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[[File:Kinjojiro.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A vase by Kinjô on display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum. Kinjô was particularly fond of fish motifs.]]
*''Born: [[1912]]''
*''Died: 2004''
*''Japanese'': [[金城]] 次郎 ''(Kinjô Jirô)''
Kinjô Jirô was an [[Okinawan pottery]] artist, the first Okinawan in any art to be officially recognized by the Japanese national government as a [[Living National Treasure]].
Kinjô first began learning pottery at age 13, studying under Aragaki Eitoku of the [[Aragaki house|Aragaki kilns]] in [[Tsuboya]], the historical center of Okinawan pottery. Receiving influence from [[Yanagi Soetsu|Yanagi Sôetsu]] and [[Hamada Shoji|Hamada Shôji]], he decided to devote his life to pottery.
He was designated a Living National Treasure in 1985.
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==References==
*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/34501059281/sizes/l]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
*''Born: [[1912]]''
*''Died: 2004''
*''Japanese'': [[金城]] 次郎 ''(Kinjô Jirô)''
Kinjô Jirô was an [[Okinawan pottery]] artist, the first Okinawan in any art to be officially recognized by the Japanese national government as a [[Living National Treasure]].
Kinjô first began learning pottery at age 13, studying under Aragaki Eitoku of the [[Aragaki house|Aragaki kilns]] in [[Tsuboya]], the historical center of Okinawan pottery. Receiving influence from [[Yanagi Soetsu|Yanagi Sôetsu]] and [[Hamada Shoji|Hamada Shôji]], he decided to devote his life to pottery.
He was designated a Living National Treasure in 1985.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Gallery labels, Okinawa Prefectural Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/34501059281/sizes/l]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
