First Female Kiyomizu Pottery Artist Yuuki Irie's Collection of Designs The Figure of "Tsutsuminosugata" will be published on January 11 (Sat.)

MAHOUYA Kodai-ji Temple (Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto) has begun selling a collection of designs from "Tsutsuminosugata" left by Yuuki Irie, the first female Kiyomizu ware painter, in her later years, on January 11, 2025 (Saturday).

Cover of book "Tsutsuminosugata"

Yuuki Irie paved the way for the first female Kiyomizu ware painter in the history of Kyoto and Kiyomizu-yaki ceramics, and continued to work with her brush until two months before her death at the age of 88.

"Tsutsuminosugata"is Yuuki Irie painted folded using the back of a single-sided flyer in her later years. She was talking it as ``the colors and patterns come to my mind, and it's fun to draw."

There are over 1,000 pieces with all different designs, from that the 650 existing have been compiled into one book.

It is a compilation that allows us to learn anew about Yuuki Irie's personality and the heart of the works inscribed with her name, and it is also a book that art and design enthusiasts will enjoy as an excellent source of inspiration.

Inside of book "Tsutsuminosugata"_1

Book outline

Editing: Chika Izuda, Ayumi Furuya

Cooperation: Yoko Matsumoto, Kazuko Hirano, Satoshi Irie

Book design: Yuichiro Miura (Bunbunken)

Photography: Megumi Kodera

Published by: Doroshobo

Sales: Saturday, January 11, 2025

List price: 3,300 yen (tax included)

Sales: MAHOUYA Kodai-ji Temple Store

　　　(1F, 530 Shimogawara-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, 605-0825, Japan)

　　　MAHOUYA Kodai-ji Temple online store

　　　( https://mahouyakyoto.thebase.in/ )

　　　Doroshobo official online store

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Artist Profile

Designer and painter Yuuki Irie (real name: Hiroko Irie)

1932-2021 (90 years old)

Born in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, her graduated from the Kyoto Prefectural Institute of Pottery and Ceramic Art in 1950, received the Mainichi Newspaper Award for Women's Ceramics in 1967, and was selected for the Kyoto Exhibition in 1972. She passed away in 2021.

Yuuki Irie

MAHOUYA Kodai-ji Temple

This shop has many handmade works by artists such as glass and natural stone accessories. Kiyomizu ware, and antique pottery.

https://mahouya.net/

■Exhibition and sale of works by Yuuki Irie

Proceeds from the sale of this book will be used for the operation of the exhibition and sale of Yuuki Irie's works scheduled to be held in 2025. In addition to past works, mugs with the motif of "Tsutsuminosugata," a posthumous work, will be exhibited and sold at the exhibition and sale.

Tsutsuminosugata and mug_1