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MORIOKA Mitsuo
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Morioka Mitsuo was born in Zushi (Kanagawa Prefecture) in 1944. In 1967 he began an apprenticeship in ceramics in the "Meigetsu-gama" workshop in Kamakura. After its completion he worked in several ceramic workshops in Hagi, Bizen and Okinawa and became skilled in a range of styles and techniques. In 1972 he moved to Bizen and built a four-chambered noborigama kiln with his younger brother.
In 1975 he received a visit from Isamu Noguchi, whose art and personality left a deep impression on him. Noguchi encouraged him to travel to America and he did so in 1976. He visited Noguchi several times in New York and built a wood-fired kiln for an American ceramicist in Seattle. After living in America for a year he spent several months travelling in Europe. |
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