Koyama Fujio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Koyama Fujio

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1900

Place of Birth: Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 07-Oct-1975

Profession: potter

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Koyama Fujio (????? ; March 24, 1900—October 7, 1975) was a scholar of Japanese pottery and porcelain and Chinese ceramics.
He was also a potter in his own right.Amongst his publications are: "Two Thousand Years of Oriental Ceramics" (1961). "The Heritage of Japanese Ceramics" (1973), translated into English from the original publication in "Nihon Toji no Dento" in 1967He developed the category of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. The Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Tokyo dedicated a retrospective "Tsuchi ni Asobu, To ni Manabu" (Play With Clay, Learn From Pots) in the spring of 2000.