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About Ito Sekisui V
- Ito Sekisui V (???????, born 1941) is a Japanese potter. The Sekisui family have a long tradition of ceramic work; Ito Sekisui V is the 14th generation of the family to follow this trade.
- He was given the birth name Yoichi Ito, the first character of his name ("yo" ?) being the Japanese word for "kiln".
- After his father Ito Sekisui IV's death (when Yoichi was 19) he studied ceramics at Kyoto University.
- After graduating in 1966, he returned to his hometown of Sado to continue the family business.His work was displayed at the Traditional Arts and Crafts Exhibition in 1972.
- In 1973, he won first prize at the second Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition.
- In the 1980s, Sekisui V started to create neriage works as well as his family's traditional mumyoi-yaki pieces, and in 2003 he was appointed a Living National Treasure for his work in these fields.
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