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content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; vertical_slider=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;scroller-block&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586951581966{margin-right: 50px !important;background-color: #9eafbf !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;\u8fd1\u85e4\u60a0\u4e09\u30fb\u8c4a\u30fb\u6ff6\u30fb\u9ad8\u5f18 \u2015\u4e09\u4e16\u4ee3\u306e\u9676\u82b8&#8221; vertical_slider_anchor=&#8221;slide-yuzointro&#8221; vertical_slider_title=&#8221;The World of Kondo Yuzo&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582281648526{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;A Life of Cobalt Blue\u2014The World of Kondo Yuzo&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586583999762{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Blue and white porcelain, called <em>sometsuke<\/em> in Japanese, is made by decorating white porcelain with cobalt blue pigment made from cobalt oxide, applying translucent glaze to the ceramic body, and firing it at high temperature. After being perfected in Jingdezhen in the northeastern province of Jiangxi, China, early in the 14th century, this technique spread over many regions, such as Europe, the Middle East, and the Korean Peninsula.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25347&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_outline&#8221; border_color=&#8221;white&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Blue and white ceramics were first imported into Japan in the Arita region of Kyushu at the end of 16th century, and then became widely accepted in the everyday life of Japanese people. Here in Kyoto, ceramic production started in full swing in the latter half of the 18th century.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;japanese&#8221;]However, since most of the products were modelled after the traditional style and examples of China, they were no more than reproductions of Chinese porcelain, such as Kosometsuke and Shonzui. No innovative attempts were made for many years.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]It was <strong>Kondo<\/strong> Yuzo who broke with conventional methods and transformed blue and white porcelain into a novel art form. Praised for his achievement, he was designated as a Living National Treasure in the field of blue and white ceramics.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25348&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_outline&#8221; border_color=&#8221;white&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; vertical_slider=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;scroller-block&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586583858971{background-image: url(https:\/\/yuzo.kondo-kyoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/yuzotirasi-Mod-1920x-2.jpg?id=24623) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;test&#8221; vertical_slider_anchor=&#8221;slide-yuzobio&#8221; vertical_slider_title=&#8221;Kondo Yuzo&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;paragraph_limiter&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title_level=&#8221;h1&#8243; title=&#8221;Kondo Yuzo&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-xlarge\"><span style=\"color: #fff;\">1902\u20131985<\/span><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69ea3391a4285 {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69ea3391a4285\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span class=\"light\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Born at the foot of Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto City in 1902. <strong>Yuzo<\/strong> started learning ceramics as a young man. When he was fifteen, he completed a course in the pottery wheel at the training facility at the Kyoto Ceramics Laboratory.<br \/>\nHe further developed his skills while working as an assistant to <strong>Tomomoto<\/strong> Kenkichi.<br \/>\nIn 1965, he was appointed as Head of the Kyoto City University of the Arts.<br \/>\nHe went on to be awarded the Purple Ribbon and Dark Blue Ribbon medals, and the Third Order of Merit with the Order of the Sacred Treasure.<br \/>\nHe was also recognized as having greatly contributed to the preservation of culture, arts and crafts in Kyoto.<br \/>\nIn 1977, he was appointed as a Living National Treasure in the field of blue and white ceramics.<br \/>\nHe passed away on February 25, 1985.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69ea3391a4552 {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69ea3391a4552\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; vertical_slider=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;scroller-block&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586971959716{margin-right: 50px !important;background-color: #a5a287 !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; vertical_slider_anchor=&#8221;slide-3generations&#8221; vertical_slider_title=&#8221;Three Generations of Kondo Ceramics&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582281648526{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_text_separator title_level=&#8221;h3&#8243; title=&#8221;Yuzo, Yutaka, Hiroshi &amp; Takahiro<br \/>\nThree Generations of Ceramics&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586954533816{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;two-line&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"light\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Kondo<\/strong> Yuzo (1902\u201385) was born in Kyoto in 1902, at the foot of the main gate of the Kiyomizu Temple.<br \/>\nIn 1924, he established his atelier at his birthplace and began his career as a ceramicist. While refining the traditional blue and white pottery technique called <em>sometsuke<\/em>, he elevated the technique to the level of high art, and in 1977, he was appointed as a Living National Treasure in the field of blue and white ceramics. His robust and imposing style in that medium is highly regarded and has come to be known as <em>Kondo sometsuke<\/em>. An example of this is his masterpiece, the world\u2019s largest plate, decorated with a painting of plum blossoms (<em>ume<\/em>). His style became the creative standard for his children. His oldest son, <strong>Kondo<\/strong> Yutaka (1932\u201383) pursued his own artistic style during the period that avant-garde pottery was flourishing in Japan.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;]<div   class=\"gem-quote gem-quote-style-3 gem-quote-no-paddings\" ><blockquote  ><span style=\"color: #e3e3e3;\">Kondo&#8217;s robust and imposing style has come to be known as Kondo sometsuke<\/span><\/blockquote><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span class=\"light\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">He discovered his own way of expressing the tranquil spiritual world, drawing abstract patterns that diverged from the style of Yuzo. Yuzo\u2019s second son <strong>Kondo<\/strong> Hiroshi (1936\u20132012) established his own distinctively subtle and elegant style to expand the beauty of sometsuke into the \u201cfunctional\u201d realm while striving to carry on the <em>Kondo sometsuke<\/em> that Yuzo had perfected.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25365&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_border&#8221; border_color=&#8221;white&#8221; el_class=&#8221;photo-dark&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Yuzo\u2019s grandson, <strong>Kondo<\/strong> Takahiro (1958\u2013), has devoted himself to exploring a new world of formative art not only in Japan but also internationally, with his modern aesthetic and originality, particularly with his unique silver mist over-glaze symbolizing different states of water.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; vertical_slider=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;scroller-block&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586584046391{background-color: #a5a287 !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; vertical_slider_anchor=&#8221;slide-3generations2&#8243; vertical_slider_title=&#8221;Monk Warrior Kondo Shoshin&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1582281648526{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Monk-Warrior\u2014Kondo Shoshin&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586583081219{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;25374&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_border&#8221; border_color=&#8221;white&#8221; el_class=&#8221;photo-dark&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;48px&#8221;][vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;featured_paragraph&#8221;]<span class=\"light\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span class=\"title-xlarge\" style=\"text-align: left;\">1816\u201358<\/span><br \/>\nFinally, <strong>Kondo<\/strong> Shoshin (1816\u201358), grandfather of <strong>Kondo<\/strong> Yuzo, was known as a monk-warrior. He served <strong>Gessho<\/strong>, a priest of the Kiyomizu Temple who was loyal to the Emperor in the last turbulent days of the Tokugawa regime. After being captured and arrested by the Tokugawa government for the crime of assisting <strong>Gessho<\/strong> and <strong>Saigo<\/strong> Takamori, Shoshin killed himself by biting off his tongue in prison to prove his unwavering loyalty. This tenacious and courageous spirit originating in Shoshin has been inherited by the <strong>Kondo<\/strong> family as yet another legacy.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; vertical_slider=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;scroller-block&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586583907432{padding-right: 20px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/yuzo.kondo-kyoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Yutaka-Mod-1920x.jpg?id=24655) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; vertical_slider_anchor=&#8221;slide-kondoyutaka&#8221; vertical_slider_title=&#8221;Kondo Yutaka&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;paragraph_limiter&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Kondo Yutaka&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_right&#8221; align=&#8221;align_right&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-xlarge\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #fff;\">1932\u20131983<\/span><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69ea3391a463b {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69ea3391a463b\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span class=\"light\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Born in Kyoto, 1932 Kyoto as the eldest son of Yuzo.<br \/>\nGraduating from the current Kyoto City University of Arts, he studied under <strong>Tomimoto<\/strong> Kenkichi and <strong>Kondo<\/strong> Yuzo.<br \/>\nHe served as a Professor at the Kyoto City University of the Arts. He was awarded the Shinshokai Exhibition <strong>Tomimoto<\/strong> prize, and won prizes from the Japan Ceramic Society and Japan Kogei Association.<br \/>\nHe travelled widely, and took part in teaching programmes at<br \/>\nIndiana State University (1962) USA, in New Zealand, was invited by Elizabeth II Art Academy (1979) to provide Ceramic Art Guidance. He also participated in the New Guinea Open Art Survey (1969), Afghanistan Traditional Crafts Survey (1977), and also researched Korean Craft in the late 1970s.<br \/>\nHe passed away on March 17, 1983.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69ea3391a46be {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69ea3391a46be\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; vertical_slider=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;scroller-block&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586868542948{padding-right: 20px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/yuzo.kondo-kyoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hiroshi-Mod-1920x.jpg?id=25467) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; vertical_slider_anchor=&#8221;slide-hiroshibio&#8221; vertical_slider_title=&#8221;Kondo Hiroshi&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_row_inner el_class=&#8221;paragraph_limiter&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Kondo Hiroshi&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-xlarge\"><span style=\"color: #fff;\">1936\u20132012<\/span><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69ea3391a471e {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69ea3391a471e\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span class=\"light\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Born in Kyoto, 1932 as the second son of Yuzo.<br \/>\nHe was awarded the Kyoto Shimbun prize and the <strong>Tomimoto<\/strong> prize at the Shinshokai Exhibition in Kyoto, and the Kyoto Shimbun Grand Prize in the field of arts and sciences.<br \/>\nHe participated in numerous exhibitions both in Japan and abroad.<br \/>\nHis exhibitions include \u201cTwentieth Century Japanese Blue &amp; White: Three Generations of Ceramic Achievement by the Kondo Family\u201d at the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, UK, 1993), \u201cJapanese Modern Blue &amp; White Pottery: Yuzo, Hiroshi, Takahiro\u201d (The Asahi Shimbun Company, Japan), and \u201cChinese Blue &amp; White and Japanese Kondo Sometsuke\u201d at The Palace Museum in the Forbidden City (Beijing, China, 2000). His works are represented in the public collections of The British Museum,<br \/>\nThe Museum of Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.<br \/>\nHe passed away on May 31, 2012.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69ea3391a478b {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69ea3391a478b\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; vertical_slider=&#8221;true&#8221; el_class=&#8221;scroller-block&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1586583917771{padding-right: 20px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/yuzo.kondo-kyoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Takahiro-Mod-1920x-2.jpg?id=24665) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; vertical_slider_anchor=&#8221;slide-takahirobio&#8221; vertical_slider_title=&#8221;Kondo Takahiro&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;paragraph_limiter&#8221;][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;Kondo Takahiro&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_right&#8221; align=&#8221;align_right&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-xlarge\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #fff;\">1958\u2013 <\/span><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-69ea3391a47e8 {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-69ea3391a47e8\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text]<span class=\"light\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Kondo Takahiro&#8217;s online catalogue of works <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kondo-kyoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.kondo-kyoto.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"light\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Born in Kyoto, 1958 as the eldest son of Hiroshi.<br \/>\nHaving started his artistic career relatively late when he was in his twenties, he was appointed as an overseas artist for the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2002 and graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a Master\u2019s Degree in Design in 2003, also winning the Inglis Allen Masters of Design Award at the same time. 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