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''Unit 88-9'' (Kiyomizu Masahiro) is a glazed stoneware sculpture by contemporary Japanese potter and sculptor Kiyomizu Masahiro, also known by the professional art-name Kiyomizu Rokubei VIII. This piece is currently housed in the Prince Takamado Gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. ==Kiyomizu Masahiro== Kiyomizu Masahiro (清水 柾博)〔Although for professional purposes Kiyomizu wrote his given name with the ''kanji'' characters 柾博, his legal birth name is written 正洋, which is also read as Masahiro (''Gendai meiko shokunin jinmei jiten'' 1990, 134).〕 was born in Kyoto on April 22, 1954. His father was the sculptor Kiyomizu Kyūbei (清水九兵衛),〔''Gendai meiko shokunin jinmei jiten'' 1990, 134〕 who in 1981 became the seventh head of the Kiyomizu pottery atelier and took the name Kiyomizu Rokubei VII.〔http://www.kyoto-yakata.net/info/arts_crafts/kiyomizu_rokubee.html〕 Kiyomizu Masahiro graduated from Tokyo's Waseda University with a degree in Architecture from the Faculty of Science and Engineering in 1979. Although he originally planned to pursue this field, but decided to follow in the family pottery tradition because it gave him "full control of the creative process from start to finish."〔Earle 2005, 43〕 He returned to Kyoto, where he continued his studies. He spent one year at the Kyoto Prefectural Ceramic Training Institute and another year at the Municipal Decorative Arts Institute in Kyoto. In 1983, he become an official ceramist of the Kiyomizu family. In 2000, at age 46, he succeeded his father to become the eighth head of the Kiyomizu pottery studio. At this time he took the name Kiyomizu Rokubei VIII.〔Alternate spellings found in written sources are Rokubey or Rokubee, and Rokubei VII changed his own spelling to Rokubey in the 1980s to make it easier for non-Japanese to pronounce. (Earle 2005, 40)〕 Since then, he has attempted to combine the 240 plus years of tradition of his family kiln with his own unique avant-garde style.〔http://www.gojo-chawanzaka.jp/sakka/kiyomizurokube/〕 He is currently an instructor of Contemporary Ceramics at the Kyoto University of Art and Design (京都造形芸術大学). He describes the goal of his classes as, "not simply to learn the techniques required to make ceramics, but to learn how to use those skills to produce a beautiful form, to create the form you want to express, to create a form corresponding to a specific image."〔http://www.kyoto-art.ac.jp/t/message/ceramic/〕 A technique he favours is joining together flat slabs of clay in extended forms, highlighting instead of hiding the process of their construction. He then makes cuts to weaken the structure, which results in distortions during firing.〔Earle 2005, 43〕 Kiyomizu Rokubei VIII is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, the Japan Society of Oriental Ceramic Studies (東洋陶磁学会) and the Ceramic Society of Japan (日本陶磁協会).〔http://www.kyoto-art.ac.jp/info/teacher/detail.php?memberId=142〕 In a 2004 survey conducted by Japanese art magazine ''Honoho Geijutsu'' to determine Japan's most important living ceramists, Kiyomizu tied for 23rd place in the popular vote. He was ranked 12th by curators, critics and art journalists.〔http://www.e-yakimono.net/html/honoho-rankings-2004.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Unit 88-9 (Kiyomizu Masahiro)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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