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2022.09.25
A HUMAN : SHIRO TSUJIMURA/CERAMIC ARTIST


“It’s not how you make it,
but how you live it.”

Shiro Tsujimura is one of Japan’s leading contemporary ceramic artists. Completely self-taught, his incomparable work, which follows the historical techniques found in traditional Japanese and Korean styles, continues to attract VIPs from all over the world, including Hollywood stars and art collectors.

These pure words, which seem to question the very foundations of the philosophy of craftsmanship, show the depth of his capacity as a human being before he is an artist. Distant from the flow of time, which passes at an incredibly fast pace, Tsujimura lives his life as it is, surrendering himself to nature in his studio, which he built himself more than 40 years ago deep in the mountains of Nara.

Shiro Tsujimura’s way of life and philosophy will remind us of the essence of values that have long since been forgotten.

 

“どうつくるか、ではなく、どう生きるか。”

辻村史朗は、現代の日本を代表する陶芸家である。完全に独学で学び、日本や韓国の伝統的なスタイルに見られる歴史的な技術を踏襲しながらも、比類がないその作品は、ハリウッドスター、アートコレクターら世界中のVIPを魅了し続けている。

ものづくりの哲学の根幹に問いかけるかのような純粋な言葉は、作家以前に人としての器の深さを物語る。とてつもない速さで過ぎてゆく時代の流れとは遠く距離を置き、奈良の山奥に40年以上前に自ら建てたアトリエにて自然の中に身を委ね、ありのままの姿で生きる。

 辻村史郎の生き方、哲学は我々にとって遠い昔に忘れ去られてしまった価値観の本質を思い出させくれるだろう。