Koyama Fujio (小山富士夫 ; March 24, 1900—October 7, 1975) was a scholar of

Japanese pottery and porcelain , is one of the oldest Japanese crafts and art forms, dating back to the Neolithic period. Kilns have produced earthenware, pottery, stoneware, glazed pottery, glazed stoneware, porcelain, and blue-and-white ware. Japan has an exceptionally ...

and

Chinese ceramics Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre-dynastic times and are one of the most significant forms of Chinese art and ceramics globally. The first pottery was made during the Palaeolithic era. Chinese ceramics range from construc ...

. 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 1967 He developed the category of the

Six Ancient Kilns The Six Ancient Kilns (六古窯 Rokkoyō) is a category developed by Koyama Fujio (小山富士夫 1900–1975) in the post-war period to describe the most noteworthy ceramic kilns of Japan. The six kilns are: * Bizen ware (備前焼, Bizen-yaki) ...

of Japan. The

Idemitsu Museum of Arts is an art museum located in the . History The museum was founded in 1966 and is administered as an incorporated foundation of . In 2000, , a branch of the museum, opened in , in . Collection The museum maintains a permanent collection cons ...

in Tokyo dedicated a retrospective "''Tsuchi ni Asobu, To ni Manabu''" (Play With Clay, Learn From Pots) in the spring of 2000.

Associated people

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(Painter and potter) *

Hajime Katō (potter) Hajime Katō (加藤土師萌, Katō Hajime) (March 7, 1900 – September 25, 1968) was a Japanese potter. He was named a Living National Treasure in 1961. Biography He was born in Seto, Aichi prefecture. He served as an assistant in the Aichi ...

Toyozō Arakawa was a well-known Japanese ceramic potter. He lived and worked in Mino, near Nagoya. He was given the title "Living National Treasure" in 1955. In 1930 he discovered shards at the site of the ruins of an ''ogama'' style kiln at Mutabora proving ...

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* Rosanjin

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* http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/koyama-fujio-jt.html 1900 births 1975 deaths Japanese potters People from Okayama Prefecture 20th-century ceramists {{japan-bio-stub