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. Ito Sekisui V is the 14th generation of his family to follow a long tradition of ceramic work. He was given the birth name Yoichi Ito, the first character of his name ("''yo''" ) being the

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". After his father Ito Sekisui IV's death (when Yoichi was 19), he studied ceramics at

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. After graduating in 1966, he returned to his home town 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 of Japan for his work in these fields.

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Living people Japanese ceramists Living National Treasures of Japan People from Sado, Niigata 1941 births 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-artist-stub