Special Exhibition

Soetsu Yanagi’s only disciple
Shigeo Suzuki Exhibition -creation by his hands and eyes

January 14th (Sun) to March 20th (Wed), 2024

Shigeo Suzuki (1914-2003), whose talent was admitted by Soetsu Yanagi, became his disciple in 1935, lived in Yanagi’s house, and was strictly educated about crafts and direct perception by Yanagi as his first and last disciple. He also produced a variety of works such as ceramics, book designs and lacquer paintings, and the characteristics of his works are originality of sophisticated patterns in brushes or stencils. On the occasion of 20 years after his death, this exhibition honorably introduces the works of crafted-artist Shigeo Suzuki by hands and eyes.

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From the exhibition

Shigeo Suzuki: Ink pot, blue and white. Kawanobori kiln, Tobe. 1955. 6.5×7.3cm. private collection.
collected by Shigeo Suzuki: Kimono with striped and ikat design, silk and cotton. detail. Shuri, Ryukyu Kingdom period. the second half of the 18th to the beginning of the 19th century. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum collection.
Shigeo Suzuki: Dish with botanical design, overglaze enameled. pottery/Tsuboya, Okinawa prefecture. decoration/Shigeo Suzuki at Serizawa studio in Kamata, Tokyo. 1939. d.32.2cm.. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum collection.
Shigeo Suzuki: Plate with gosu design. Tobe, Ehime prefecture. 1955-59. d.32.0cm. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum collection.
Shigeo Suzuki: Fan, Kuno style. detail. ca.1950. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum collection.
Book cover design by Shigeo Suzuki: ‘Na-mu Amida-butsu’ Soetsu Yanagi. 1955. 21.5×16.1cm. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum collection.
Bound by Shigeo Suzuki: ‘Ima-mo Tsuzuku Chosen-no Kogei’, edited by Soetsu Yanagi. 1947.
collected by Shigeo Suzuki: Jar with lotus pedal motif, ash glaze. Atsumi. the end of Heian period, 12th century. h.43.5c.m. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum collection.
Shigeo Suzuki: Plate with combed design, ash glaze. Seto Hongyo-gama. 1960. 5.2×24.5cm. Seto Folk Crafts Museum collection.