Kazuo Yagi (八木 一夫, Yagi Kazuo, 1918–1979) was a Japanese potter and ceramic artist best known for spearheading the introduction of nonfunctional ceramic vessels to the Japanese pottery world. With an innovative ceramicist as his father, Yagi was sent to art school to study sculpture, instead of pottery. After graduating in 1937, he continued to train in the progressive circles, such as the National Ceramic Research Institute and the Japan Ceramic Sculpture Association. Following a short period of military service in 1939 and through the early postwar years, he was involved in a series of collectives that sought to transcend the traditional aesthetic values in not just ceramics but also in a range of visual media.
It was not until 1948 that Yagi established his own ceramics collective, Sōdeisha, a group which rejected extant models of pottery and deliberately sought to blur the line between pottery and sculpture. Inspired in part by Isamu Noguchi's work in Japan in the early 1950s, which used ceramic materials to create modern abstract forms, Yagi and other members debuted so-called obuje-yaki ("kiln-fired objet "), or pottery with no functional purpose. The introduction of obuje-yaki was considered extremely radical at the time, because it questioned the very basis of ceramic objects. Yagi also introduced other experimental ceramic methods later in his career, such as burnishing his pottery objects black (so-called kokutō).
Through his ceramic works, Yagi questioned the boundary between pottery and sculpture. However, his steadfast dedication to ceramics ultimately resulted in the nonfunctional ceramic vessel becoming an accepted type within Japanese pottery practice today. His legacy was felt through Sōdeisha, which continued even after his death, and his teaching at Kyoto City University of Arts.
KazuoYagi (八木 一夫, YagiKazuo, 1918–1979) was a Japanese potter and ceramic artist best known for spearheading the introduction of nonfunctional ceramic...
sculptural objets.: 90 The Kyoto-based Sōdeisha movement formed by ceramicist KazuoYagi, centered around resisting the canonical traditions of Japanese pottery...
Killed by: Boat explosion (caused by Mifune's collar detonation). Ayane Yagi (八木 綾音 Yagi Ayane) Girl #19; teamed with Tatsurô. In the past, she was sexually...
and stage sets for fashion shows and theaters. With Yoshihara, Suda, KazuoYagi, and others, Tsutaka in 1955 co-founded the Kansai section of the International...
potters, a post-war Japanese avant-garde ceramic movement headed by potter KazuoYagi (1918–1979). Fukami describes his connection to these abstract ceramicists...
Yamada met fellow ceramicist KazuoYagi through Yagi's father Issō, a renowned ceramicist. In 1946, Yamada and the young Yagi founded the Young Potters'...
it has produced some obscure titles like 89 Dennou Kyusei Uranai. Kazuo (Kazzo) Yagi was the main programmer for the games during the NES era. The company...
end of this Japanese early avant-garde ceramic art group. HAYASHI YASUO YagiKazuo Sōdeisha Uichi Shimizu, included List of Living National Treasures of...
mother, Sue Odate. Yagi Yūki played the part of the young Masako and Nakama Yukie portrayed her as an adult. Both of Masako's brothers, Kazuo and Toshiaki Odate...
Art Club of the Kansai region along with Yoshihara Jiro (1905–1972), YagiKazuo (1918–1979) and Tsutaka Waichi (1911–1995). In 1967, he became a teacher...
Publishing Co. Ltd. A Not-yet ending “Moderninty”: YagiKazuo and the Objet-Cuit (Owarikirenai “Kindai”-YagiKazuo to Obuje-yaki) Co-edited with Hida Toyorô,...
Effingham, IL. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Kazuo Ina; Hiroji Ina; Mikako Ueda; Akihito Yagi; Isao Kishima (1989). "ω-Methylthioalkyl Isothiocyanates...
Haruhiko Yagi (八木 晴彦, Yagi Haruhiko) Voiced by: Toshihiko Nakajima The manager of Kamogawa Gym and a part-time trainer. Friendly and knowledgeable, "Yagi-chan"...
semaru〜) is a 2015 Japanese documentary film directed and produced by Keiko Yagi. It is the first film in response to the Academy Award winning 2009 anti-whaling...
Tokusatsu Science fiction Action/Adventure Kaiju Kyodai Hero Created by Kazuo Tsuburaya Tsuburaya Productions Developed by Yūji Kobayashi Directed by...
Accreditation Japan University Accreditation Association Chairman Kazuo Oike President Kazuo Oike Vice-president Yasuyuki Imai Hisao Tomizawa Yoriko Watanabe...
as 1939 on the development of an electron microscope. Kenji Kazato and Kazuo Ito met while working at the Naval Central Institute in Tokyo during World...
by Tsuburaya Productions Developed by Yūji Kobayashi Directed by Takeshi Yagi Starring Eriku Yoza Saki Kagami Tomohito Wakizaki Anri Ban Music by TBA Country...
Show in Ginza, Tokyo in 1949, Kashio and his younger brothers (Toshio, Kazuo, and Yukio) used their profits from the yubiwa pipe to develop their calculators...
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