Kanjiro Kawai was a Japanese potter who lived from 24 August 1890 in Yasugi, Shimane, to 18 November 1966. He was a key figure in the mingei, or Japanese folk art, movement and in the twentieth-century studio pottery movement, working alongside figures such as Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Kenkichi Tomimoto, Shiko Munakata, Keisuke Serizawa and Tatsuzo Shimaoka.
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Becoming interested in pottery as a child by watching a nearby farmer who made pottery in his spare time, Kawai-san knew by the age of 16 that he wanted to become a potter.
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in 1920 he built his own kiln in Kyoto
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Kawai Kanjirō (河井 寬次郎; 24 August 1890, in Yasugi, Shimane, 18 November 1966) was a Japanese potter and a key figure in mingei (Japanese folk art) and studio pottery movements, which included Bernard Leach, Shōji Hamada, Kenkichi Tomimoto, Shikō Munakata, Keisuke Serizawa, and Tatsuzō Shimaoka, among others.
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Kawai, Kanjirō (Japanese potter, 1890-1966)
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Kawai Kanjirō (河井 寬次郎; 24 August 1890, in Yasugi, Shimane, 18 November 1966) was a Japanese potter and a key figure in mingei (Japanese folk art) and studio pottery movements, which included Bernard Leach, Shōji Hamada, Kenkichi
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