Masayasu Mitsuke was born in Kaga, Ishikawa and bases in Kaga. After graduating from Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani Ware Technical Research Institute, he studied under Buzan Fukushima and obtained Kutani’s traditional techniques of red painting on ceramics.
Red painting (Aka-e) is painted in iron oxide. It originated in Song Dynasty period in China and got introduced to Japan later on. However it developed its decoration in Imari, Kyoto and Kutani before becoming the present form. Mitsuke paints human figures, flowers and birds following the traditional Aka-e style, and in contrast his designs and patterns with delicate line drawing are unique and distinctive. His magnificent technique needs no saying, but moreover he succeeds in achieving unprecedented overall image by skillfully using Youraku and Shippoumon, the patterns that have been passed down since ancient times. This trend is especially remarkable in painting large plates. They make good uses of the center of the plate and they seem to reach a goal of Kutani Ware.
[ Masayasu Mitsuke ] Born in Ishikawa in 1975. Completed Ishikawa Prefectural Kutani Ware Technical Training Center. Lives and works in Ishikawa, Japan. Recent exhibitions include "COMTEMPORARY JAPANESE CRAFTS Reinterpretation, Exquisite Craftsmanship, and Aesthetic Exploration" (tour) Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Aichi / Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art, Kyoto / Miyazaki Art Center, Miyazaki / Panasonic Shiodome Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (2020-2022), "Japanese Kōgei | Future Forward" The Museum of Arts and Design, New York (2015), "LOGICAL EMOTION - CONTEMPORARY ART FROM JAPAN" (tour) Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale), Germany / Museum of Contemporay Art in Krakow, Poland / Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland (2014-15) and "Art Crafting Towards the Future" 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Ishikawa, Japan (2012). Major awards include Incentive Award at “39th POLA Foundation for the Promotion of Traditional Japanese Culture” (2019), “9th Paramita Ceramic Art Grand Prize” (2014).
Masayasu Mitsuke, Ota Fine Arts Tokyo, 2016
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Walk in Asia
Rina Banerjee, Ho Sin Tung, Yee Sookyung, Manami Koike, Naoya Inose, Mai Trung Thu, Masayasu Mitsuke, 24 Jul - 31 Aug 2012 TokyoOta Fine Arts is pleased to announce the summer collection exhibition of Walk in Asia starting from 24 July. The rise of Asian countries in recent years can be seen...Read more -
Yee Sookyung / Masayasu Mitsuke
Yee Sookyung, Masayasu Mitsuke 30 May - 4 Jul 2009 TokyoRead more -
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Masayasu Mitsuke 22 Nov - 15 Dec 2007 TokyoRead more -
New Acquisition
Masayasu Mitsuke, Nobuaki Takekawa, Hiraki Sawa, Yuken Teruya, Yayoi Kusama, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Tigar Tateishi, Michiro Tokushige, Yuichi Higashionna, I-Chen Kuo 11 Jul - 26 Aug 2006 TokyoRead more
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Masayasu Mitsuke
Talk show at "KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2023", Hyatt Centric Kanazawa, Japan 15 Nov 2023Masayasu Mitsuke participates in a talk show at 'KOGEI Art Fair Kanazawa 2023'. Title: 'The National Crafts Museum and Future Crafts - From the project...Read more -
Masayasu Mitsuke
Interview video available online, WHAT MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan 10 Sep 2023A video interview with Masayasu Mitsuke recorded at WHAT MUSEUM, the venue for the Ryutaro Takahashi Collection exhibition 'ART de Cha Cha Cha − Exploring...Read more -
Masayasu Mitsuke
"Talk and demonstration event by Mitsuke Masayasu", WHAT MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan 23 Jun 2023Masayasu Mitsuke will participate in a talk and demonstration event related to the exhibition 'ART de Cha Cha Cha - Exploring the DNA of Japanese...Read more -
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"Ceramics of the Past and of the Future: The Timelessness of Traditional Japanese Craft Arts", Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi 6 May 2023Masayasu Mitsuke will participate in the group exhibition, 'Ceramics of the Past and of the Future: The Timelessness of Traditional Japanese Craft Arts' at Aichi...Read more
