at Phenomenon of Contemporary Ceramic, Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Japan |
| 2015 | Munakata the 8th and 9th Exhibition at Urabandai Kogen Hotel |
| 2016 | Workshop at Lucie Rie Exhibition, Koriyama City Museum Of Art, Japan Solo exhibition at Kandori gallery in Hotel New Otani Tokyo, Japan Works exhibited at Fukushima Biennale 2016, Japan |
| 2018 | Solo exhibition at kandori gallery in Hotel New Otani Tokyo, Japan Works exhibited at Japan Teapot Exhibition, Shanghai, China |
| 2019 | Works exhibited at Million Cups, Beijing, China Solo exhibition at Hangzhou, China Solo exhibition at Takashimaya, Osaka, Japan |
| 2020 | 2020 International Virtual Tea Festival,USA |
| 2021 | Solo exhibition at Frederick Harris Gallery,Tokyo American Club, Japan Artexpo New York, USA |
Awards
AWARDS
| 2018 | Silver Prize, The Second China Ceramic Tea-set Products & Design Competition, China |
| 2020 | Gold Prize, The ceramic tea set 2020 annual award,China |