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Shisa Pottery Studio Oogai

  • Shisa Pottery Studio Oogai

    Exhibition hall

    大宜味村立旧塩屋小学校
    Ogimi Village Former Shioya Elementary School 538 Shioya, Ogimi Village, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa
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    ARTIST

    Yoichi Oogai

    Yoichi Oogai

    PROFILE

    1968: Born in Katsushika, Tokyo
    1993: Studied under Tsuneyoshi Shimabukuro, potter of Tsuboya
    1998: Established his own pottery studio in Motobu-cho
    2003: Moved to Ogimi Village
    2015: Built Ogimi community pottery kiln.

    Mainly produces Shisa, which he learned at Tsuboya-yaki.

    Shisa are produced three times a year in the climbing kiln.
    Each piece is individually hand-formed, so each piece has a different expression, shape, and color.
    No piece is the same as another.

    I produce not only Shisa as a guardian deity of the house, but also
    incense burners and other small objects that can be used in the home.