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WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE 47 Photos RANKING BY ALL VOTERS RANKING BY CURATORS, CRITICS, AND JOURNALISTS RANKING BY GALLERY OWNERS AND COLLECTORS COMMENTARY BY AOYAMA WAHEI  By Aoyama Wahei at EY-NET, February 2004 <EXCERPT> With 20 years behind it, ceramic art and craftwork magazine Honoho Geijutsu (The Art of Fire) has gained tremendous respect from lovers of Japanese pottery. In their 77th issue, Honoho Magazine asks 82 ceramic art critics, art scholars, journalists, gallery owners and collectors to vote for "twenty (living) ceramists you think represent Japanese ceramics today." Without an inkling of objective criteria for analysis or standardization, Honoho Geijutsu has allowed the critics free reign to determine the parameters of assessment and to evaluate, as they see fit, who represents "Japanese ceramics today." Such an affair can predictably fall ill to ambiguity or prejudice.  View Full Story RANKING BY ALL VOTERS Click name (when available) for more on that artist. Click thumbnail image (when available) for larger photo. RANK CERAMIST PHOTO VOTES 1 Fukami Sueharu 46 2 Koie Ryoji 44 3 Raku Kichizaemon XV 40 4 Kakurezaki Ryuichi 28 5 Takiguchi Kazuo Mori Togaku 27 7 Ogawa Machiko 26 8 Kaneshige Yuho 25 9 Fujihira Shin 24 10 Akiyama Yo 23 11 Uchida Koichi Kawase Shinobu Suzuki Goro 22 14 Kuriki Tatsusuke Kato Tsubusa 21 16 Miwa Kyusetsu XIl Yanagihara Mutsuo 19 18 Shigematsu Ayumi Nakamura Kinpei 17 20 Maeta Akihiro 16 21 Sugiura Yasuyoshi Tashima Etsuko 15 23 Araki Takako Kiyomizu Rokubei VIII Kuroda Taizo 14 26 Nishioka Koju Matsumoto Hideo Mihara Ken Yagi Akira Yamada Kazu 13 7 to 12 Votes See Who's Who A-to-Z Abe Anjin, Ajiki Hiro, Harada Shuroku, Hoshino Satoru, Ichino Masahiko, Inoue Masayuki, Itabashi Hiromi, Ito Keiji, Kaneshige Kosuke, Kaneshige Makoto, Kaneta Masanao, Kato Kiyoyuki, Kato Kozo, Kawaguchi Jun, Kim Hono, Kobayashi Togo, Kuniyoshi Hayashi, Matsuda Yuriko, Miwa Kazuhiko, Morino Akito, Morino Taimei, Nakashima Harumi, Nishida Jun, Nishimura Yohei, Nishioka Yoshihiro, Sato Satoshi, Shibata Mariko, Shigekazu Nagae, Sugimoto Sadamitsu, Takenaka Ko, Tsuboi Asuka, Tsuji Seimei, Tsujimura Shiro, Wada Morihiro 4 to 6 Votes See Who's Who A-to-Z Hayashi Kyosuke, Hayashi Yasuo, Hori Ichiro, Kagami Shukai, Kaneshige Iwao, Kawabata Fumio, Koike Shoko, Koinuma Michio, Kojima Ikuko, Kondo Takahiro, Kubota Atsuko, Maeda Masahiro, Maruta Munehiko, Mishima Kimiyo, Nagaoka Masami, Nakagawa Jinembo, Nakajima Hiroshi, Nakamura Takuo, Nakashima Katsunori, Nakazato Hoan, Nomura Ichiro, Saito Toshijyu, Sakata Deika XIII, Sawa Kiyotsugu, Shibayama Masaru, Shimamura Hikaru, Takariki Yoshiteru, Takauchi Shugo, Tanaka Sajiro, Toda Morinobu, Toyoba Seiya, Uraguchi Masayuki, Yoshikawa Chikako, Yoshikawa Masamichi   RANKING BY CURATORS, CRITICS, AND JOURNALISTS Click name (when available) for more on that artist. Click thumbnail image (when available) for larger photo. RANK CERAMIST PHOTO VOTES 1 Fukami Sueharu 24 2 Koie Ryoji 21 3 Raku Kichizaemon XV Ogawa Machiko Akiyama Yo 17 6 Kuriki Tatsusuke Yanagihara Mutsuo 14 8 Tashima Etsuko 12 9 Takiguchi Kazuo Shigematsu Ayumi Maeda Akihiro 11 12 Kakurezaki Ryuichi Fujihira Shin Kato Tsubusa Nakamura Kinpei Kiyomizu Rokubei VIII Inoue Masayuki 10 18 Miwa Kyusetsu XII Mihara Ken Yagi Akira 9 21 Sugiura Yasuyoshi Araki Takako Matsumoto Hideo Kawaguchi Jun Kato Kiyoyuki Tsuboi Asuka Nakashima Harumi 8 28 Mori Togaku Miwa Kazuhiko 7 30 Uchida Koichi Itabashi Hiromi Wada Morihiro Shibata Mariko Hoshino Satoshi Morino Taimei 6   RANKING BY GALLERY OWNERS AND COLLECTORS Click name (when available) for more on that artist. Click thumbnail image (when available) for larger photo. RANK CERAMIST PHOTO VOTES