Bizen Scorpion Fish Okimono by Kimura Gyokukshu
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A spectacular pottery sculpture of the Okoze (Scorpion Fish) by Kimura Gyokushu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Bizen Okoze. It is 27 x 18.5 x 9 cm (11 x 7-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Kimra Gyokushu was born the eldest son of the 16th generation Kimura Munetoku in 1953. He graduated from Nagoya University of Arts in 1976, then went on to be awarded the Okayama Mayor's Award at the Okayama Prefectural Exhibition that same year. In 1978 he was selected for the 10th Nitten National Exhibition, subsequently exhibiting there more than 30 times; and his work was again awarded at the Okayama Prefectural exhibition. He succeeded in his research and creation of white Bizen in 1995, and was selected for Shigaraki Ceramics Exhibition. He became a lecturer at Kobe Women's University Seto Junior College from 2001, and from 2003 served as a juror at the Okayama Prefectural Exhibition. In 2009 he was made vice president of the Japan Ceramic Sculpture Association. He accepted a position as lecturer at Okayama Prefectural University in 2013.
Kimra Gyokushu was born the eldest son of the 16th generation Kimura Munetoku in 1953. He graduated from Nagoya University of Arts in 1976, then went on to be awarded the Okayama Mayor's Award at the Okayama Prefectural Exhibition that same year. In 1978 he was selected for the 10th Nitten National Exhibition, subsequently exhibiting there more than 30 times; and his work was again awarded at the Okayama Prefectural exhibition. He succeeded in his research and creation of white Bizen in 1995, and was selected for Shigaraki Ceramics Exhibition. He became a lecturer at Kobe Women's University Seto Junior College from 2001, and from 2003 served as a juror at the Okayama Prefectural Exhibition. In 2009 he was made vice president of the Japan Ceramic Sculpture Association. He accepted a position as lecturer at Okayama Prefectural University in 2013.
