Meet the Artisans

Toshihiko Tsuji

Toshihiko Tsuji, a ceramic artist, graduated from the Interior Design Department of Kyushu Zokei Junior College (now Kyushu Sangyo University Junior College of Art and Design) and went to the U.S. He studied at Chapman College,...

Tadayoshi Nagasaki

Tanshin Kiln was founded in 1980. The second generation, Tadayoshi Nagasaki, together with his craftsmen, has inherited the style and techniques of the kiln, focusing on Suishobori developed by the ...

Matsuo Michiko

Born in Hasami Town, Nagasaki Prefecture. As the granddaughter of Nakasato Jintaro, a ceramic artist of Mikawachi-yaki (a designated intangible cultural asset holder inSasebo City), she grew up surrounded by the world of ceramics.