島岡達三
Tatsuzo Shimaoka
1919–2007 · Mashiko, Tochigi
Mashiko potter and pupil of Shoji Hamada, known for rope-impressed slip inlay (jōmon zōgan); Living National Treasure from 1996.
Born in Tokyo in 1919, Shimaoka Tatsuzo studied ceramics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, graduating early in 1942 during the war. In 1946 he began working under Shoji Hamada in Mashiko, completing his apprenticeship in 1949. In 1950 he took a post at the Tochigi Prefectural Ceramics Guidance Centre, where reproducing ancient pottery for school teaching materials led him to the technique that became his signature. In 1953 he established his own pottery next to Hamada's. He was designated a Living National Treasure in 1996 and died in Mashiko in 2007.
Kenmerkende stijl
Jōmon zōgan: patterns pressed into the clay with twisted cords, filled with contrasting slip so the rope texture shows as fine light or dark lines under the glaze.
