Koheiji Miura1933~2006 三浦小平二

Miura Koheiji was a Japanese ceramicist born in Aikawa, Sado, Niigata Prefecture, as the eldest son of the head of the Sado Mumeiyaki kiln. After graduating from the Tokyo University of the Arts sculpture department in 1955, he studied traditional celadon techniques under Kato Hajime. He first exhibited at the Shin-Nitten in 1961 and gained recognition with awards including for his "Large Celadon Bowl" in 1976. He became a professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1990 and was designated a holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Property "celadon" (Living National Treasure) in 1997, the first such designation for celadon in Japan. His work is distinguished by celadon vessels that incorporate the reddish quality of Sado mumeiyaki clay.