1945 Born in Niigata Prefecture

1979 Awarded Japan Ceramic Art Exhibition - The Minister Prize.

1988 East-West Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition - Seoul Olynpic Arts Festival (Art Center of the Korean Culture & Arts Foundation)

1998 The Suntory Prize — Challenges on Forms. (Saji encourege prize)

1999 Solo Show, "Reincarnate/Pre-Copernican Mud". Musee Ariana, Geneva

2000 Solo Show, "Ancient Wood-Land". (Province Museum Voor Moderne Kunst, Belgium)

2002 Retrospective Exhibition, The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga. Japan.

2003  The art of earth - CLAY WORK OF THE NEW CENTURY, The National Museum of Art, Osaka

WORK IN COLLECTIONS
The National Meseum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Victoria & Albert Museum, GB.
Kyoto City Museum
The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum
Province Museum Modern Kunst, Oostende, Belgium
The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga