Jpatokal: Japanese potter and Living National Treasure
[[File:金城次郎魚紋大皿.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Large plate with fish motif]]
'''Kinjō Jirō''' (金城次郎, 3 December 1912–24 December 2004) was a potter born in [[Tsuboya]], a district within the Okinawan capital of [[Naha]], Japan.<ref>Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, ''Lacquer and Clay: Okinawan Art'', May 10, 2018 - September 23, 2018</ref> He is considered one of the "Three Potters of Tsuboya" (''Tsuboya no sannin otoko''), along with [[Kobashigawa Eishō]] and [[Aragaki Eisaburō]].
In 1985, Kinjō became the first [[Okinawan people|Okinawan]] to be awarded the title of [[Living National Treasure (Japan)|Living National Treasure]]. He was particularly well known for his depictions of fish and crustaceans.<ref>https://japanese-ceramics.com/kinjo-jiro-金城次郎/</ref>
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[[Category:1912 births]]
[[Category:Artists from Okinawa Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese potters]]
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[[Category:20th-century ceramists]]
Okumaya devam et...
[[File:金城次郎魚紋大皿.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Large plate with fish motif]]
'''Kinjō Jirō''' (金城次郎, 3 December 1912–24 December 2004) was a potter born in [[Tsuboya]], a district within the Okinawan capital of [[Naha]], Japan.<ref>Honolulu Museum of Art, wall label, ''Lacquer and Clay: Okinawan Art'', May 10, 2018 - September 23, 2018</ref> He is considered one of the "Three Potters of Tsuboya" (''Tsuboya no sannin otoko''), along with [[Kobashigawa Eishō]] and [[Aragaki Eisaburō]].
In 1985, Kinjō became the first [[Okinawan people|Okinawan]] to be awarded the title of [[Living National Treasure (Japan)|Living National Treasure]]. He was particularly well known for his depictions of fish and crustaceans.<ref>https://japanese-ceramics.com/kinjo-jiro-金城次郎/</ref>
==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kinjo, Jiro}}
[[Category:1912 births]]
[[Category:Artists from Okinawa Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese potters]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century ceramists]]
Okumaya devam et...