Fujio Kitade, "Red Sake Cup"

This sake cup by Fujio Kitade is about 2" high x 2" in diameter and signed on the bottom. It is decorated on all sides with the designs shown in the first two images repeated on the opposite side. It came with its tomobako, signed protective cloth, a handwritten note signed by the artist and including the name of the piece. Also included was an extensive biography. He was a well known Kutani artist. He and his father, Tojiro Kitade, were famous for their innovative direction in making Kutani ware.

Kitade Fujio (Fujio)
ceramic history
1937-1938- Graduated from Ishikawa Prefectural Technical School, ceramics department Trainee at Ministry of Commerce and Industry
1939-45 military service
1950 Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art
Selected for Nitten for the first time
Selected again after that
1958 In the comprehensive survey around Yamashiro
1959 Presentation of "Research on Ko-Kutani"
Selected for the 1st Shin
Nitten Exhibition.
1963 Selected for the Japan Contemporary Arts and Crafts Exhibition.
1964 Ishikawa Prefectural Contemporary Exhibition Judge
Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition "Excellence Award"
1965 The 8th Nitten "Special Selection" "Hokuto Award" Nitten Mukanju
1966 Participated in the Japan Contemporary Crafts Europe Touring Exhibition
Judge at the 4th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
1967 Commissioned by Nitten
Judge at the 5th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
1968 Commissioned by Nitten
1969 Commissioned by Nitten
Judge of the Ishikawa Prefectural Contemporary
Exhibition Judge of the 7th Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition
1970 Participated in the American Contemporary Crafts Touring Exhibition
Commissioned by Nitten
Judge at the 8th Asahi
1971 Ceramic Art Exhibition
Nitten judge
1972 Nitten member
Japan Contemporary Crafts Member
Lecturer at Kanazawa University

He has a brief entry on the Dictionary of Japanese Potters web site.

https://japanese-ceramics.com/kitade-fujio-%E5%8C%97%E5%87%BA%E4%B8%8D%E4%BA%8C%E9%9B%84/

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Kitade Fujio was born in 1919 the first son of potter Kitade Tojiro. He graduated the Ceramics research facility in 1937, but coming of age during the war years was, of course, disruptive, and he did not complete his courses at the Kanazawa University of Art until 1950, the same year he was first accepted into the Nitten National Exhibition. In 1955 he received top prize at the Ishikawa prefectural Art Exhibition, and about this time would change his name from Fujio (two characters) to Fujio (three characters, as is the signature on this box). He would subsequently be accepted into and awarded at the National Modern Crafts Exhibition and Asahi Ceramics Exhibition; He would garner the Hokutosho prize at the Nitten in 1965 and would later serve as a judge there as well as at the Chunichi International Ceramics Exhibition, The Gendai Kogeiten Craft Exhibition and at the Asahi Ceramics exhibition. He was awarded consecutively at the 1st through 3rd Traditional Kutani Craft Exhibitions. In 1979 he would be granted a professorship at the Kanazawa University of Art. From that time he would divide his time between teaching and working with clay, garnering many more awards. In 1983 he would be commissioned by the Emperor to make a Tsubo, and the following year would be honored with the Kaga Cultural Award. 1990 he would become principal of the Art University. In 2010 he would receive special accolades from the Japan Ceramic Society for his life’s work. Work by him is held in the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa and the Kutani Art Museum among others.