Leading ceramic artist Yu Fujiwara dies at 69

Leading ceramic artist Yu Fujiwara dies at 69

OKAYAMA, Japan - Yu Fujiwara (file photo), a ceramic artist specializing in Bizen ware who was named a Living National Treasure by the government, died of multiple organ failure on Oct. 29 at an Okayama Prefecture hospital. He was 69. Bizen ware is unglazed stoneware made in the western Japan prefecture. In 1963, Fujiwara won the grand prize at an international ceramics exhibition in Barcelona. He later held one-man shows in countries such as the United States.

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