Collection Highlights ／ Exhibition of the New Acquisition in 2025
Room B Collection Highlights
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu’s collection encompasses a diverse range of ceramics, from unique studio pieces to handmade functional wares and industrial tableware from renowned kilns. The Collection Highlights showcases the core of our acquisition policy through a selection of masterpieces and significant works.
In this edition, in conjunction with our special exhibition, we feature pieces associated with Denmark and Sweden along with works by modern and contemporary ceramic artists from Japan and abroad, spanning from the early 20th century to the 2000s. We invite you to explore the diverse movements and interconnections that define the evolution of ceramic art.
Featured Artists / Kilns:
Arakawa Toyozo, Kato Kobei V, Kato Takuo, Kato Ryotaro, Kamoda Shoji, Kawai Kanjiro, Tomimoto Kenkichi, Hamada Shoji, Gabriele Hain, Signe Persson-Melin, Stig Lindberg, Bernard Leach, Barbro Åberg, Bodil Manz, Lucie Rie / Hans Coper (Collaborative work), Rosenthal
 Tomimoto Kenkichi, Square dish with bamboo and moon design, underglaze iron, 1937
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Room D Exhibition of the New Acquisitions in 2025 I
This exhibition introduces selected works newly acquired during the previous fiscal year, presented in two phases. In FY2025, our collection was significantly enriched with works by Bizen-based artists. In this first part, we feature a special selection of vessels and sculptural works by these artists, alongside with our exisiting collection.
Featured Artists:
The Genealogy of Mino: Kato Kobei Ⅶ
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Kato Kobei Ⅶ, Three-color Glazed Rectangular Vase, “Waterfall” |
Kato Kobei Ⅶ, Large Plate, Thousand Character Classic in Cloud-shaped Character, Private collection |
Kato Kohei is the seventh generation of the Kobei Kiln, a renowned ceramic workshop in Mino. He is known for a distinctive style shaped by the refined sense of form he developed in his youth and by the wide range of ceramic techniques he studied from cultures along the Silk Road. This exhibition invites you to explore the creative world he built through these influences
