DEGUCHI Naoe (Three-colored sake cup)

Height 3.3cm

Diameter 6.4cm

Deguchi Naoe, a ceramic artist, a full member of the Japan Traditional Crafts Association, and the chief priest of the Omotokyo religious corporation's Saikyoin, passed away on July 28th at Fujimoto Hospital in Neyagawa, Osaka, due to an internal organ tumor. She was 62 years old. She was born on March 10th, 1915 in Ayabe, Kyoto, as the fifth daughter of Omotokyo founder Deguchi Onisaburo. While serving as president of the Omotokyo headquarters women's association and chief priest of the Saikyoin, she began pottery around 1962, and built Tohakugama kiln in 1966 under the guidance of Ishiguro Munemaro and Kaneshige Toyo. Her "Sansai large plate" and "Sansai small jar" were selected for the first time at the 15th Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition in 1968, and she became a full member of the Japan Traditional Crafts Association in 1971. Her other works exhibited at the same exhibition include "Sansai large bowl" (17th exhibition), "Sansai large plate" (18th exhibition), and "Sansai water jar" (19th exhibition).