Selected Exhibitions
1986 Solo exhibition, Takashimaya, Gifu, Japan
1971 1st Japan Ceramics Exhibition, Japan
1970 Contemporary Ceramics – Europe and Japan, National Museum of Modern Art/ Kyoto,
Tokyo, Japan
1967 Montreal World's Exposition, Canada

Selected Awards
1983 Selected as the Holder of an Intangible Cultural Properity (bluish white porcelain and
white porcelain)
1980 China-Japan Culture Award
1979 The Japan Ceramic Society Prize
1977 Awarded Purple Ribbon Medal
1972 Japan Art Crafts Association Chairman Award, 19th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional
Art Crafts, Japan
1967 NHK Membership Award, 14th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional Art Crafts, Japan
1966 2nd Japan Art Festival, Japan
1965 Japan Art Crafts Association Chairman Award, 12th Exhibition of Japanese Traditional
Art Crafts
1964 Gold Award, California 21st Century Exposition, USA

Around 1948, as Tsukamoto Kaiji's interaction with the East Asian ceramics researcher Koma Fujio grew deeper, he began researching Chinese white and blue-and-white wares of the Song dynasty. His pattern-carving technique in particular was highly esteemed, and in 1983 he received the honor of being designated a "Living National Treasure" for his skill in making white and blue-and-white ware. This work shows Tsukamoto's high level of carving skill on a foliate rim bowl.