Jirō Kinjō (金城次郎 ''Kinjō Jirō'', 3 December 1912–24 December 2004) was a potter born in
Tsuboya, a district within the Okinawan capital of
Naha
is the Cities of Japan, capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 people per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). ...
, Japan. Famous for his
Tsuboya ware, 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 to be awarded the title of
Living National Treasure. He was particularly well known for his depictions of fish and crustaceans.
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Gallery
File:Jiro Kinjo Small Fish Tea Cup.jpg, Tea cup with fish motif
File:Jiro Kinjo Small Fish Plate.jpg, Small plate with fish motif
File:KinjoPot1.jpg, Pot with fish motif
Footnotes
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1912 births
Artists from Okinawa Prefecture
Japanese potters
People from Naha
2004 deaths
20th-century Japanese ceramists