About Tokuda Yasokichi III

One of the world's famous Kutani ceramicist, Tokuda Yasokichi III (1933-2009) was born in Kaga city, Ishikawa prefecture in a family of Kutani potters. After training with both his grand-father and father. In the early 1970's, he developed a more personal style and a way to blend the Kutani traditional color glazes in a way that was never seen before, allowing him to crate fine shades and vivid contrasts, in a technique called Saiyu. He received multiple prizes along his career, including the Grand Prize of the International Pottery and porcelain Exhibition in 1990. In 1997, he was designated as Living National Treasure (holder of Intangible Cultural Property) for porcelain with colored glazes.